Book Reviews

Book Review: Even God is Single, So Stop Giving Me a Hard Time

Post written by Laura Cococcia. You can follow Laura on Twitter. I think my mother gave me Karen Salmansohn’s Even God is Single, So Stop Giving Me a Hard Time ages ago after a sad breakup. She also was a nun before she married my father, so had to throw in the God part somewhere. [...]

September 23, 2009 CONTINUE READING →

Book Review: A New Earth

A guest post by Kate Walser. You can follow Kate on Twitter. This was one of the best books I almost never finished. And that’s saying something. I’m a book finisher – unless the book is just awful and making me bleed, I finish it. I choose carefully mind you, but I finish that book. [...]

September 12, 2009 CONTINUE READING →

Nurture Born Killer: Book Review of Native Son

A guest post by Frank Mundo. You can follow Frank on Twitter. Bigger Thomas is guilty. I’m not spoiling the story of Richard Wright’s Native Son by saying so. It’s a fact. Even Bigger Thomas, a number of times throughout the text, will tell you that himself. He is guilty. Of course he is. He [...]

September 8, 2009 CONTINUE READING →

Eat, Pray, Love vs. Julie & Julia

A guest post by Greg Freed. You can follow Greg on Twitter. It seems clear to me that if I’m going to write a column where I disperse creative writing advice, I should first define the aims of my creative writing. I will start with a negative theology: 1) The primary focus of writing is [...]

August 16, 2009 CONTINUE READING →

Book Review: This Is New York

Post written by Laura Cococcia. You can follow Laura on Twitter.As some of you know, I’m moving back to New York City to start a new adventure. A few days ago, my fabulous friend Megan gave me a going away present – a book (of course) titled This Is New York by M. Sasek, originally [...]

July 16, 2009 CONTINUE READING →

Book Review: Three Cups of Tea

This is a guest post by Kate Walser. I’m thrilled to feature my fabulous friend and wise woman. Kate and I volunteered and lived together ages ago in Chicago with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps. You can follow Kate on Twitter. ** Back when I met Laura, we were bright-eyed Jesuit Volunteers, eager to change the [...]

May 18, 2009 CONTINUE READING →