Book Review:
August 23: Composed: A Memoir by Roseanne Cash
As the daughter of American music legend Johnny Cash, Rosanne Cash could probably have had a successful music career without even trying.
August 9: Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Next week sees the publication of Jewell Parker Rhodes? new book, Ninth Ward. An author and educator, Rhodes is the Piper Endowed Chair for Creative Writing at Arizona State University.
July 26: American Subversive by David Goodwillie
Author of the successful memoir, Seemed Like A Good Idea at the Time, and contributor to the New York Times, Daily Beast and Deadspin, David Goodwillie, now turns his attention to fiction.
July 12: Between a Heart and a Rock Place: A Memoir by Pat Benatar
If you turned on a rock radio station almost any time in the 1980s, you would regularly run into the music of Pat Benatar.
June 28: The Madonnas of Echo Park by Brando Skyhorse
The Los Angeles neighborhood of Echo Park has a remarkable and fascinating history, built northwest of the city’s downtown in the late 1800s and named for the echo of construction workers.
June 14: Backseat Saints by Joshilyn Jackson
With three previous novels, Joshilyn Jackson emerged as one of the talented new voices in Southern fiction.
May 24: The House of Tomorrow by Peter Bognanni
It?s always exciting to discover a new author. Iowan Peter Bognanni, who has already published a number of short fiction and humor pieces, written screenplays and was nominated for a 2008 Pushcart Prize, arrives now with his debut novel.
May 10: Innocent by Scott Turow
From his real life experiences as a prosecuting attorney, novelist Scott Turow fashioned a new career as one of America’s most popular writers of legal thrillers.
Pearl of China by Anchee Min
Acclaimed author Anchee Min was born in China during the Cultural Revolution and later fled to the United States.
The Three Weissmanns of Westport by Cathleen Schine
In a series of novels released since the early ?80s, including The New Yorkers, The Love Letter, She Is Me and Rameau?s Niece, Cathleen Schine has established herself as an accomplished and witty writer who artfully captures the spirit of both her characters and the times
Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson
Helen Simonson now calls Washington D.C. home, but she was born in England and spent some of her growing up years in the English countryside.
Just Kids by Patti Smith (Ecco)
With her 1975 album, Horses, Patti Smith burst onto the rock world and immediately became the high priestess of the then-emerging punk scene, while at the same time helping reshape the image of women in rock into one that artfully combined both power and poetry.
Noah’s Compass by Anne Tyler
It’s been four and a half decades since Anne Tyler, then aged 22, released her first novel, If Morning Ever Comes.
Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage by Elizabeth Gilbert
Most people know Elizabeth Gilbert from the book Eat Pray Love, but the writer had already established an impressive track record before that phenomenally successful memoir.
Union Atlantic by Adam Haslett (Nan A. Talese)
National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize finalist Adam Haslett’s new book may seem like it is ripped out of today’s headlines, especially those to be found in the current business sections.
