Mary Jo Bang (Credit: Mark Shäfer)
Mary Jo Bang, director of Washington University’s creative writing program, won a National Book Critics Circle Award for her last poetry collection, “Elegy.”
At 8 p.m. Thursday she’ll read from her latest book, “The Bride of…
In this special to stltoday.com, Repps Hudson reviews “Emancipation” by Michael Goldfarb. Goldfarb will be in St. Louis Wednesday.
Michael Goldfarb
When • 1 p.m. Wednesday
Where • St. Louis Jewish Book Festival, 2 Millstone Campus Drive
How much • $12 or included in…
The Jewish Book Festival always includes a Missouri’s Own event. This year, it is Monday, Nov. 2, and features four authors. They are an interesting group. Some now live far away and write about things with lots of national interest. But at…
We like “Life Is Good” cheerfulness. But sometimes America is too Pollyannaish, says author Barbara Ehrenreich.
Here is a review by the Post-Dispatch’s David Sheets of Ehrenreich’s new book.
“Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America”
By Barbara Ehrenreich
Published by Metropolitan…
Speedy reader Harry Levins spent the day with Dan Brown’s “The Lost Symbol.” His review doesn’t divulge any secrets, unless you count the opening scene.
On the other hand, staying circumspect sure makes it hard to get into much about the book.…
Cover of paperback edition of "My Life in France"
Tom Cooper, director of the Webster Groves Public Library, reviewed “My Life in France” by Julia Child when it was published. In honor of “Julie & Julia” mania, here’s the April 2006…
Can a person purposefully shoot himself, die - and yet not be considered a suicide?
That seems to be what’s suggested in “Meriwether Lewis” by two independent historians, Thomas C. Danisi
of St. Louis and John C. Jackson of Washington state.
Retired history professor, author and…
We didn’t run a full review of Elmore Leonard’s “Road Dogs” in the paper, but writer Harper Barnes recently read it for recreation and I asked how it was. Here’s his short review of the latest book by the popular writer. Thanks…
Steven P. Miller, who teaches history at Webster University and Washington University’s University College, has written a book called “Billy Graham and the Rise of the Republican South” (University of Pennsylvania Press).
He’s going to discuss it tonight (7 p.m. April 23)…
