A book and food pairing:
I’m betting that This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper will make my best reads of 09′ list, if such a list were to exist, which it probably will because 1. I love making lists 2. Lists give the world order and 3. You don’t need to compose [...]

“What Book Got You Hooked?” invites readers to share books from childhood that got them whipped. In return, they’ll provide 50,000 new books to the state with the most entries. I love this campaign, and am so excited that my state, Hawaii, is in the lead! Take that, illiteracy! With [...]

Masha Hamilton’s novel, 31 HOURS, hits stands today. I thought I’d let her speak for herself about her book’s themes and concerns.
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Take it away, Ms. Hamilton…
Parenting the Nearly-Grownby Masha Hamilton
“Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is [...]

“It’s labor Day,” I say. “I was in labor with you. Today is my day.”“As opposed to…” my husband says.We’ve all been sick all weekend, sick and pathetic, quarantined in our house like lepers. Andy painted the bathroom awhile ago; it peeled, and he’s been sanding it down all weekend so he [...]

I have a friend named Stephen Elliott. I recently read his memoir and unbeknownst to me he does porn and was addicted to adderall. I knew he was all into S&M and was at one point addicted to heroin, but the porn thing came as a shocker as well as the speed–hello! [...]