Nonfiction… Inside Out: A Memoir 30 Oct 20205 Dec 2020 Reviewed by Jasmyne Ray When done well, the celebrity memoir (i.e., biography, tell-all) has the ability to change an audience’s perception of them, which is usually in their favor. Demi…
Indie Author… SSBC Podcast: Lynn Thorne 5 Jun 20205 Dec 2020 On today’s episode, we chat with Lynn Thorne, author of Who Am I If You’re Not You? The book chronicles the all-true story of unconditional love between Jennifer and Marc,…
Nonfiction… Columns: A Collection of Short Stories 9 May 20205 Dec 2020 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky "Love, laugh, cry, and dream, these are the emotions I hope will rise within you as you read them. These stories are my columns," says David…
Nonfiction… Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis 25 Dec 20195 Dec 2020 Review by Heather Haunert Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance is a New York Times bestselling book that is soon to be…
Nonfiction Life at the Dakota 25 Oct 20196 Dec 2020 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky Having never lived in New York City, the only thing I knew of The Dakota apartment building on the city's Upper West Side was that it…
Nonfiction… My Life Among The Underdogs 11 Oct 20196 Dec 2020 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky I first heard about My Life Among the Underdogs on the hit animal rescue reality show Pit Bulls and Parolees when its star, Tia Marie Torres,…
Literary… SSBC Podcast: Award-Winning Book Critic Ruth Franklin on her Biography Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life 29 Jul 20196 Dec 2020 On this week's podcast of Short Story Book Club, we speak with Author Ruth Franklin. Ruth talks about everything from her award-winning biography Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life, her…
Literary… Hemingway In Love: His Own Story 26 Jul 20196 Dec 2020 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky Journalist, novelist, short-story writer, energetic, world traveler, prolific drinker: all are words and phrases that describe Ernest Miller Hemingway, the award-winning author and literary icon who…
Children… Football Short Stories 3 Feb 20196 Dec 2020 It’s football season. You have your game day gear on. You’ve got the food heating on the stove. You’re almost ready for the pre-game show, but before you dive in,…
Literary… Is It a Novel or Is It Nonfiction? Maybe It’s Both 23 Jan 20196 Dec 2020 People sometimes ask whether a novel can be nonfiction. To answer that question, you need to know two things: what a novel is, and what nonfiction is. Let’s look at…
Nonfiction… The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli 20 Dec 20186 Dec 2020 I don’t even know where to begin with this one. This tiny nonfiction book literally blew my mind. Everything I thought I knew about time, about the world, about man’s…
Nonfiction… The Geometry of Universal Mind 28 Nov 20186 Dec 2020 Geometry was one of the few math courses I remember where I earned an A in school. Geometry was so fun, and it was logical. So, when I found this…
