Genre… Life at the Dakota 25 Oct 201911 Dec 2019 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky Not having ever lived in New York City, the only thing I knew of The Dakota apartment building on the city's Upper West Side was that…
Genre… My Life Among The Underdogs 11 Oct 201911 Dec 2019 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… Short Story Book Club’s Award-Winning Book Critic, Ruth Franklin on her Biography Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life 29 Jul 201911 Dec 2019 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…
Book and Reading Culture… Hemingway In Love: His Own Story 26 Jul 201911 Dec 2019 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…
Children… Football Short Stories 3 Feb 20193 Feb 2019 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,…
Genre… Is It a Novel or Is It Nonfiction? Maybe It’s Both 23 Jan 201916 Feb 2019 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 is nonfiction. Let’s look at…
