Vintage Reading From Plato to Bradbury: A Personal Tour of Some of the World’s Best Books Robert Kanigel Vintage Reading brings eighty of the world’s most unforgettable books out from behind the high castle walls, lowers the drawbridge, and welcomes readers inside. With lively and concise commentary, award-winning author Robert Kanigel throws an arm around… Continue reading Vintage Reading
Category: Essays
Violent Screen
Violent Screen Stephen Hunter A Critic’s 13 Years on the Front Lines of Movie Mayhem Baltimore Sun film critic Stephen Hunter is an unrivaled master of his craft. This extraordinary collection includes the best of Hunter’s movie reviews, taking aim at one hundred of the most important (or notorious) violent films released since 1982. With an… Continue reading Violent Screen
The Miss Dennis School of Writing
The Miss Dennis School of Writing Alice Steinbach In this collection of her essays and columns, Pulitzer Prize-winning Baltimore Sun journalist Steinbach seeks to “rescue from insignificance some of the small events that make up a life.” These pieces thus explore, with quiet grace, the unexpected pleasures that are gleaned from an appreciation of the… Continue reading The Miss Dennis School of Writing
Last Call at the 7-Eleven
Last Call at the 7-Eleven Kevin Cowherd Fine Dining at 2 A.M., the Search for Spandex People, and Other Reasons to Go on Living The country might be going to hell in a hand-basket, but don’t close the garage doors and sit there with the engine running until you read this collection of sardonic, off-the-wall… Continue reading Last Call at the 7-Eleven