Books

Mark talks with local author, John Griswold.

Mark reads Rufus Hannah’s memoir, and comes away with a deeper understanding of humanity’s astonishing ugliness, as well as its remarkable ability for redemption.

A former local law professor has published a tribute to those unknown trailblazers to whom LGBTQ people owe a great debt.

A conversation with the author of A Democracy of Ghosts, a novel about the Herrin Massacre of 1922

Local author’s book tackles racism by bringing light to a growing trend in the public schools. Newest editor Jeremiah Stanley dives in deeper with this telling interview.

In her monthly book review, Brittany gives us the run down on first time novelist Tom Rachman’s work, “The Imperfectionists.” The title lends itself well to her assessment.

This whole Great Recession thing has more than meets the eye, as Brit discovers in her review of Jess Walter’s “The Financial Lives of the Poets.”

The local author (and Smile Politely contributor) offers his impressionistic take on post-apocalyptic fiction in his new novel.

Laura explains why Jennifer Weiner’s books go beyond mere “chick lit.”