Mick Dumke--Keeping The Faith

Sad to say, I missed out on the children's poetry by Shel Silverstein--I was born too early.By the time Where the Sidewalk Ends, his first poetry collection, was published, I was almost out of my teens.Too old for such things.That was in 1974.…

The time has come for me to pay homage to the man who knows everything--Dwight Garner, book reviewer extraordinaire for the New York Times.One of my favorite Sunday morning moments occurs when, book review section in hand, I flop on the couch…

Kin is one of those novels whose characters are more interesting than its plot. And that's not a backhanded compliment. At least, coming from me.Plots are overrated. They come and go--easily forgotten. But great characters live forever. And…

Went to the White Sox game the other day.Took the train. On the way, I broke out a paperback--Demon Copperfield by Barbara Kingsolver. Great read.Love reading on the subway. Makes the trip fly. Before you know it, the voice on the speaker’…

The strange saga of John Phelan's recently aborted reign as secretary of the Navy is one of those Trump-era political stories that's so preposterous it's easy to think it’s fake. Unfortunately, it’s all too real.Please, follow. …

I want to begin this book report by apologizing to all my friends whose calls I ignored last weekend.Sorry, but I was preoccupied. Racing through the last 70 or so riveting pages of The Doorman, Chris Pavone's latest novel.I couldn't put it down…