Zadie Smith’s Intimations is the first book I have read about the pandemic. It is a short book of six essays, written during the first […]
The Global Humbling: Zadie Smith’s “Intimations”
Letters to a Young Writer
If you are a writer seeking advice, or someone who is interested in how novels are written, I would recommend reading Colum McCann’s Letters to a […]
Awake at the End
Awake at the End: A Heights Arts Poet Laureate Anthology, features the work of three Cleveland Heights poets: Meredith Holmes, Loren Weiss, and Mary E. […]
So the Wind Won’t Blow It All Away by Richard Brautigan
So the Wind Won’t Blow It All Away is a captivating coming-of-age story about a twelve-year-old boy who lives in rural Oregon during the 1940s. […]
A Body at Rest by Susan Petrone
Each month members of the Matchmakers team create unique book displays for patrons to browse on the 2nd floor of the Lee Road branch. Last month, I made a display […]
Consumed by the flame: Jhumpa Lahiri’s “Whereabouts”
In Whereabouts, Jhumpa Lahiri explores the terrain of her own mind amid a lush, formidable Italian city. The word “novel” appears below the title, but it […]
The Sheep Man Will Bring You Doughnuts: The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami
The cover resembles an old catalog card found in the back of a library book. You open it by pulling the lower half down and […]
In Search of Lost Mind: Denis Johnson’s The Name of the World
“In the strangeness of spring, finally without our hats, our jackets open, inhaling the warm air suspiciously, I’m sure we all looked like lunatics.” The […]
Like An Image From A Dream: Paul Auster’s “The Red Notebook”
The Red Notebook is a good starting point if you have never read anything by Paul Auster. At just over 100 pages, it is an […]
