'Scatter, Adapt and Remember’: How to avoid extinction

By Michael D. Langan

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Published: 05/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/17/2013 12:57 pm

‘Dream Merchant’ lacks charm of ‘Fischer’ debut

By Stefan Fleischer

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Published: 05/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/17/2013 12:56 pm

Editor’s Choice: The Very Best of Red Smith

Published: 05/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/17/2013 11:16 am

Acclaimed new novel by Claire Messud

By Karen Brady

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Published: 05/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/17/2013 11:16 am

Poem of the Week by Ryki Zuckerman

Published: 05/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/17/2013 11:14 am

Poetry and Literature Calendar: May 19-25

Published: 05/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/17/2013 11:13 am

Best sellers: May 19

Published: 05/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/17/2013 11:13 am

Book in Brief: New ‘W.A.R.P.’ series from Eoin Colfer

Published: 05/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/17/2013 11:13 am

Twain author will appear in Larkin Square writers series

Published: 05/18/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/18/2013 7:10 pm

Poetry & Literature Calendar: May 12-18

Published: 05/12/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/10/2013 12:52 pm

Poem of the Week by Kisha Patterson-Tanski

Published: 05/12/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/10/2013 12:52 pm

Alexandra Aldrich spins gold in ‘Astor Orphan’

By Karen Brady

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Published: 05/12/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/10/2013 12:51 pm

‘Distant Intimacy,’ Gaddis letters open up very different literary lives

Published: 05/12/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/10/2013 12:50 pm

Phil Jackson on the winningest career in the NBA

Published: 05/12/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/10/2013 12:48 pm

Books in Brief: Tiptoe Joe, Tom Sizemore, In the City of Bikes

Published: 05/12/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/10/2013 12:44 pm

Janet Malcolm’s first collection in 21 years

Published: 05/12/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/10/2013 12:44 pm

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Published: 05/12/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/10/2013 12:44 pm

As ‘Gatsby’ opens, a look at how other classics translated to the screen

Published: 05/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/09/2013 7:46 am

Book Club: ‘Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry’

Published: 05/06/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/07/2013 7:51 am

Erie Canal’s floating libraries inspire Lockport native’s ‘The Book Boat’s In’

By Jean Westmoore / News Staff

Published: 05/05/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/03/2013 12:13 pm

Wolitzer gracefully juggles big questions in ‘Interestings’

By Christina Milletti

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Published: 05/05/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/03/2013 12:11 pm

May Crime Titles: LeCarre, Mosley, Marklund, Parker (Spenser)

Published: 05/05/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/03/2013 12:09 pm

Epic failure of ‘Last Movie’ at heart of Dennis Hopper bio

By Christopher Schobert

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Published: 05/05/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/03/2013 12:08 pm

Editor’s Choice: Surfaces and Essences by Douglas Hofstadter and Emmanuel Sander

Published: 05/05/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/03/2013 12:08 pm

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Published: 05/05/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/03/2013 12:06 pm

Poem of the Week: By Norma Kassirer

Published: 05/05/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/03/2013 11:56 am

Poetry and Literature Calendar: May 5

Published: 05/05/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/03/2013 11:55 am

Books in Brief: Chris Raschka’s latest, ‘Paris: The Novel’

Published: 05/05/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/03/2013 11:55 am

‘Spark’ chronicles autistic boy’s amazing journey

Published: 04/28/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/26/2013 11:34 am

Rob Zombie ‘Lords of Salem’ is trashy fun

By Christopher Schobert

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Published: 04/28/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/26/2013 11:33 am

Karen Russell’s ‘Vampires in Lemon Grove’ lives up to the hype

By Ed Taylor

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Published: 04/28/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/26/2013 11:32 am

Editor’s Choice: Age of the Image by Stephen Apkon

Published: 04/28/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/26/2013 11:27 am

Books in Brief: Revenge of a Not-So-Pretty Girl, Life After Life

Published: 04/28/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/26/2013 11:27 am

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Published: 04/28/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/26/2013 11:26 am

Poem of the Week: By Jane Hirshfield

Published: 04/28/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/26/2013 11:26 am

Poetry & Literature Calendar: April 28

Published: 04/28/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/26/2013 11:25 am

Lauren Belfer finds out you can go home again

Published: 04/28/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/26/2013 11:21 am

Pulitzer winner Parks to wrap up Babel series

Published: 04/23/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/22/2013 5:48 pm

For National Poetry Month, a party between the covers

Published: 04/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/21/2013 7:55 am

Editor’s Choice: The Baroness, the Search for Nica Rothschild

Published: 04/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/19/2013 12:00 pm

More stories from Russia’s remarkable Ludmilla Petrushevskaya

Published: 04/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/19/2013 11:59 am

Paul Collins’ ‘Birth of West’ sheds light on dark ages

By Edward Cuddihy

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Published: 04/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/19/2013 11:59 am

Books in Brief: Zebra Forest, Wave

Published: 04/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/19/2013 11:54 am

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Poetry & Literature Calendar: April 21-28

Published: 04/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/19/2013 11:53 am

Poem of the Week by Peter Siedlecki

Published: 04/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/19/2013 11:42 am

Author remembers growing up in a Frank Lloyd Wright house

Published: 04/16/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/16/2013 7:59 am

Sheryl Sandberg’s ‘Lean In’ urges women to change the world

Published: 04/14/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/14/2013 8:08 am

From Alejandro Zambra, a powerful novel of home

Published: 04/14/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/12/2013 10:48 am

‘Mortal Sins’ an unflinching look at priest sex abuse scandal

Published: 04/14/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/12/2013 10:47 am

Editor’s Choice: The Village by John Strausbaugh

Published: 04/14/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/12/2013 10:45 am

Poetry & Literature Calendar: April 14-20

Published: 04/14/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/12/2013 10:45 am

Poem of the Week by Jerry McGuire

Published: 04/14/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/12/2013 10:45 am

Books in Brief: Rapture Practice, Scratchgravel Road

Published: 04/14/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/12/2013 10:44 am

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Published: 04/14/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/12/2013 10:40 am

On Delaware, devoting a day to Dickinson

Published: 04/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/13/2013 8:38 pm

King, Dickinson readings bring eloquent writers into the spotlight

Published: 04/12/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/13/2013 8:37 pm

Dickinson reading will offer marathon session of poetry

Published: 04/11/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/11/2013 3:30 pm

Readings mark 50th anniversary of King’s ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’

Published: 04/11/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/11/2013 11:50 am

Ogawa’s ‘Revenge’ a disturbing collection of dark tales

By Christopher Schobert

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Published: 04/07/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/05/2013 12:24 pm

‘Frances and Bernard’ distills essence of writers’ unlikely friendship

By Ed Taylor

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Published: 04/07/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/05/2013 12:24 pm

Editor’s Choice: All That Is by James Salter

Published: 04/07/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/05/2013 12:23 pm

‘House of Rumour,’ ‘Escape Theory’ among crime novels for April

Published: 04/07/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/05/2013 12:22 pm

Books in Brief: The Dark, Gulp, The Burgess Boys

Published: 04/07/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/05/2013 12:22 pm

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Published: 04/07/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/05/2013 12:22 pm

Poem of the Week: By Ansie Baird

Published: 04/07/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/05/2013 12:22 pm

Poetry & Literature Calendar: April 7-13

Published: 04/07/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/05/2013 12:21 pm

News Book Club for April: ‘Below Stairs’

Published: 04/02/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/02/2013 6:12 am

Books in brief: ‘Water Castle,’ ‘Snow White Must Die’

Published: 03/31/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/28/2013 1:04 pm

William H. Gass changes key in ‘Middle C’

Published: 03/31/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/28/2013 12:46 pm

Dirty deeds of Whitey Bulger make for a gripping read

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Published: 03/31/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/28/2013 12:38 pm

Editor’s Choice: Unsinkable, a Memoir by Debbie Reynolds

Published: 03/31/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/28/2013 12:37 pm

Poem of the Week: By E.R. Baxter III

Published: 03/31/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/28/2013 12:32 pm

Poetry & Literature Calendar: March 30-April 6

Published: 03/31/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/28/2013 12:31 pm

Buffalo News Book Club: Titles back to 2003

Published: 03/30/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/01/2013 12:30 pm

O’Keeffe-Stieglitz letters paint vivid portrait of an era

By Anthony Bannon NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 03/28/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/28/2013 12:10 pm

Visit from acclaimed Dominican author Julia Alvarez ends Babel season

Published: 03/28/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/28/2013 7:26 am

Standalone on babel

14-hour Emily Dickinson marathon to mark Poetry Month

Published: 03/27/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/27/2013 8:39 am

In ‘Detroit: An American Autopsy,’ Buffalo finds a version of its former self

Published: 03/26/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/26/2013 7:41 am

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A delicious unease in Oates’ ‘Accursed,’ Dobyns’ ‘Burn Palace’

By Karen Brady

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Published: 03/24/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/22/2013 1:05 pm

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Published: 03/24/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/22/2013 11:53 am

Books in brief: ‘Ghoulish Song,’ ‘Breaking Point’

Published: 03/24/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/22/2013 12:51 pm

Clive Davis gives himself a pat on the back in ‘Soundtrack’

Published: 03/24/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/22/2013 12:51 pm

‘Gun Guys’ injects sane note into debate

Published: 03/24/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/22/2013 11:56 am

Poetry & Literature Calendar: March 24-30

Published: 03/24/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/22/2013 11:49 am

Poem of the Week: By Max Wickert

Published: 03/24/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/22/2013 11:49 am

Sylvia Coles: Book Excerpts

Published: 03/24/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/22/2013 11:38 am

Buffalo continues to climb on nationwide survey of bookish cities

Published: 03/22/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/22/2013 10:13 pm

Mark Twain book disproves long-held beliefs about his life in Buffalo

Published: 03/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/18/2013 6:15 am

Baby boomer baseball fans can travel back in time with ‘Classic Mantle’

Published: 03/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/17/2013 10:30 am

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Published: 03/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/15/2013 11:44 am

Editor’s Choice: red doc by Anne Carson

Published: 03/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/15/2013 12:08 pm

‘Man and Beast’ documents tale of explorer Paul Du Chaillu

By Michael D. Langan

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Published: 03/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/15/2013 12:08 pm

Book Briefs: ‘Wild Boy,’ ‘Standing in Another Man’s Grave’

Published: 03/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/15/2013 12:08 pm

Poem of the Week: By Kastle Brill

Published: 03/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/15/2013 11:45 am

Poetry & Literature Calendar March 17

Published: 03/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/15/2013 11:44 am

Fascinating portrait of Nixon emerges from 'Ike and Dick'

By Mike Vogel

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Published: 03/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/15/2013 12:08 pm

South Buffalo a gritty backdrop for Talty’s ‘Black Irish’

Published: 03/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/08/2013 12:21 pm

Editor’s Choice: Here and Now: Letters by Paul Auster and J.M. Coetzee

Published: 03/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/08/2013 12:20 pm

Celebrating 50 years since ‘Feminine Mystique’

By Karen Brady

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Published: 03/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/08/2013 12:20 pm

Haruf’s ‘Benediction’ is a blessing

By Michael D. Langan

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Published: 03/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/08/2013 12:19 pm

Poem of the Week: By Lynn Ciesielski

Published: 03/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/08/2013 12:16 pm

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Published: 03/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/08/2013 1:46 pm

Poetry & Literature Calendar/ March 10-16

Published: 03/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/08/2013 12:15 pm

Books in Brief: ‘Requiem,’ ‘Vampires in Lemon Grove,’ ‘Romanov Cross’

Published: 03/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/08/2013 12:15 pm

‘The Fiddler on Pantico Run’ tells fascinating family story

Published: 03/05/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/05/2013 1:16 pm

Buffalo News Book Club: Titles back to 2003

Published: 01/01/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/05/2013 6:50 am

Joking look at ad world becomes something deeper

By Stefan Fleischer

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Published: 03/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/03/2013 12:55 pm

Fascinating ‘Schroder’ explores love amid deceit

By Karen Brady

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Published: 03/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/03/2013 12:55 pm

Books in Brief: ‘Runaway King,’ ‘Thriller’

Published: 03/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/03/2013 12:53 pm

Poetry & Literature Calendar: March 3

Published: 03/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/03/2013 9:21 am

Editor’s Choice: ‘The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend’

Published: 03/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/03/2013 9:17 am

Two books, three powerful men and six months that changed world

By Edward Cuddihy

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Published: 03/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/03/2013 9:17 am

Poem of the week: Jennifer Campbell

Published: 02/27/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/03/2013 9:21 am

First Ward book proves popular, with interest from across the world

Published: 02/25/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/25/2013 9:22 pm

At last, a definitive look at Twain’s Buffalo years

Published: 02/24/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/05/2013 9:54 am

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Published: 02/24/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/22/2013 1:16 pm

Editor’s Choice: The Collected Poems of Ai

Published: 02/24/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/22/2013 1:15 pm

‘Mafia Summit’ explores how Magaddino’s bad call did in the mob

By Lee Coppola

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Published: 02/24/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/22/2013 1:14 pm

Doleful ‘Farewell, Dorothy Parker’ disappoints

Published: 02/24/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/22/2013 1:13 pm

Books in Brief: ‘Scarlet,’ ‘Phantom’

Published: 02/24/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/22/2013 1:05 pm

Poem of the Week: By Sandra Cookson

Published: 02/24/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/22/2013 12:59 pm

Poetry & Literature Calendar: Feb. 24

Published: 02/24/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/22/2013 12:59 pm

Walter Mosley offers his take on politics, race and threats to planet Earth

Published: 02/24/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/22/2013 12:58 pm

Mosley on Rawlins, McGill as heroes with flaws

Published: 02/24/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/22/2013 12:55 pm

Sylvia Plath, as Marilyn Monroe?

Published: 02/23/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/23/2013 12:18 am

Editor’s Choice: How Literature Saved My Life by David Shields

Published: 02/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/15/2013 5:10 pm

‘Going Clear’ is latest exposé of Scientology’s hidden world

Published: 02/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/15/2013 5:07 pm

‘Remembering Whitney’ is a heartbreaker

Published: 02/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/15/2013 5:06 pm

Gore’s ‘Future’ asks: Can we save ourselves?

By Michael D. Langan

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Published: 02/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/15/2013 5:00 pm

Poem of the Week by Karen Sands O’Connor

Published: 02/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/15/2013 4:57 pm

Books in Brief: ‘Moon Jumpers,’ ‘Touch & Go’

Published: 02/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/15/2013 4:56 pm

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Published: 02/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/15/2013 4:56 pm

Poetry & Literature Calendar/ Feb. 17-23

Published: 02/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/15/2013 4:46 pm

Two views of Haiti and the disaster of disaster relief

By Lee Coppola

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Published: 02/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/08/2013 11:29 am

Spitz’s ‘Poseur’ is more than a music critic’s memoir

By Christopher Schobert

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Published: 02/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/08/2013 11:27 am

‘Law & Order’ creator Dick Wolf pens terrific thriller

Published: 02/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/08/2013 11:24 am

Jamaica Kincaid’s ‘See Now Then’ finds the universal in the personal

By Karen Brady

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Published: 02/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/08/2013 11:23 am

Books in brief: ‘Prodigy,’ ‘Cover of Snow,’ ‘Leonardo and Last Supper’

Published: 02/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/08/2013 11:22 am

Editor’s Choice: The World As It Is by Chris Hedges

Published: 02/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/08/2013 11:22 am

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Published: 02/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/08/2013 11:21 am

Poetry & Literature Calendar / Feb. 10-16

Published: 02/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/08/2013 11:20 am

Poem of the Week: By Al Felix

Published: 02/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/08/2013 11:20 am

Alexandra Fuller explores Africa in books about her past and her mother

Published: 02/05/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/05/2013 6:54 am

Books in brief: ‘Desmond and the Very Mean Word, ‘ 'Suspect’

Published: 02/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/01/2013 12:32 pm

Stars align for story collections from Saunders, Sherwood Anderson

Published: 02/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/01/2013 12:39 pm

Editor’s Choice: Missing Out: In Praise of the Unlived Life

Published: 02/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/01/2013 12:35 pm

Poem of the Week by Jorge Guitart

Published: 02/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/01/2013 12:35 pm

Poetry & Literature Calendar/ Feb. 3-9

Published: 02/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/01/2013 12:34 pm

Mansbach’s ‘Rage Is Back’ is ambitious romp of a novel

By Stefan Fleischer

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Published: 02/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/01/2013 12:34 pm

Struggling to make sense of Will Self’s ‘Umbrella’

By Michael D. Langan

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Published: 02/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/01/2013 12:32 pm

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Published: 02/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/01/2013 10:03 am

Opera based in ‘Long Walk’ in works

Published: 01/31/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/31/2013 6:46 am

Applegate’s ‘One and Only Ivan’ wins Newbery

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Published: 01/28/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/28/2013 12:53 pm

J.G. Ballard offers fascinating memoir of odyssey from Shanghai to Shepperton

By Michael D. Langan

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Published: 01/27/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/25/2013 12:49 pm

‘Heavy’ is troubling account of a mom enforcing 7-year-old girl’s diet

Published: 01/27/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/25/2013 11:52 am

Oates’ ‘Daddy Love’ is nightmare tale of abused child

By Karen Brady

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Published: 01/27/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/25/2013 11:49 am

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Published: 01/27/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/25/2013 11:47 am

Poetry & Literature Calendar / Jan. 27-Feb. 2

Published: 01/27/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/25/2013 11:47 am

Poem of the Week: By Ann Goldsmith

Published: 01/27/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/25/2013 11:47 am

Books in brief: ‘As the Crow Flies,’ ‘Kinsey and Me’

Published: 01/27/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/25/2013 11:46 am

‘Master of the Mountain’ a damning indictment of Jefferson’s attitude toward slavery

By Edward Cuddihy

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Published: 01/20/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/18/2013 12:28 pm

Editor’s Choice: ‘Dancing Around the Bride’

Published: 01/20/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/18/2013 12:27 pm

Poem of the Week by Fred Whitehead

Published: 01/20/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/18/2013 12:26 pm

Poetry & Literature Calendar: Jan 20-26

Published: 01/20/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/18/2013 12:26 pm

Books in brief: ‘One Came Home, ‘Farewell to Freedom’

Published: 01/20/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/18/2013 12:26 pm

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Published: 01/20/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/18/2013 12:26 pm

Caleb Carr still off his game in ‘Broken’

By Christopher Schobert

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Published: 01/20/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/18/2013 12:25 pm

Jacoby profiles Robert Ingersoll in ‘Great Agnostic’

By Michael D. Langan

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Published: 01/20/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/18/2013 12:25 pm

Literary gift from rabbi’s son brings Robert Frost’s aura to UB

Published: 01/18/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/17/2013 11:55 pm

Rewrite for National Book Awards

By Hillel Italie

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Published: 01/16/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/16/2013 6:06 am

‘Memories of War’ sets record straight on U.S. attitudes to battlefields

By Martin Naparsteck / SPECIAL TO THE NEWS

Published: 01/15/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/14/2013 11:16 pm

Poetry and Literature Calendar

Published: 01/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/11/2013 9:54 am

Editor’s Choice: La Folie Baudelaire by Roberto Calasso

Published: 01/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/11/2013 9:53 am

Poem of the Week by Perry Nicholas

Published: 01/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/11/2013 9:52 am

‘Pizza Bomber’ revisits bungled Erie bank heist

Published: 01/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/11/2013 9:51 am

‘American Lady’ shines spotlight on Susan Mary Alsop

Published: 01/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/11/2013 9:49 am

Munro goes deep in ‘Dear Life’; Oates’ ‘Black Dahlia’ is on dark side

By Karen Brady

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Published: 01/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/11/2013 9:48 am

Books in Brief: Gutenberg, ‘Twelve,’ ‘Footprints in the Sand’

Published: 01/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/11/2013 9:39 am

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Published: 01/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/11/2013 9:39 am

Jerry Spinelli reflects on his new book, ‘Hokey Pokey’

By Jean Westmoore

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Published: 01/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/11/2013 9:28 am

Thrillers, historical titles, youth series books top most-read list for 2012

Published: 01/12/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/12/2013 8:05 pm

Cathy Marie Buchanan leads off new book chat series at Larkin

Published: 01/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/09/2013 7:15 am

‘The Walking Dead’ was 2012’s top-selling comic

By Matt Moore

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Published: 01/08/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/08/2013 8:23 am

Faulks’ ‘A Possible Life’ is a symphony in prose

By Ed Taylor

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Published: 01/06/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/04/2013 1:15 pm

Fancher stories don’t equal his screenplays

By Christopher Schobert

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Published: 01/06/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/04/2013 1:12 pm

Lehane’s ‘Live by Night’ stars mobster with a heart

By Lee Coppola

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Published: 01/06/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/04/2013 1:11 pm

Editor’s Choice: Poems by Francois Villon

Published: 01/06/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/04/2013 1:10 pm

Poem of the Week by Ed Sanders

Published: 01/06/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/04/2013 1:06 pm

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January Book Club: Liz Moore’s ‘Heft’

Published: 01/01/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/14/2013 1:01 pm

Poetry & Literature Calendar

Published: 12/31/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/04/2013 1:06 pm

Ricks’ ‘The Generals’ finds fault from MacArthur to Franks

By Edward Cuddihy

NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 12/30/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/31/2012 9:25 am

‘Yesterday’ looks for lessons from traditional societies

By Michael D. Langan

NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 12/30/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/29/2012 1:48 pm

Albright tells family story’s with warmth, wisdom in ‘Prague Winter’

Published: 12/30/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/29/2012 1:47 pm

Books in Brief: ‘Darkest Minds,’ ‘Two Graves,’ ‘Nature Wars’

Published: 12/30/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/29/2012 4:19 pm

Poetry & Literature Calendar

Published: 12/30/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/29/2012 4:14 pm

Poem of the Week by Paul A. White

Published: 12/30/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/29/2012 4:14 pm

Best sellers

Published: 12/30/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/29/2012 4:18 pm

Ricks finds fault with generals ?from MacArthur to Franks

BY EDWARD CUDDIHY - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 12/30/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/30/2012 12:00 am

Albright brings warmth, wisdom to family's story

BY DOUGLAS TURNER - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 12/30/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/30/2012 12:00 am

‘Yesterday' looks for lessons from traditional societies

BY MICHAEL D. LANGAN - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 12/30/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/30/2012 12:00 am

The knock on the door

By Michael S. Albert

Published: 12/20/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/23/2012 8:37 am

Short story contest: “The Lighting”

By Jenevieve Goss

Published: 12/23/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/23/2012 8:37 am

‘After the Fall’ a shimmery souffle of words, drawings

Published: 12/23/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/20/2012 5:02 pm

Literary highlights of 2012

Published: 12/20/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/20/2012 5:06 pm

Poem of the week: By Brother Augustine Towey

Published: 12/20/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/20/2012 5:06 pm

Toibin’s testament is an ugly transformation of Mary

Published: 12/20/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/20/2012 5:02 pm

The Perfect Hour

By Richard Howells

Published: 12/20/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/20/2012 5:02 pm

Editor’s Choice: In Praise of Messy Lives

Published: 12/20/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/20/2012 5:01 pm

Books in brief: ‘I Saw Esau,’ ‘Safe House’

Published: 12/20/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/20/2012 5:01 pm

Schechter offers counter-narrative to issues of the day

Published: 12/16/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/20/2012 5:06 pm

Best sellers

Published: 12/16/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/14/2012 11:22 am

Tales of Charles Dickens as father, philanderer

By Michael D. Langan

NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 12/16/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/14/2012 11:31 am

‘Gershwins and Me’ a dandy book from Michael Feinstein

Published: 12/16/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/14/2012 11:28 am

Biographer claims laudanum inspired Keats’ poetry

By William L. Morris

NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 12/16/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/14/2012 11:27 am

Editor’s Choice: Letters of William Styron

Published: 12/16/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/14/2012 11:25 am

Books in brief: ‘Hit the Road, Jack’; ‘Right Hand’

Published: 12/16/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/14/2012 11:24 am

Agatha Christie again setting trends, as a must for Christmas thrills

Published: 12/16/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/14/2012 11:06 am

Poetry & Literature Calendar / Dec. 16-22

Published: 12/16/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/14/2012 11:25 am

Poem of the week: By Jeannine Marie Pitas

Published: 12/16/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/14/2012 11:25 am

Bookis in Brief

Published: 12/16/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/16/2012 12:00 am

Tales of Charles Dickens as a father and philanderer

BY MICHAEL D. LANGAN - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 12/16/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/16/2012 12:00 am

Editor's Choice

Published: 12/16/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/16/2012 12:00 am

A rousing ramble through American Songbook

BY MARY KUNZ GOLDMAN - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 12/16/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/16/2012 12:00 am

Scholar argues laudanum inspired Keats' poetry

BY WILLIAM L. MORRIS - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 12/16/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/16/2012 12:00 am

“The Hobbit”: An entertaining journey back to Middle Earth

Published: 12/13/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/14/2012 6:47 am

Author Mick Cochrane discusses his new book, “Fitz”

By Jean Westmoore

News Staff

Published: 12/10/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/11/2012 12:37 am

Masterful book finds soul of ‘Portrait of a Lady’

By Michael D. Langan

NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 12/09/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/04/2013 1:12 pm

Magritte, Warhol among the books on Jeff Simon’s holiday list

Published: 12/09/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/09/2012 4:29 pm

Easterbrook’s ‘Leading Indicators’ is more fable than novel

Published: 12/09/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/09/2012 3:22 pm

Poetry & Literature Calendar / Dec. 9 -15

Published: 12/09/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/07/2012 11:25 am

Poem of the Week: by Jennifer Grotz

Published: 12/09/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/07/2012 11:24 am

‘Into the Fire’ a harrowing tale from a hero Marine

Published: 12/09/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/07/2012 11:22 am

Editor’s Choice: A------s: A Theory by Aaron James

Published: 12/09/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/07/2012 11:20 am

Howard Jacobson’s 'Zoo Time’ a tiresome exercise

By Stefan Fleischer

NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 12/09/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/07/2012 11:23 am

Books in Brief: ‘After Eli’ and more

Published: 12/09/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/07/2012 11:17 am

Best sellers

Published: 12/09/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/07/2012 11:17 am

December Book Club: Flannery O’Connor’s ‘A Good Man Is Hard to Find’

Published: 12/04/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/04/2012 6:17 am

‘May We Be Forgiven’ is bleak tale of family dysfunction

Published: 12/02/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/07/2012 11:19 am

Poetry & Literature Calendar/ Dec. 2-8

Published: 12/02/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/30/2012 11:28 am

Poem of the Week: Summary by Ansie Baird

Published: 12/02/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/30/2012 11:27 am

Books in Brief: ‘Alex the Parrot,’’Forgotten,’ ‘House of Interpreter’

Published: 12/02/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/30/2012 11:26 am

Full portrait of L’Engle, as writer, icon, mother

By Jean Westmoore

News BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 12/02/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/30/2012 11:25 am

Millet’s ‘Magnificence’ is funny, tragic, strange

By Karen Brady

NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 12/02/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/30/2012 11:25 am

Best sellers

Published: 12/02/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/30/2012 11:13 am

Editor’s Choice: Essays by David Foster Wallace

Published: 12/02/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/30/2012 11:12 am

‘Patriarch’ reveals the real Joe Kennedy, warts and all

By Edward Cuddihy

NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 12/02/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/30/2012 11:12 am

A gift guide for young readers

By Jean Westmoore

News CHILDREN’S BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 12/01/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/01/2012 1:24 am

Editor’s Choice: The Wisdom of Psychopaths

Published: 11/25/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/23/2012 12:34 pm

Poem of the Week: By Jorge Guitart

Published: 11/25/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/23/2012 12:29 pm

Poetry & Literature Calendar / Nov. 25- Dec. 1

Published: 11/25/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/23/2012 12:28 pm

Scholar stresses Paul’s role in transforming Christianity

By Michael D. Langan

NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 11/25/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/23/2012 12:27 pm

Chris Elliott’s comic genius on display in ‘Sheets’

By Christopher Schobert

NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 11/25/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/23/2012 12:27 pm

Mennonite memoir takes up Janzen’s story farther down the road

Published: 11/25/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/23/2012 12:26 pm

Best sellers

Published: 11/25/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/23/2012 12:24 pm

Books in Brief: Lane Smith, ‘Heads in Beds,’ Joy Castro

Published: 11/25/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/23/2012 12:24 pm

‘Always Looking’ a posthumous gift from Updike

Published: 11/25/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/23/2012 12:23 pm

‘Return of Thin Man’ has juicy Hollywood details

By Stefan Fleischer

NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 11/18/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/16/2012 1:15 pm

Editor’s Choice: Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks

Published: 11/18/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/16/2012 11:25 am

‘Bruce’ explores boyhood scars that inspire Springsteen’s art

Published: 11/18/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/16/2012 11:25 am

A Vanderbilt’s tale is oddly compelling

Published: 11/18/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/16/2012 11:22 am

Poetry & Literature Calendar / Nov. 18 to 24

Published: 11/18/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/16/2012 11:20 am

Poem of the Week: By Karen Lee Lewis

Published: 11/18/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/16/2012 11:19 am

Grisham’s ‘Racketeer’ is a page-turner

By Robert L. Pratter

NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 11/18/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/16/2012 11:18 am

Books in Brief: by Grace Lin, Diana Wagman

Published: 11/18/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/16/2012 11:17 am

Best sellers

Published: 11/18/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/16/2012 11:15 am

Wojnarowicz biographer to visit Hallwalls

Published: 11/16/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/16/2012 8:33 am

Editor’s Choice: This Living Hand by Edmund Morris

Published: 11/11/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/09/2012 11:17 am

Books in Brief: Rosemary Wells, Tim O’Mara

Published: 11/11/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/09/2012 11:16 am

‘Killing Kennedy’ offers balanced view of 1963

Published: 11/11/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/09/2012 11:16 am

Best sellers

Published: 11/11/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/09/2012 11:14 am

‘Spoiler’ a hilarious look at online revolution

By Karen Brady

News Book Reviewer

Published: 11/11/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/09/2012 11:14 am

Poetry & Literature Calendar / Nov. 11-17

Published: 11/11/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/09/2012 11:00 am

Poem of the Week: By Tony Hoagland

Published: 11/11/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/09/2012 10:59 am

Boyle’s ‘San Miguel’ runs aground in reality

By Ed Taylor

NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 11/11/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/09/2012 10:54 am

Book Club: Vaillant’s ‘Tiger’ a riveting true story

Published: 11/05/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/09/2012 11:43 am

Poem of the Week by Gay Baines

Published: 11/04/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/07/2012 10:03 am

Rod Stewart and what might have been

Published: 11/04/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/04/2012 10:27 am

Excerpt from “Home Ground,” by A.F. Oreshnik (aka Al Nussbaum)

Published: 11/04/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/04/2012 10:24 am

Dossier on Al Nussbaum, “Most Wanted” criminal by the FBI

Published: 11/04/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/04/2012 10:21 am

McEwan’s ‘Sweet Tooth’ is smart tale of espionage

By Karen Brady

NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 11/04/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/04/2012 10:03 am

Ulysses Grant bio is two stories, of a general and a president

By Edward Cuddihy

News Book Reviewer

Published: 11/04/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/04/2012 10:02 am

Editor’s choice: Kurt Vonnegut letters

Published: 11/04/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/04/2012 9:59 am

Poetry & Literature Calendar/ Nov. 4-10

Published: 11/04/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/01/2012 10:55 am

Poem of the Week: On Elizabeth Bishop’s Front Porch

By Lisa Wiley

Published: 10/28/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 10/29/2012 1:52 pm

‘Accelerated’ finds dark side of pricey private school

By William L. Morris

NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 10/28/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 10/28/2012 10:05 am

Ringwald, Sohn riff on the lies that ensnare us

By Karen Brady

NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 10/28/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 10/28/2012 10:04 am

Books in brief

Published: 10/28/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 10/26/2012 10:27 am

Best sellers

Published: 10/28/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 10/26/2012 10:26 am

Two critics on the story, future of movies

Published: 10/28/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 10/26/2012 10:26 am

Editor’s Choice: The Fun Stuff and Other Essays by James Wood

Published: 10/28/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 10/26/2012 1:16 pm

Poetry & Literature Calendar

Published: 10/28/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 10/26/2012 1:16 pm

Poem of the Week by Kazim Ali

Published: 10/23/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 10/23/2012 10:28 am

Books in Brief: James Patterson

Published: 10/22/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 10/22/2012 1:56 pm

Poetry Calendar / A list of readings and workshops (Oct. 21-27)

Published: 10/21/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 10/23/2012 10:28 am

Memory plays tricks in Banville’s ‘Ancient Light’

Published: 10/21/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 10/21/2012 12:27 pm

Editor’s Choice: Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton

Published: 10/21/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 10/21/2012 12:07 pm

Poet Seamus Heaney is bound for Buffalo

Published: 10/21/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 10/21/2012 10:22 am

‘Life After Death‘ a haunting Death Row memoir

Published: 10/21/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 10/21/2012 10:22 am

Townshend offers unflinching look at ‘Who I Am’

Published: 10/21/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 10/21/2012 10:20 am

Labs will offer eReader help to library patrons

Published: 10/19/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 10/20/2012 12:36 am

Hilary Mantel wins second Booker Prize

By Jill Lawless Associated Press

Published: 10/18/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 10/18/2012 6:16 am

Russell Banks to lead off Babel series

Published: 10/14/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 10/14/2012 9:16 am

Rowling gets real in 'Casual Vacancy’

Published: 10/14/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 10/12/2012 12:30 pm

Editor’s Choice: The Richard Burton Diaries

Published: 10/14/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 10/12/2012 12:29 pm

Putting ‘Rachel Carson’ in the context of her times

Published: 10/14/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 10/12/2012 12:29 pm

‘Back to Blood’ dissects Miami as melting pot

Published: 10/14/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 10/12/2012 12:29 pm

Poem: November by Cazenovia Creek by Ruth Thompson

Published: 10/14/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 10/12/2012 12:24 pm

Poetry & Literature Calendar

Published: 10/14/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 10/12/2012 12:23 pm

In Brief: ‘A Song for Matthew Shepard’

Published: 10/14/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 10/12/2012 12:23 pm

Best sellers

Published: 10/14/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 10/11/2012 1:08 pm

Caro, Shadid among National Book Award finalists

ASSOCIATED pRESS

Published: 10/11/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 10/10/2012 3:36 pm

New fall reads by local authors

Published: 10/09/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 10/08/2012 3:28 pm

Editor’s Choice: Glittering Images by Camille Paglia

Published: 10/07/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 10/07/2012 2:11 pm

First Ward roots run deep

Published: 10/07/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 10/07/2012 10:03 am

Poem of the Week / by Ed Taylor

Published: 10/07/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 10/05/2012 9:54 am

Poetry and Literature Calendar (Oct. 7-13)

Published: 10/07/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 10/05/2012 9:54 am

‘Empty Glass’ adds little to cult of Marilyn

Published: 10/07/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 10/05/2012 9:53 am

MEMOIR Marshall shrugs through a life in show business

Published: 10/07/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 10/05/2012 9:53 am

NONFICTION Character actor bares his soul in pursuit of Hollywood career

Published: 10/07/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 10/05/2012 9:53 am

Book Briefs: Emma Thompson’s “Peter Rabbit” and more

Published: 10/07/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 10/05/2012 9:52 am

Best sellers

Published: 10/07/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 10/05/2012 9:51 am

The lives and misfortunes of a Jewish-American family

Published: 10/05/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 10/05/2012 9:52 am

Laura Hillenbrand finds connection in worlds of World War II flyer, racehorse

Published: 10/02/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 10/02/2012 2:57 pm

'Heavy Peace' a telling glimpse into Neil Young's psyche

Published: 09/30/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 10/01/2012 8:43 am

Poem of the Week / by Paul T. Hogan

Published: 09/30/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/28/2012 1:06 pm

Poetry & Literature Calendar

Published: 09/30/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/28/2012 1:05 pm

'Triburbia' a dazzling debut

Published: 09/30/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/28/2012 12:22 pm

Best sellers

Published: 09/30/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/28/2012 12:21 pm

Books in Brief: Jane Marinsky, Churchill

Published: 09/30/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/28/2012 12:21 pm

Editor's Choice: Fakes, An Anthology

Published: 09/30/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/27/2012 12:30 pm

Woodward's 'Price of Politics' examines Washington dysfunction

Published: 09/30/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/26/2012 1:07 pm

Editor's Choice

Published: 09/30/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/30/2012 12:00 am

‘Heavy Peace' offers glimpse? into Neil Young's psyche

BY JEFF MIERS - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 09/30/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/30/2012 12:00 am

Debut novel is a thrilling kaleidoscope of Tribeca

BY ED TAYLOR - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 09/30/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/30/2012 12:00 am

Woodward examines Washington dysfunction

BY MICHAEL D. LANGAN - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 09/30/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/30/2012 12:00 am

Books in Brief

Published: 09/30/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/30/2012 12:00 am

Just Buffalo's Big Night begins again

Published: 09/28/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/28/2012 9:05 am

Poem of the Week/ by Max Wickert

Published: 09/23/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/25/2012 10:54 am

Bestsellers

Published: 09/23/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/21/2012 12:45 pm

Books in Brief: Libba Bray, Jack Reacher and more

Published: 09/23/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/21/2012 12:44 pm

World War II history looks at the big picture

Published: 09/23/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/21/2012 12:34 pm

Flag-waving tale of bin Laden's demise

Published: 09/23/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/21/2012 12:32 pm

Editor's Choice: Big Book of Ghost Stories

Published: 09/23/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/21/2012 12:26 pm

Poetry & Literature Calendar

Published: 09/23/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/21/2012 12:25 pm

'Gods Like Us' a definitive take on movie stardom

Published: 09/23/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/21/2012 10:15 am

Innovate at the grill with 'Charred and Scruffed'

Published: 09/19/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/19/2012 6:18 am

Soccer champ Hope Solo tells all in new memoir

By Gene Warner News Book Reviewer

Published: 09/16/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/16/2012 2:10 pm

Wolf's latest paints a disturbing portrait of women

By Anne Neville News Book Reviewer

Published: 09/16/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/16/2012 1:59 pm

'Paris: A Love Story' a true tale of love lost

By Carol Crissey Nigrelli NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 09/16/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/16/2012 11:37 am

Editor's Choice: 'Stella Adler on America's Master Playwrights'

Published: 09/16/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/14/2012 5:31 pm

Books in Brief: From Louise Erdrich, Zadie Smith

Published: 09/16/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/14/2012 5:30 pm

Poetry & Literature Calendar / Sept. 16 to 22

Published: 09/16/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/14/2012 5:29 pm

Toobin's 'Oath' fails to make its case

Published: 09/16/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/14/2012 5:24 pm

Soccer champ Hope Solo tells all in memoir

BY GENE WARNER - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 09/16/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/16/2012 12:00 am

Journalist offers juicy accounting of her life and loves

BY CAROL CRISSEY NIGRELLI - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 09/16/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/16/2012 12:00 am

Failing to make case that Roberts rules as partisan

BY ROBERT L. PRATTER - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 09/16/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/16/2012 12:00 am

Books in Brief

Published: 09/16/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/16/2012 12:00 am

Distressing portrait of women?emerges in Wolf's latest

BY ANNE NEVILLE - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 09/16/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/16/2012 12:00 am

Editor's Choice

Published: 09/16/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/16/2012 12:00 am

Women's Voices / Buffalo values inspire service in Afghanistan

Published: 09/15/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/16/2012 1:52 pm

A look into the life of an original foodie

By Janice Okun NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 09/15/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/15/2012 11:36 am

Queen City Matchmaker

Published: 09/15/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/14/2012 11:11 am

Jeff Simon: Reality shows roll as new sitcoms come up short

Published: 09/14/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/14/2012 8:52 am

Great Gardening / By Sally Cunningham

Published: 09/14/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/14/2012 7:59 am

Susan Martin: There's still time for a walking tour

Published: 09/14/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/14/2012 7:09 am

Metallics, glass add sparkle to fall home decor

Published: 09/14/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/14/2012 6:53 am

Santella to leave WBFO blues show

Published: 09/13/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/13/2012 6:14 am

Cook of the Month aims for healthful menus

Published: 09/12/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/13/2012 7:47 am

'Katie' - from high priestess of perkiness to Oprah's heir

Published: 09/12/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/12/2012 5:29 pm

Applicants sought for state arts grants

Published: 09/12/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/12/2012 1:44 pm

Editor's Choice: 'This IS HOW YOU LOSE HER'

Published: 09/10/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/10/2012 8:46 am

FICTION 'Telegraph Avenue' walks tightrope between worlds

Published: 09/10/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/10/2012 8:32 am

Google search as swashbuckling adventure

Published: 09/10/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/10/2012 8:32 am

'Shooting Victoria' a strange but true tale

Published: 09/10/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/10/2012 8:32 am

'End of Men' makes a strong case

Published: 09/10/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/10/2012 8:31 am

Bar DJ passionate about his playlist

Published: 09/10/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/10/2012 8:25 am

hed

Published: 09/09/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/10/2012 10:42 am

A Google search transformed as swashbuckling adventure

BY ED TAYLOR - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 09/09/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/09/2012 12:00 am

‘End of Men' makes its case that women have taken over

BY MELINDA MILLER - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 09/09/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/09/2012 12:00 am

Editor's Choice

Published: 09/09/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/09/2012 12:00 am

‘Telegraph Avenue' walks tightrope between worlds

BY EMILY SIMON - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 09/09/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/09/2012 12:00 am

A colorful look at seven who tried to kill the queen

BY EDWARD CUDDIHY - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 09/09/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/09/2012 12:00 am

Women's Voices: Leaving everything for a new life

By Marita Krecklow Zieger

Published: 09/08/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/08/2012 8:08 am

Boyfriend won't drive on dates

Published: 09/08/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/07/2012 8:30 pm

Interfaith conference aims to change beliefs

Published: 09/07/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/09/2012 9:26 pm

Fast-forward fashion: Spring '13 shows begin

By Samantha Critchell Associated Press

Published: 09/07/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/07/2012 8:29 am

Great Gardening / By Sally Cunningham

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Button up! Fall is on the way

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Making the connection with Facebook

By Jason Silverstein Special to NeXt

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'Garden of Beasts' a riveting tale inspired by diaries

Published: 09/05/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/05/2012 4:13 pm

Listening Post / Brief reviews and select releases

Published: 09/02/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/02/2012 12:00 am

Dark satire finds an England in decline

BY MICHAEL D. LANGAN - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 09/02/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/02/2012 12:00 am

Setting record straight on Obama, stimulus

BY BRADSHAW HOVEY - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

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Staring death in the face,?Hitchens has the last word

BY JEFF SIMON - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

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Murder on the menu in Walker's latest

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Beloved bookstore Talking Leaves to stop carrying textbooks

By Jay Rey News Staff Reporter

Published: 08/31/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/01/2012 2:45 pm

Shipping costs, online sales contributed to Welch's decision

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Fall feet first By Susan Martin / Home & Style Editor

Published: 08/30/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 08/31/2012 12:52 pm

WNED-AM's sale a humiliating custard pie to the face

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Cousin is one serious scrapbooker

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From Rowling to Chabon, time to fall into a good book

By Jane Henderson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Guiding children through middle school sets solid groundwork

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Restoring poet to rightful place?in the literary firmament

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‘Wish You Were Here' is a dark, deeply moving novel

BY KAREN BRADY - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

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‘Return to Treasure Ireland' is enchanted storytelling

BY MICHAEL D. LANGAN - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

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No satisfaction for Stones' fans ?in dirt-dishing Jagger bio

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Levin is both funny and wise in ‘Hot Pink' stories

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‘The Cove' takes readers to a special place

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Of Baker, Stephenson and the author as hero

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Published: 08/05/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 08/05/2012 12:00 am

A poignant, enlightening look at ‘Life After Murder'

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A sketch of Pollock, a portrait of Benton

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Poignant cancer memoir tallies high ‘cost of hope'

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Published: 07/15/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 07/15/2012 12:00 am

‘Inside' plays intriguing game of musical chairs

BY KAREN BRADY - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

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‘Guttenberg Bible': An actor's life in chapter and verse

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50 years after Monroe's death,? the juicy questions remain

BY JEFF SIMON - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 07/15/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 07/15/2012 12:00 am

Nobel winner on the rise and fall ?and rise again of an Irish hero

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Gordimer captures the post-apartheid reality of S. Africa

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Irving misses a beat getting to the heart of novel

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A real show biz story

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How Craig Claiborne revolutionized the way we eat

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Amid rancor of U.S. politics, philosopher offers surprising thesis

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‘Taft 2012' is an amusing Rip Van Winkle for our time

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White's ambitious tale sinks under characters' ennui

BY ED TAYLOR - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

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Novelists turn to short stories with humor, Gothic horror

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Amid the noise, an argument for quiet and turning inward

BY CHARITY VOGEL - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

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No easy ride, navigating New York's mean streets with Mosley's McGill

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Published: 01/22/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/22/2012 12:00 am

Millet's 2nd novel in trilogy touches reader on all levels

BY KAREN BRADY - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 01/22/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/22/2012 12:00 am

Jackson's weirdness derails friend's well-meaning bio

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Hawking bio shines brighter light on physics than the physicist

BY MIKE VOGEL - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 01/15/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/15/2012 12:00 am

Novel of ideas views life through a dark glass

BY MICHAEL D. LANGAN - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

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Coming-of-age tale reads like fable, parody

BY ED TAYLOR - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

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5 best films based on le Carre books

BY MARY ANN GWINN - MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS

Published: 01/08/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/08/2012 12:00 am

Literary liberators look back at America's bohemian circus

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Published: 01/08/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/08/2012 12:00 am

A beguiling tale of a long-married couple on the brink

BY CHARITY VOGEL - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

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James' Austen mystery is a pleasure

BY JANICE OKUN - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 01/08/2012 12:00 am Last Updated: 01/08/2012 12:00 am

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Brokaw explores ways to build better America

BY MICHAEL D. LANGAN - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 12/18/2011 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/18/2011 12:00 am

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Published: 12/18/2011 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/18/2011 12:00 am

'Northwest Corner' takes families to edge and back

BY ED TAYLOR - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 12/18/2011 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/18/2011 12:00 am

Matthews' take on JFK fueled by glut of fast-paced anecdotes

BY GENE WARNER - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 12/18/2011 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/18/2011 12:00 am

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Published: 12/18/2011 12:00 am Last Updated: 12/18/2011 12:00 am

King, applying deft touch to JFK lore, asks 'What if?'

BY MELINDA MILLER - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 11/20/2011 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/20/2011 12:00 am

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Laughing through the pain with Fisher and Markoe

BY EMILY SIMON - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 11/20/2011 12:00 am Last Updated: 11/20/2011 12:00 am

Book explores media's role in perpetuating racism

BY LEE COPPOLA - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

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Published: 10/30/2011 12:00 am Last Updated: 10/30/2011 12:00 am

Aimless twentysomethings drift in 'Luminous Airplanes'

BY ED TAYLOR - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 10/30/2011 12:00 am Last Updated: 10/30/2011 12:00 am

An occasionally inspired take on the zombie apocalypse

BY CHRISTOPHER SCHOBERT - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 10/30/2011 12:00 am Last Updated: 10/30/2011 12:00 am

From Joan Didion, another memoir of haunting, unthinkable loss

BY MARGARET SULLIVAN - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 10/30/2011 12:00 am Last Updated: 10/30/2011 12:00 am

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Sem-Sandberg's beautiful novel depicts dark world of Lodz ghetto

BY ED TAYLOR - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 09/04/2011 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/04/2011 12:00 am

'Schindler's' author turns his focus to famines

BY MICHAEL D. LANGAN - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 09/04/2011 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/04/2011 12:00 am

Cautionary tales converge in skillfully written novel

BY KAREN BRADY - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 09/04/2011 12:00 am Last Updated: 09/04/2011 12:00 am

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Norwegian makes a splash with 'Buzz'

BY CHRISTOPHER SCHOBERT - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 08/28/2011 12:00 am Last Updated: 08/28/2011 12:00 am

Fresh look at Churchill goes back 11 generations

BY EDWARD CUDDIHY - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 08/28/2011 12:00 am Last Updated: 08/28/2011 12:00 am

New bio examines the skeletons in Grover Cleveland's closet

BY LEE COPPOLA - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 08/28/2011 12:00 am Last Updated: 08/28/2011 12:00 am

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Poetry and Literature Calendar (Aug. 21 to Aug. 28)

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Published: 08/21/2011 12:00 am Last Updated: 08/21/2011 12:00 am

The poet's Brooklyn odyssey

BY KAREN BRADY - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 08/21/2011 12:00 am Last Updated: 08/21/2011 12:00 am

Darrow proves worthy of two top-notch biographies

BY GENE KRZYZYNSKI - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 08/21/2011 12:00 am Last Updated: 08/21/2011 12:00 am

Navigating the other L.A. of affluent culture that's going toes-up

BY ED TAYLOR - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 08/21/2011 12:00 am Last Updated: 08/21/2011 12:00 am

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Poetry and Literature Calendar (Aug. 7 to Aug. 13)

Published: 08/07/2011 12:00 am Last Updated: 08/07/2011 12:00 am

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Rock 'n' roll novel doesn't deliver

BY CHRISTOPHER SCHOBERT - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 08/07/2011 12:00 am Last Updated: 08/07/2011 12:00 am

Dazzling debut makes Depression-era setting fresh

BY CHARITY VOGEL - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 08/07/2011 12:00 am Last Updated: 08/07/2011 12:00 am

Prose's tale of an immigrant's life is a delightful, captivating read

BY KAREN BRADY - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 08/07/2011 12:00 am Last Updated: 08/07/2011 12:00 am

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Poetry and Literature Calendar (July 31 to Aug. 6)

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A pretty cover, promising premise are all for naught

BY CHARITY VOGEL - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 07/31/2011 12:00 am Last Updated: 07/31/2011 12:00 am

'Wild Side' a juicy, rambling memoir

BY MARY KUNZ GOLDMAN - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

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Book builds damaging case of Scientology as a fraud

BY MARK SOMMER - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

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A chilling look at Cold War's high-stakes 'nuclear poker'

BY GENE KRZYZYNSKI - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 07/24/2011 12:00 am Last Updated: 07/24/2011 12:00 am

How TV talk show spawned a very literary lawsuit

BY JEFF SIMON - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 07/24/2011 12:00 am Last Updated: 07/24/2011 12:00 am

Dugard tells the tale of her stolen childhood

BY ANNE NEVILLE - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

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Published: 07/24/2011 12:00 am Last Updated: 07/24/2011 12:00 am

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A writer's lament for lost wife tests limits of memoir as novel

BY KAREN BRADY - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 07/17/2011 12:00 am Last Updated: 07/17/2011 12:00 am

Riding the video game tsunami

BY STEPHEN T. WATSON - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 07/17/2011 12:00 am Last Updated: 07/17/2011 12:00 am

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Tale of mean streets is told in Babel of tongues

BY MICHAEL D. LANGAN - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

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Poetry and Literature Calendar (July 17 to July 23)

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Novelist fails to give voice to a real-life hero of Nanjing

BY ED TAYLOR - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 07/10/2011 12:00 am Last Updated: 07/10/2011 12:00 am

Writer, grieving loss of her sister, finds solace in books

BY CHARITY VOGEL - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

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Lurid 'Murder of the Century' comes to define the yellow pages

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Published: 07/10/2011 12:00 am Last Updated: 07/10/2011 12:00 am

New volume is the definitive Kurt Vonnegut

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A thriller of machine vs. man from a master storyteller

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A Civil War treasure trove: The generals remember

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Elderly widows lose the Tuscan advantage

BY CHARITY VOGEL - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

Published: 06/12/2011 12:00 am Last Updated: 06/12/2011 12:00 am

Intersecting tales of assassination of a president and a time of change

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Published: 06/12/2011 12:00 am Last Updated: 06/12/2011 12:00 am

Biography takes fresh look at controversial '60s figure

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Sugar Ray Leonard tells the ugly truth in memoir

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A tale told by an idiot does have its moments

BY CHRISTOPHER SCHOBERT - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

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Bill Moyers and friends are still waiting for Americans to wise up

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Novelist offers her take on Hemingways in Paris

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Tracing the frantic moments after Reagan was shot

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How Reagan, 'Red Dawn,' 'Rambo' made us what we are today

BY CHRISTOPHER SCHOBERT - NEWS BOOK REVIEWER

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J.D. Salinger, central character in an unparalleled literary life

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Tired tale seems fresh, smart in memoir about addiction

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A timely study of the Age of Information

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McMillan loses her groove

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On a mission to hunt out and correct mistakes

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Franzen's 'Freedom' is a loving portrait of family dysfunction

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