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Bochco’s book: He rewrote TV’s rules and lived to tell itAug 24, 2016NEW YORK (AP) -- For viewers who rejoice in TV’s artistic upsurge, one virtuoso perhaps more than anyone can be credited for elevating the medium from its bygone “boob tube” status. Steven Bochco fl... -
‘Hillbilly Elegy’ author offers insight on Trump's appealAug 24, 2016MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (AP) - For pundits and politicos baffled by the appeal of a wealthy New York businessman to the struggling white working class in Appalachia and Rust Belt mill towns, J.D. Vance's bo...
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Your life is comfy compared to the hell of the North Korean borderAug 17, 2016“How I Became a North Korean” By Krys Lee Viking (244 pages, $27) Forgetting the complexities of other lives is so easy these days, immersed as we are in our daily grinds, our political battles, o... -
Essays illuminate fears of disasterAug 17, 2016“This Is Only a Test” By B.J. Hollars Break Away Books (180 pages, $17) In his essay collection “This Is Only a Test,” B.J. Hollars is buffeted on one side by terrifying cataclysms and on the othe... -
The pleasures and perils of an affair in ‘Blue Bath’Aug 17, 2016“The Blue Bath” By Mary Waters-Sayer St. Martin’s Press (307 pages, $25.99) At first, “The Blue Bath” seems to be just a particularly well-written take on an old story, one often encountered in m... -
Amber Tozer pens one of the funniest books on alcoholism you’ll ever readAug 17, 2016"Sober Stick Figure: A Memoir” By Amber Tozer (Running Press, $24) Comedian Amber Tozer is 39 years old. She is funny, profane and drop-dead honest. A recovering alcoholic, Tozer walked away from ... -
Schumer keeps it real in ‘Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo’Aug 17, 2016Cover of “The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo” by Amy Schumer (Gallery Books) “The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo” By Amy Schumer (Gallery Books) Amy Schumer is a powerhouse in the entertainment... -
Daesan announces winners of translation grantsAug 10, 2016The Daesan Foundation, dedicated to supporting and promoting Korean literature, has announced the recipients of this year’s Grants for the Translation, Research and Publication of Korean Literary Wor... -
‘Not Pretty Enough’ review: Entertaining bio of Helen Gurley BrownAug 10, 2016“Not Pretty Enough: The Unlikely Triumph of Helen Gurley Brown” By Gerri Hirshey Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux (500 pages, $27) If there’s nothing more American than a rags-to-ric... -
In ‘American Heiress,’ Patty Hearst case evokes the dark side of ’70sAug 10, 2016“American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst” By Jeffrey Toobin Doubleday (384 pages, $28.95) In modern media culture, news stories blow up, consume us and ... -
Ruth Ware returns with nightmare cruise thrillerAug 10, 2016“The Woman in Cabin 10” By Ruth Ware Scout Press (340 pages, $26) Laura Blacklock is a writer for a British travel magazine. When a dream assignment lands in her lap — covering the weeklong inaugu... -
Screenwriting guru Robert McKee writes his story's next chapterAug 10, 2016In the early 1990s, Robert McKee had a revelation that would change the course of his career and influence the lives of tens of thousands of other writers. At the time, he’d written “Abraham,” a four... -
Teen girl’s trauma reveals truths about ugly, beautiful sides of lifeAug 10, 2016Cover of “The Inseparables” by Stuart Nadler (Hachette Group-TNS) "The Inseparables" By Stuart Nadler Little, Brown and Co. (352 pages, $27) The best fiction illuminates life’s realities, and Stu... -
British Library to mark Harry Potter’s 20th with exhibitionAug 9, 2016LONDON (AP) -- It has been almost two decades since Harry Potter emerged from his cupboard under the stairs and the British Library plans to mark the occasion with an exhibition. The library announc...
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Winfrey picks Whitehead novel for book clubAug 3, 2016NEW YORK (AP) - Oprah Winfrey has a new book club pick, Colson Whitehead's “The Underground Railroad,” a historical novel that imagines the network of safe houses and passages that helped slaves esca...
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