Tyler Brûlé's tunnel vision Canadian journalist's new publication, Monocle, has a European sensibility, private backers and a hefty cover price.
Elaine Dundy's days of avocados In 1958, the author glimpsed the future in a tale of unencumbered youth. Now reissued, 'The Dud Avocado' is making another splash.
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All that Francisco Goldman cares about While coping with a deeply personal loss, the author also defiantly girds for battle over his chronicle of a Guatemalan bishop's murder.
Junot Díaz's return to his past THE WRITER'S ART: The novelist and short-story writer was a lapsed fan of science fiction. Then a nerdy guy named Oscar Wao drew him back.
Under her skin In her memoir, critic Anatole Broyard's daughter grapples with hidden race.
The future keepers Philip K. Dick's children work to ensure the influential author's cinematic legacy.
The how behind Bush's power grab BOOK REVIEW: John W. Dean explains the process in which an idea becomes practice in the current presidential administration.
Not your typical Corman production BOOKS: The daughter of B-movie godfather Roger Corman has put together "Joseph Cornell's Dreams" out of the reclusive sculptor's nearly 40,000 pages of journals.
'Eden's Outcasts' by John Matteson BOOK REVIEW: The book illuminates the loving but often embattled relationship between the author of 'Little Women' and her father, renowned transcendentalist Bronson Alcott.
The beloved 'eccentric' of Other Times Books The West L.A. bookstore had one asset that no other bookstore could match: its owner, Andrew Dowdy. His health, and the changing times, write its final chapter.
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