InPRINT: On the Road, Again – Revisiting Jack Kerouac
Column(Re)read a book. Sustain your mind. I first read On the Road when I was 20. It was, as they say, the right time. I had just returned from yet another leave of absence (“leaves of presence,” I...
View ArticleInPRINT: Not for Kids Only – 10 Young Adult Novels You Need to Read
ColumnRead a short book. Sustain your mind. When I was a teenager, I related more to books than I did to most other kids – and certainly to most adults. There was something about Huck and Holden and...
View ArticleInPRINT: Gatsby, Paradise and the 1%: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Pre-Occupation
ColumnRead a book. Occupy your mind. What is the endgame of the American Dream? If our cherished national narrative is indeed one of rags to riches, aspirations to the realization of prosperity, then...
View ArticleInPRINT: 10 Novels That Make You Want to Play Outside
ColumnRead a book. Sustain your mind. In yet another new chapter of “What’s Going on Upstairs,” it seems that scientists have had a virtual breakthrough in figuring out what fiction does to our...
View ArticleInPRINT: Albert Camus and the Biggest Question of All
ColumnRead a book. Sustain your mind. I’m torn, often and about many things, including protests in the street. Make no mistake; I do support the movement(s) and those souls who hit the pavement...
View ArticleInPRINT: Small Packages: A Few Words on Short Stories and 6 Must-Read...
ColumnRead a short story. Sustain your mind. Once upon a time, I thought short stories were just for us kids – mini-books for mini-people, kind of like the lamb chops my mother fed me when she was...
View ArticleInPRINT: You Want Erotic? The Countless Shades of Anaïs Nin
ColumnRead a book. Sustain your mind. I confess that I knew where this was going when I bought Fifty Shades of Grey. One of my rules for this column is that I don’t write bad reviews (if I don’t like...
View ArticleInPRINT: John Irving Is Angry—Again
ColumnRead a book, sustain your mind. John Irving is usually pissed off about something and more often than not this is a good thing. After all, there is much to be pissed off about. I’ve seen the...
View ArticleInPRINT: Once Upon a Time: Great Historical Fiction – 1 Genre, 10 Novels, 5...
ColumnRead a book, sustain your mind. “Once upon a time…” It raises a question, doesn’t it? Once upon when? As much as the people who populate a piece of fiction, the context of when a story takes...
View ArticleInPRINT: A Novel Challenge – Take Action and Read Outside Your Box
ColumnRead something different. Sustain your mind. I’m reading Beloved by Toni Morrison. It’s a good thing too, and not just because it’s a brilliant novel. The truth is that I never got around to...
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