Books The Forgotten Botanist in Publishers Weekly: “Brown is so successful in facilitating engagement with a forgotten figure that many will be deeply saddened by Lemmon’s last years; the energetic woman, for whom idleness was akin to death, suffered from … Continue reading News and Reviews
Books Backcountry Ghosts Review in the Seattle Book Review: “This is an interesting story of how land in California, and in a larger sense the West, has shaped the history and the people of the region. I highly recommend this … Continue reading News and Reviews
Books Hell with the Lid Off Review in the Manhattan Book Review: “Focusing on the larger-than-life personalities involved, Gurver and Campbell provide a thrilling account of a turbulent period in the history of football as well as the games, players, … Continue reading News & Reviews
Books Deer Season Starred review in Publishers Weekly: “Flanagan balances the mystery and its surprising resolution with her emotionally rich character explorations. This is a standout novel of small-town life, powered by the characters’ consequential determination to protect their loved … Continue reading News and Reviews
Join SABR and Elliott Bay Book Company for Triple Play: Three Books, Three Authors on Baseball for a virtual event on Tuesday, July 6, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. CST. Mark Amour will be hosting Steve Steinberg, Larry Baldassaro, and Don … Continue reading Upcoming Event: Three Books, Three Authors on Baseball
Books The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902 Review in the Jewish Voice and Opinion: “Scott Seligman, historian, and genealogist explores the Lower East Side of this great-grandmother in his book The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902.” Forty Years … Continue reading News & Reviews
Books Black Snake Review in New City Lit: “In her new book, Black Snake, Katherine Wiltenburg Todrys outlines the formation of the camps as well as the key events before and after law enforcement intervened violently. With firsthand interviews, Todrys … Continue reading News & Reviews
Books The Rinehart Frames Review in Open Country Magazine: “The Rinehart Frames is at once literary criticism, cultural commentary, art criticism, a scholarly text. It is a conversation with the writers and artists and historical figures whose work/ personality have moved … Continue reading News & Reviews
Books Your Crib, My Qibla Review in the Kenyon Review: “I have not encountered a poet more attuned to the movement of emotion through the body or whose poems move so surprisingly. This collection is especially suited to a reader … Continue reading News and Reviews
Books The Rinehart Frames Starred review in Publishers Weekly: “In his electrifying debut, Mphanza presents a sustained project of ekphrasis and pastiche inspired by the work of African artists, Iranian film director Abbas Kiaro-stami, and the life and death of … Continue reading News and Reviews
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