Book: Atwood’s ‘Flood’ fails to maintain sci-fi buzz
The Year of The Flood
By Margaret Atwood. Knopf Doubleday Publishing; 448 pgs.; $26.95.
Book: Cross ups the ante in ‘I Drink for a Reason’
I Drink for a Reason
(By David Cross. Grand Central Publishing; 256 pgs., $23.99.)
Prodigal daughter
Barbara Kingsolver on politics, place and her ambitious new novel
Her writing is expansive; Barbara Kingsolver has written about everything from missionary work in Africa to how to eat out of your own backyard.
Silas the good
Author talks about new book, coal mining and Nina Simone
Silas House, a man born and raised in the hills of Eastern Kentucky, is the author of three novels, including the much-ballyhooed “Clay’s Quilt.” He has written a play, “The
Author of children’s classic headlines Spalding’s Fall Festival
Again this year, most sessions of Spalding’s Festival of Contemporary Writing will feature combinations of diverse forms of the written word.
Book: Camera Boy on war, hell and the in-between
Local author shares his Iraq experiences
When Fred Minnick smiles or laughs, he seems momentarily transformed into a young boy, filled with innocence. Dimples form and his blues eyes seem illuminated.
Book: Essays for ‘Lunch’
Naked Lunch @ 50
Edited by Oliver Harris and Ian MacFadyen. Southern Illinois University Press; 312 pgs., $34.95.
Book: A conversation with Jane Smiley
I read the novella “The Age of Grief” more than 10 years ago, before it became the movie “The Secret Lives of Dentists.” I’ve owned six copies since then; none of the
Book: Sarabande turns 15
In praise of the book
It has been 15 years since Sarah Gorham and her husband, Jeffrey Skinner, started Sarabande Books, and it is amazing to think that most people in Louisville still haven’t heard o
Book: Profile of Kiki Petrosino
A Sarabande poet
To give LEO readers an idea of the quality talent Sarabande puts out, I decided to profile the work of an up-and-coming poet named Kiki Petrosino.
