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Raymond Carver A Writer's Life By Carol Sklenicka (Scribner; 578 pages; $35) Raymond Carver's life, as related in the exhaustive and definitive new biography by Carol Sklenicka, reads like a Raymond Carver story. That isn't...
James W. Fuerst's New Novel Harkens Back To The Catcher in the Rye James W. Fuerst's novel Huge, his first, is largely well done, but suffers under an albeit unfair comparison with J.D. Salinger's iconic The Catcher in the Rye....
What fun it is when your current reading evokes the book you last finished, and somehow by serendipity creates a domino effect. The Year of Ice evokes Maurice in the way the character splendidly but also sadly describes how...
Medium: Book Fandom: The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger Subject: Holden Caulfield Title: oh, never mind. (download) I think, even, if I ever die, and they stick me in a cemetery, and I have a tombstone and all, it'll say...
Why all the buzz about Seth Klarman's out-of-print investing classic? Still, over the past few years this work has taken on iconic stature among value investors. A group of wealthy families took notice and gave Klarman $27...
Director Wes Anderson was very easy to fall in love with. But Anderson's stop-motion Fantastic Mr. Fox is both a delightful amusement and a distillation of the filmmaker's essential playfulness. See the way Mr. Fox's fur stirs...
After a year and a half of writing this blog, it still seems odd to me that I share my most personal thoughts with world. See, I’ve always considered myself a private person , as I keep my feelings close to my chest, dealing...
It probably seemed like a fun idea at the time. Last year, Eric Dane , known as "McSteamy" from the show "Grey's Anatomy," his wife Rebecca Gayheart , and former beauty queen Kari Ann Peniche decided to make a home movie. Yes,...
This is the second in a series I did in November of 2005 on Christians and Mental Illness. Looking back at the comments that this post prompted, it’s apparent that many Christians are deeply suspicious of any model of dealing...
November's Book Nook, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger This month's discussion in Jo's Book Nook is J.D. Salinger's classic, The Catcher in the Rye. There's no need to be sorted for the Nook - just click here to start...
