Roberta Silman
Here is why you have to read this book: It gives proof to my faith that those beautiful lines and paragraphs created through the ages can comfort in present distress and continue to do so as one heals.
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This is a brilliant book that comes at a propitious time in our country’s history.
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Steven Price creates a mid-twentieth century world that is filled with the same kind of conflicts that Lampedusa himself confronted in writing The Leopard, his great novel about nineteenth century Italy.
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In this seemingly modest, but beautifully constructed and deeply moving play, Donald Margulies has tackled some of the thorniest questions of our time.
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To have such a remarkably courageous voice as Lucette Lagnado’s silenced forever at such a young age is, simply, not fair.
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In Extremis is required reading not only for anyone interested in war, but for anyone interested in how an unusual woman makes her way in the world.
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This consistently interesting novel adds an unforgettable dimension to an historical event about which we thought we knew all there was to know.
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Although Anthony Powell’s stock has gone down since he died in 2000, I hope that this new biography will spark interest in A Dance to the Music of Time.
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What impressed me most about these two different women is they were both products of an America which values determination and wit and intelligence, as well as opportunity.
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In Washington Black novelist Esi Edugyan has defied the cliché of the escaped slave discovering freedom.
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Arts Remembrance: Tribute to Jazz Producer Alex Lemski