Essex Books Presents Shelf Awareness: On Motherhood by BWW News Desk
- May 05, 2017 When her mother died, Terry Tempest Williams inherited her 54 blank journals. Williams's attempt to understand that blankness forms the core of her poetic, philosophical collection of personal essays, When Women Were Birds: Fifty-Four Ruminations on Voice. As her desire to understand her own mother kaleidoscopes inward and outward, Williams explores her own experience in the context of what it means to be a mother, a daughter and a woman.
Chef Todd Hall Tells All in Autobiography APPETITE FOR EXCESS by BWW News Desk
- May 05, 2017 Being a celebrity chef is like being a rock star. The fame, the money, the drugs, and the wild lifestyle can lift a man higher than he'd ever dreamed—or devour him. It's a trap not everyone is able to escape, but for Todd Hall, award-winning chef and restaurateur, escape came at a heavy price.
Jimmy Wayne Hosts UJA-Federation of NY Publishing Division Honors Dinner by BWW News Desk
- May 05, 2017 Last night, New York Times best-selling author, recording artist and speaker, Jimmy Wayne, hosted the UJA – Federation of New York's Publishing Division Dinner, at the request of this year's honoree, Dennis Abboud.