Speaking Up Would’ve Created More Drama on the Page
According to the Washington Post, former Attorney General William P. Barr is the latest member of the Trump administration to criticize his old boss in a book. Barr’s text One Damn Thing After Another: Memoirs of an Attorney General goes on sale next week. But in early copies floating around, Barr allegedly states that Donald…
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Not Your Usual Writer’s Home
Texas Monthly has an interesting sneak peek into sci-fi writer Christopher Brown’s unusual home. The attorney/author lives in Austin, TX and built with a heavy focus on sustainability and nature, partially burying the living areas under several feet of ground and vegetation. “During the three days they were without power, the temperature indoors never dropped…
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Breaker One Nine, Good Book Coming at Ya
The recent news attention on the protesting truck drivers in Canada reminded me of a fantastic book about the contrasting solitude and adventures crisscrossing the nation in a big rig. The Long Haul: A Trucker’s Tale of Life on the Road by Finn Murphy documents one man’s moving (yes, the pun is intended) interactions with…
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How High You Go Depends on You
Sequoia Nagamatsu’s How High We Go in the Dark has made the bestseller lists and received serious praise. The author reportedly started working on the book in its earliest form in 2011, however, the novel about a deadly virus revealed by climate change became more urgent with the COVID-19 pandemic. Quarantines? Yup, they’re here. NPR…
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Fearnside Collection Offers Insight Into a Different Culture
Jeff Fearnside’s new collection A Husband and Wife Are One Satan provides interesting and thoughtful insights into everyday people in Kazakhstan. The cultural setting is a nice change of pace from the usual literary fiction locales and Fearnside is adept at depicting people who must balance the old and the new, tradition and evolution. In…
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