Provence, 1970 Begins a Food Revolution | RA Crossroads
As Lewis Carroll’s Alice so aptly points out, “What is the use of a book…without pictures or conversations”? Welcome to RA Crossroads, where books, movies, music, and other media converge, and...
View ArticleScience History in All Its Guises | Wyatt’s World
As readers of Stephen Jay Gould (The Mismeasure of Man) and Mary Roach (Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers) well know, science books don’t have to be dry and dense to qualify as illuminating...
View ArticleKnit Beyond Socks: Book-Based Inspirations
As coeditors Linda Roghaar and Molly Wolf have illustrated in their books KnitLit and KnitLit (Too) and as Interweave’s popular Jane Austen Knits attests, there are exponential pleasures when knitting...
View ArticleSpoiled by Choice: Fall Cookbooks | Wyatt’s World
The many cookbooks wrapping up the 2013 publishing year provide a glorious feast, from Daniel Boulud’s Daniel: My French Cuisine (Grand Central) to Jamie Oliver’s peripatetic Jamie Oliver’s Food...
View ArticleThe Most of Nora Ephron | RA Crossroads
As Lewis Carroll’s Alice so aptly points out, “What is the use of a book…without pictures or conversations?” Welcome to Readers’ Advisory (RA) Crossroads, where books, movies, music, and other media...
View ArticleThe Delights and Pleasures of Comics | Wyatt’s World
Mixing text and image, comics provide dual pleasures. Here are five new or forthcoming titles that highlight some of the best aspects of the form and offer special delights for both the longtime fan...
View ArticleReads for When Autumn Leaves | Books for Dudes
November can really suck, you know? Things that are officially over this month include glorious Autumn and its happy colors, Halloween and its happy sugar rush, Octoberfest and its happy drunkeness,...
View ArticleReading the Kennedys | Wyatt’s World
November 22 marks the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination. There will be a range of TV specials remembering the day and likely plenty of magazine coverage as well. In the book...
View ArticleWorks I Am Thankful For | Wyatt’s World
The season of “best” books is upon us, bringing reminders of the books we loved, meant to read, still want to read, or somehow missed. Library Journal recently published its list of top picks (see LJ‘s...
View ArticleFrom Remodelista to HGTV’s Sarah’s House | RA Crossroads
As Lewis Carroll’s Alice so aptly points out, “What is the use of a book…without pictures or conversations?” Welcome to RA Crossroads, where books, movies, music, and other media converge, and...
View ArticleBiographical Readings | Wyatt’s World
The long nights of winter are a perfect time to settle in with a big, rich biography. Here are five December titles to consider—ranging from adventurers to musical and sports royalty to those who wore...
View ArticleReading To Remember & Honor the Life of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela | Wyatt’s...
President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (1918–2013) was to lie in state December 11–13 before being laid to rest in his hometown of Qunu, South Africa. I imagine that most libraries have already put their...
View ArticleSporadic Reading | Wyatt’s World
If the busyness of this time of year crowds out your reading time, it might be wise to turn to books that can withstand repeated cycles of picking up and putting down. Most novels don’t weather that...
View ArticleThe Lost Sisterhood | RA Crossroads
As Lewis Carroll’s Alice so aptly points out, What is the use of a book‚ without pictures or conversations? Welcome to RA Crossroads, where books, movies, music, and other media converge, and...
View ArticleNew Books for the New Year | Wyatt’s World
As the close of 2013 and the opening of 2014 usher in glad tidings, hopes, plans, and a new year of books, here is a sampling of the wide title assortment coming in January 2014. From the next Oprah...
View ArticleStarting 2014 with Poetry | Wyatt’s World
As the last of the bustle of the old year fades away, the concentrated ring of poetry serves as a fine launchpad for a new year of reading. Here are four 2013 collections and one forthcoming to cast...
View ArticleA Peek into Another’s Life | Wyatt’s World
A bevy of notable memoirs come out this month, giving readers intimate access to lives and circumstances that will seem, as accomplished by all good memoirs, to be both deeply familiar and utterly...
View ArticleSlanted Disclosure: The Politics of Political Books | Wyatt’s World
Anyone who watches even the smallest segments of cable news television knows that 2014 is a high-stakes election year. Also making the fact plain is the recent rash of books on current, past, and...
View ArticleLiterally Reading About Literature | Wyatt’s World
Our attachment to the literary concept can be so addictive that even as we read we want to discover books, authors, and, yes, reading. The delights of such an undertaking can be indulged in the...
View ArticleLet’s Get Graphic: Creating Comics in Novel Ways | The Reader’s Shelf
Just because comics are usually designed in tiers of panels meant to be read left to right and steadily down the page doesn’t mean they have to be. Many innovative creators have experimented with...
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