Post and Courier

Review: ‘Steve Martin Writes the Written Word’ shows depth of comedian’s talent

STEVE MARTIN WRITES THE WRITTEN WORD: Collected Written Word Works by Steve Martin. By Steve Martin. Grand Central Publishing. 432 pages. $30. Whether you first knew him as one of the “Two Wild and ...
The New York Times

Book Club: Read ‘What We Can Know,’ by Ian McEwan, With the Book Review

In December, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss Ian McEwan’s latest novel, about a long-lost poem, the 2014 dinner party where it was read and the future dystopia that embraced it. By MJ ...
The Philadelphia Tribune

Book Review: Read these books to help celebrate (Black) Women's History Month

The history books seem to be full of men. Galileo, Frederick Douglass. Abraham Lincoln. Jesse Jackson, Franklin Roosevelt, the list goes on. So this month, put a few women on your radar by reading ...
The New York Times

How Much Do You Know About the Literary Gilded Age?

Welcome to Lit Trivia, the Book Review’s regular quiz about books, authors and literary culture. This week’s installment celebrates novels written about or during America’s Gilded Age era, which many ...