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Snowblind: A Brief Career in the Cocaine Trade - “420” started as a secret code among kids in the early 1970s. A group of friends at San Rafael High School in Marin County, California would meet at 4:20 PM
So Long, See You Tomorrow - I just reread this novel. Flawless. And vivid about Another Time. A perfect escape, in every possible way. William Maxwell may be the best American writer you've never heard of. He
So Much Pretty - "So Much Pretty" a first novel by Cara Hoffman, is ugly stuff. And it reads ugly. No other way to say it: “So Much Pretty” is the ugliest book I have read
So Much Pretty: Cara Hoffman on Love, Sex and Common Enemies - Cara Hoffman’s debut novel, "So Much Pretty," is a nasty, ugly book --- a literary thriller about a missing girl who’s found murdered months later near her home --- but
Somerset Maugham: Ashenden - Raymond Chandler: "'Ashenden' is far ahead of any other spy story ever written… It reads as though there were always something vague and sinister just behind the curtain. In most
Somerset Maugham: Cakes and Ale - His parents were known as "Beauty and the Beast." Once someone asked the lovely Mrs. Maugham how she remained faithful to her ugly husband. "He never hurts my feelings," she said.
Somerset Maugham: Of Human Bondage - The Modern Library ranked this book 65th on its list of the best 100 English-language novels of the 20th Century. Who am I to disagree? It starts like this: The day broke gray
Somerset Maugham: The Moon and Sixpence - Spring in New York is specific for me. It's about important moments, people I'm seeing, memorable ideas and emotions. The Spring of 2023 is, for me, the Spring of Van
Somerset Maugham: The Razor’s Edge - Do you know anyone in his/her early 20s who knows exactly what career is just right --- and who proves it by scoring a plum job and working a zillion
Somewhere: The Life of Jerome Robbins - This is the best book I've read about the theater since Moss Hart's Act One. It's the best book about the process of making art since Twyla
Soul and Inspiration: the story of women who climb 20,000-foot mountains in Bolivia and a movie about a thrilling runner - In my review of Thich Nhat Hanh’s book, Being Peace, I wrote about the stressors we're all facing and my personal issues that make them more important to confront. My
SPECIAL EDITION: When was the last time this happened: I publish a review on Monday, the writer wins the Nobel Prize on Thursday? (It’s Annie Ernaux) - from the Times: The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded on Thursday to Annie Ernaux, the French novelist whose intensely personal books have spoken to generations of women by highlighting incidents
Stanley Kunitz - It says a great deal about Stanley Kunitz that he was 95 when he was named Poet Laureate for the second time. First, it reminds us that he lived to
Stars of David - Stars of David: Prominent
Stealing Lincoln’s Body - I'd forgotten that it took Abraham Lincoln all night to die. I never knew that his body was turned over to the same undertakers who'd performed those intimate
Stealing Magnolias: Tales from a New Orleans Courtyard - My first meeting with Debra Shriver tested my sense of reality. As the chief communications officer for Hearst, she had the big office on a high floor. She had the
Stephen Hawking: Brief Answers to the Big Questions - Stephen Hawking was born on the 300th anniversary of Galileo’s death. He died on March 14, 2018, the 199th anniversary of Einstein’s birth. In the 76 years of his life,
Stephen King: On Writing - SUPPORTING BUTLER: Head Butler no longer gets a commission on your Amazon purchases. So the only way you can contribute to Head Butler’s bottom line is to become a patron
Steve Martin: Born Standing Up - The “wild and crazy” guy. The goofball in the white suit, banjo optional. The comic with an arrow through his head. “King Tut”. That goofball is now 77. You open Steve
Stevie Van Zandt: Unrequited Infatuations: A Memoir - "February 8, 1964, there was not one single rock 'n' roll band in the country," Stevie Van Zandt writes in his memoir. "February 9, the Beatles played The Ed Sullivan
