Book Reviews

Book review:  Art Matters by Neil Gaiman Often the best books are the ones recommended by a friend -- That’s how Art Matters landed in our lap. This quick read...

“The word ‘love’ is most often defined as a noun, yet … we would all love better if we used it as a verb,” writes cultural critic and feminist bell...

Life can be difficult and uncertain. It can be triumphant and joyous. And for readers, through it all, Sugar was there to share advice with the humor and compassion of...

In a season that is consumed with parties and presents, we decided to slow things down by reviewing Walt Whitman’s book of poetry, Leaves of Grass.

Seasonal affective disorder is real, and that’s why we thought it was important to talk about a book that broached mental health before it was a socially acceptable topic of conversation. This month we decided to talk about one of our all-time favorites and a true classic: “The Bell Jar.”

This collection of nonfiction short stories serves as Winik’s autobiography as told through, as the back of the book describes it, “snapshot portraits of the departed.”