Anders Nilsen’s tender tribute to love and loss
We keep photo albums and scrapbooks to capture and distill — however imperfectly — how life feels. We keep these books for ourselves, and when we thrust them on friends...
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‘Refugee Hotel’: Refugees learn to breathe free
Airport hotels are this era's Ellis Island, providing respite to refugees who have traveled thousands of miles and often survived horrific circumstances. New immigrants are greeted not by the Statue...
Evan S. Connell: A penetrating voice
We all have literary moments that linger for us years after we've closed the cover on a book. For me, I will always be haunted by Mrs. Bridge. In the...
George Saunders gets real in new story collection
For George Saunders, the lines between utopia and dystopia, between realism and science fiction, between humor and horror, have always been fine. Never is it more true, though, than in...
‘Detroit City’ finds optimism amid the devastation
You hear strange things in Detroit. While I was visiting my parents this year, I watched the city's annual Thanksgiving Day parade on TV. At the end, Mayor Dave Bing,...
‘Detroit City’ finds optimism amid the devastation
You hear strange things in Detroit. While I was visiting my parents this year, I watched the city's annual Thanksgiving Day parade on TV. At the end, Mayor Dave Bing,...
Choosing books for the holidays
Inevitably this holiday season, my mom will tick through her shopping list and say with a sigh, "Your dad wants a book." Since I was a kid, my mom has...
Choosing books for the holidays
Inevitably this holiday season, my mom will tick through her shopping list and say with a sigh, "Your dad wants a book." Since I was a kid, my mom has...
Logging Lincoln
Writing a presidential biography is a work of selection. When the president in question is as iconic as Abraham Lincoln, the task is arduous. Consider that the Abraham Lincoln Presidential...
Logging Lincoln
Writing a presidential biography is a work of selection. When the president in question is as iconic as Abraham Lincoln, the task is arduous. Consider that the Abraham Lincoln Presidential...