Stevie Godson

“cleverly suffused with New York sensibilities, politics, pop culture, and celebrity as it seamlessly segues between fact and fiction.”

Ever walked into a forest? Evocations of enchantment, majesty, beauty, and even fear are all around. The stuff of fairytales.

Every man of God has two religions, according to writer Patricia Lockwood: one belonging to heaven and the other to the world.

Forget the ubiquitous British bulldog: spider-eyelashed girls, mini skirts riding ever upward, were liberation’s new logo in Swinging Sixties England.

Born into a community of devout Mormons, it's only when she starts kindergarten that Judith Freeman realizes different lifestyles exist in the outside world: It's apparently full of heathens and ot

Billed as “a loving and hilarious, if occasionally spiky, valentine” to the author’s adopted country, Bill Bryson’s follow-up, two decades on, to his bestselling Notes from a Small Island,

If Eva Thorvald—whose life we follow (more or less) from the time she’s born—ever prepares your food, rest assured it will taste exquisitely unlike anything you’ve ever eaten before.

“That there is a fascinating story to tell is indisputable. That Ms. Mills does a good job putting across the information she’s been given is also completely clear.

“Required reading for those who like their literature oozing with imagery, Tibetan Peach Pie is as engrossing as it is eccentric—just like the author’s life.

“Brimming with acute observation and inspired prose, Mary Miller’s The Last Days of California is a blessing of a book.”

“If it’s The Sound of Music you’re after, this one’s definitely not for you.”

Think the music business is sleazy?

“Unmitigated seriousness has no place in human affairs.”

“. . . unlocking the secret of great writing.”

“If you enjoy a lightly told tale, it’s well worth spending a few hours of your time in the company of Brian Kimberling . . .”

Hyperbole is horrible.

“. . . deserves to be read in its enchanting entirety before the inevitable movie deal comes to pass.”

“To Show and to Tell: The Craft of Literary Nonfiction provides clues as to how one might aspire to write the way Mr. Lopate does.”

“. . . beautifully written and astoundingly on target . . .”

“. . . I’m not convinced it was even worth turning to the second page.”

“. . . [a] worthwhile addition to any word-lover’s book shelf.”

“Ms. Baranick contrives one cringe-worthy analogy after another.”

“. . . absorbing . . . told with elegant restraint.”

“It’s a tough—and gargantuan—job, saving the planet, so why shouldn’t some of it fall to the recovering alcoholic, ex-arm-wrestling, street brawling survivor of a near-death experience?”

“Gilded Clover Adams’ life undoubtedly was.

“In this absorbing debut tale of excess and entertainment, the truth of both the music business and the artists themselves screams out from every page—testament not only to Mr.

“Sam Savage’s exhilarating, often lilting use of language and his faultless characterization of the eccentric, unraveling of his main character, Edna, is evocative, poetic, and compelling.”