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Tag: By the Book column

07.23.2017 Columns

By the Book: Yes, there are some things he won’t read

Some time back, I wrote about different things we do or don’t read, citing movie credits as an example of something we mostly don’t.

11.23.2014 Community

By the Book: Does the page count?

It’s said that you can’t judge books by their covers, and you certainly can’t judge them by the four-color, over-the-top advertisements in various Sunday papers. Also, I’ve stopped paying...

08.23.2014 Community

By the Book: Good reading is all about the writing

I’d forgotten the name of a character in a book and went to Wikipedia. I found what I wanted, but was struck by how easy it is to find...

04.21.2012 Community

By the Book: Novel ways to enjoy communal books

April may well be the cruelest month: Fighting season begins again as the mountain passes thaw in Afghanistan, tornadoes rampage throughout the Midwest, taxes must be paid and we...

08.26.2011 Uncategorized

By the Book: Larsson’s take on Strauss-Kahn case?

Men. Women. Power. Money. Sex. Truth. These are the final winding down days of the case of Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the alleged rape of an African hotel maid, and...

07.06.2011 Uncategorized

By the Book: Some savory reads for the summer

I finally have an acceptable reason to dislike Philip Roth. I read “Portnoy’s Complaint” when I was a kid, because we all did, snickering at the “dirty” parts. There...

05.23.2011 Uncategorized

By the Book: What’s on your list of favorite books?

I have no clue how many books are published every year in America. Oxford University Press NY was closing in on 400 in 1997, the year I retired, an...

04.26.2011 Uncategorized

By the Book: Their ‘nonsense’ is well worth reading

We are fortunate in having two female writers, Margaret Atwood and Barbara Kingsolver, who, with great regularity, turn out complex and beautifully written books. Atwood has written more than...

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