Bestselling author and Floridian William Heffernan will not be deterred. Hurricane Sandy hit the New York metro area while he was promoting his latest book. On top of that, his flight back to Florida was delayed, wasting valuable time he had intended to volunteer to the Obama campaign. (Tuesday’s victory must have been a bright [...]
Wyclef Jean can be a frustrating read. He whines a lot. (It’s not fair that everyone says Lauryn Hill was the real talent in the Fugees! He has more hits!); he can be somewhat duplicitous toward his loved ones. (He tried to run for president of Haiti against both his uncle and an old friend [...]
I was 18 years old when I first saw Trainspotting, the film based on Irvine Welsh’s 1993 novel of the same name. At that point in my life I was utterly clueless about the world of heroin addiction in Edinburgh, Scotland, and any interest I had was lost in the struggle to understand what the characters in [...]
I have no interest in sports. You may be able to convince me to watch the Super Bowl. Possibly March Madness. But that’s where it ends. However, for all my apathy toward almost all things athletic, there is one aspect I’m a sucker for: inspirational sports stories. Judge all you want, but the feel-good themes [...]
Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan don’t pull any punches. So don’t expect any glossed-over facts about the American political machine in their new book The Silenced Majority. The sequel to their New York Times bestselling book Breaking the Sound Barrier, based on their Kings Features Syndicate column of the same name, Goodman (host of the grassroots public television and radio program [...]
UPDATE: Martin Amis’s appearance at Books & Books has been canceled today due to Tropical Storm Isaac. Whether the event will be rescheduled is unclear. Martin Amis is a classist—at least that’s what many have been saying in reference to his latest book Lionel Asbo: The State of England. Taking the book at face value, [...]
Journalist, author, and documentary filmmaker Jon Jefferson, one half of the best-selling writing team Jefferson Bass (the other half being world-renowned forensic anthropologist Dr. Bill Bass), is appearing tonight at Books & Books. The duo recently released The Inquisitor’s Key, the latest book in their Body Farm mystery series. The thriller provides fans with a [...]
Madeleine Albright was 59 years old when she learned that her family was Jewish. Suddenly her deep-rooted sense of identity was shaken to the core, and she began to investigate the mysteries of her past. It is this search for understanding that led to Albright’s greater reflection on her life, and the lives of others, [...]
Carl Hiaasen knows Florida. He knows the corrupt politicians, the narcissistic celebrities, the eco-terrorists, the naive tourists and the menagerie of other crazy people (or what some may call sociopaths) that descend on the Sunshine State. He’s seen them all up-close and personal as a lifelong Florida resident and, perhaps more importantly, as a columnist for [...]
You already know this: while earning your college degree was informative and pleasant enough, plenty of us head in a different direction. Or maybe the experience wasn’t so awesome or helpful, but we’re sticking, steadfast and stubborn, to what we set out for in the first place. Joshua Miller, the executive director and founder of [...]
Venezuela has been in the media lately: following the death of Hugo Chávez, his chosen successor, Nicolas Maduro, beat challenger Henrique Capriles in the current election for presidency. It was a miniscule margin of a win—about 50.7%–and as of this write-up, a contested verdict. But if you’re the average United Statesian, you are less aware [...]
