Mom, I’m Bored
“Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.”
— Francis Bacon, Essays
This is not a compendium of the latest beach books, nor is it a list of classics everyone needs to bone up on (you know, those books many [...]
Pregnancy is a condition which, during summer in the Deep South, has only one redeeming quality other than the nearly eight-pound prize you get at the end. It’s the opportunity to spend entire days collapsed in a lawn chair, reading beneath the shade of a live oak tree. The humidity and 100� heat allow for [...]
That Girl Ain’t Nobody’s Friend
Once again, Walter Mosley goes the distance. His latest crime novel, Fearless Jones, puts his protagonists Paris Minton and title-character Fearless Jones in the literary dining room sitting right there at the head table along with Easy Rawlins.
Many critics claim Easy Rawlins, the unwilling and existential black detective, [...]
