BWW Reviews: Crash Courses in Artistic Greatness from ART IN TIME and THE 21ST-CENTURY ART BOOK
Two new books offer essential additions to any art lover's personal collection....
BWW Reviews: SAT READING COMPREHENSION WORKBOOK by IES 2400, Test Prep Done Right
The IES 'SAT Reading Comprehension Workbook' has user-friendly techniques that make test taking easy to master....
BWW Reviews: THE HISTORY OF ROCK 'N' ROLL IN TEN SONGS Shows Greil Marcus at His Best...Most of the Time
Greil Marcus has been a big-time rock critic for over forty years. I've been reading him for the last thirty-five....I've learned to take the good with the bad....
BWW Review: Amanda Palmer's 'The Art of Asking, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help'
“Honest communication engenders mutual respect, and that mutual respect makes askers out of beggars.” The most difficult thing, Palmer points out, is indeed to ask. One further point she makes: if you are not ready to hear, “No,” then you will have a problem....
BWW Reviews: Arts Criticism at Its Most Bracing in ART IN AMERICA 1945-1970
An essential new anthology from the Library of America charts the glory days of Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, and Minimalism--a time of almost-unmatched vitality in art writing....
BWW Reviews: Sophia Loren Examines YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW in New Book
Twas the night before Christmas Eve, when all through the house Neapolitan cuisine was baking in Sophia Loren's house....
BWW Reviews: DEATH AMONG THE RUINS Is Scandalous Historical Mystery Fun
Arabella Beaumont, heroine of DEATH OF A COURTESAN, is back with a small problem of stolen Roman erotic sculptures....
BWW Reviews: THE DEAD CIRCUS Brings L.A., the Sixties, to Life
More than any other American city–even New York–Los Angeles occupies a psychic space as well as a geographic one. More than any other decade “the sixties” represents a state of mind as much as a series of dates in history....
BWW Reviews: BERNSTEIN MEETS BROADWAY: Collaborative Art in a Time of War by Carol J Oja
A look at Harvard scholar Carol J. Oja's discussion of the development and wartime premier of Bernstein and Robbins' musical 'On the Town.'...
BWW Reviews: 12 BOTTLE BAR by David Solmonson & Lesley Jacobs Solmonson, Published by Workman Press
Learn the art of making cocktails with 'The 12 Bottle Bar' by David Solmonson and Lesley Jacobs Solmonson. Published by Workman Press, this book streamlines the process of mixing wonderful drinks and even gives you tips for entertaining....
BWW Review: GONE GIRL is an Enthrallingly Well-Constructed Web of Lies
So often, movies adapted from books are unable to navigate the pitfalls of translating introspective thoughts and first person narration on the page into tangible action on the screen. However, in GONE GIRL, author Gillian Flynn has effectively boiled down the very essence of her novel into a taut, ...
BWW Reviews: FRAGMENTS Tantalizes
The basic premise of Fragments–a collection of Marilyn Monroe's writings that ranges from bits of poetry and thoughts on psychoanalysis to rehearsed answers for upcoming interviews and favorite recipes (all complete with cross outs and noodlings)–is that the “mind of Marilyn” was, by definit...
VIDEO: Did Ben Affleck Kill His Wife in New GONE GIRL Preview?
GONE GIRL, directed by David Fincher, and based upon the global bestseller by Gillian Flynn, unearths the secrets at the heart of a modern marriage. On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) reports that his beautiful wife, Amy (Rosamund Pike), has gone missing. Unde...
BWW Reviews: BLACKBIRD Doesn't Quite Soar
The best thing about Blackbird, Tom Wright's second novel featuring a character named Jim Bonham (who almost nobody calls Jim), is the cover design, which is spare, evocative, compelling. Nothing's wasted there....
BWW Reviews: Award-Winning Children's Author, Maria Dismondy's SPOONFUL OF SWEETNESS
Award winning author, Maria Dismondy's latest book, 'Spoonful of Sweetness and other delicious manners' is a delightful board book for very young readers. illustrated by Ronnie Rooney....
BWW Reviews: MISS EMMA'S MATCHMAKING SERVICE FOR LITERARY CHARACTERS Offers an Ode to Book Lovers
The Ad Hoc Players give Capital Fringe 2014 a funny, witty, and intelligent love song to book nerds....
2014 Writers Salon Series Schedule Announced; Patricia Williams to Speak at Event Tonight, 6/24
Martha's Vineyard, MA (June 22, 2014)-- Renaissance House: A Retreat for Writers Salon Series will host an evening with Patricia Williams, award-winning writer, Nation Magazine columnist, Columbia Law School professor and MacArthur Fellow on Tuesday, June 24 at 7:30pm at Renaissance House, 31 Pennac...
BWW Reviews: A MAN CALLED DESTRUCTION Covers the Bases
Holly George-Warren's A Man Called Destruction is the first full-length biography of Alex Chilton......
BWW Reviews: HELLO AMERICAN LADY CREATURE by Lisa L. Kirchner is Fascinating
Lisa Kirchner's memoir, 'Hello American Lady Creature' has been published by Greenpoint Press. It is a fascinating account of her personal and professional experiences as an American woman living in Qatar....
BWW Reviews: Twisted Lit Reinvents Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet in ANYONE BUT YOU
Love and Pizza…and Shakespeare! That's what authors Kim Askew and Amy Helmes have cooked up Chicago-style in ANYONE BUT YOU, book three of their popular Twisted Lit series for young adults. Each of the stand-alone books takes a classic Shakespearean story and spins it into a modern tale that is fr...
BWW Reviews: JACK OF SPIES Gets New Series Off To a Solid Start
Despite its title and its almost documentary feel for period spy-craft, David Downing's Jack of Spies isn't necessarily bound by genre....
BWW Reviews: RING LARDNER - STORIES AND OTHER WRITINGS Is Priceless
Some writers are valued for the window they provide into their own time, others for their prescience....
BWW Reviews: STARFISH, Patty Dann's Excellent New Novel by Greenpoint Press
Patty Dann's newest novel, 'Starfish' is an extraordinary book. This sequel to her well known 1986 novel, 'Mermaids,' is a refreshing, vibrant piece of modern fiction and a truly entertaining story about the Flax family....
BWW Reviews: VIVIANE Is A Fascinating Psychological Portrait of a Woman Scorned
Julia Deck's murder mystery is also a stunning psychological study of a woman who becomes a stranger to herself in the midst of a traumatic experience...
BWW Reviews: ECHO OF THE BOOM Is A Decadent Depiction of Adolescence
The apocalypse meets high school drama in Maxwell Neely-Cohen's first novel...