'Our Little Secret' is remarkable debut by Roz Nay
Thursday, 31 May 2018, 10:16
Last update: about 7 years ago
"Our Little Secret: a Novel" (St. Martin's Press), by Roz Nay Ten years ago, in the little town of Cove, Vermont, a quiet girl named Angela Petitjean fell in love with the dashing captain of the...
In 'Avengers: Infinity War,' Marvel goes nuclear
Monday, 28 May 2018, 10:29
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
After 10 years of lean, threadbare, Lilliputian tales, Marvel Studios has, thank heavens, finally decided to go big. The scale of "Avengers: Infinity War," of course, isn't a departure for...
Sheila E. wants to write more, expand book to film
Friday, 3 October 2014, 12:59
Last update: about 11 years ago
Days before the release of Sheila E.'s autobiography, news spread that she was once engaged to Prince. The bigger bombshell, however, didn't get nearly as much attention. "Pretty much, I was...
'Do Fathers Matter?' says something new
Tuesday, 30 September 2014, 20:41
Last update: about 11 years ago
From the tiniest microbe or fragment of DNA to the origins of the universe, it sometimes feels as if every subject generates a vast tide of scientific studies and that virtually nothing escapes...
Brilliant new biography of Tennessee Williams
Tuesday, 30 September 2014, 20:36
Last update: about 11 years ago
When "The Glass Menagerie" opened on Broadway in March 1945, the actress cast as Southern matriarch Amanda Wingfield got so drunk before the show that a bucket was placed in the wings so she could...
Book of NY 'objects' sure to spark debate
Tuesday, 30 September 2014, 20:34
Last update: about 11 years ago
This is a book destined for coffee tables in Tribeca lofts, Upper West Side apartments and Brooklyn townhouses. With stoops. Stoop is object No. 40, in fact, in this book that needs no...
Bezmozgis novel explores loyalty, betrayal
Tuesday, 30 September 2014, 20:29
Last update: about 11 years ago
The betrayals come thick and fast in David Bezmozgis' aptly titled and beautifully written second novel, "The Betrayers." The first involves Baruch Kotler, a 64-year-old Israeli politician who cheated...