Fireworks Wednesday and Papa: Hemingway in Cuba, Reviewed
The illusion of marriage is shattered in two films that portray relationships failed by egos run amok.
View ArticleThe Meddler, Reviewed
Lorene Scafaria's light-hearted dramedy tackles grief in a comepletely authentic way.
View ArticleYou May See a Stranger by Paula Whyman, Reviewed
The author's debut collection of stories portrays three decades in a D.C. native's life in intimate detail.
View ArticleListen, Liberal by Thomas Frank, Reviewed
A long overdue attack on the left’s political establishment
View ArticleRaped Black Male by Kenneth Rogers Jr., Reviewed
With his own dark history, the author confronts the invisibility of black trauma in the media.
View ArticleIn The Hike, Author Drew Magary Zips Readers Through a Dark, Psychedelic Journey
The Deadspin columnist's latest book goes by at breakneck speed, for better and worse.
View ArticleIn Here I Am Jonathan Safran Foer Returns To His Local Roots
Foer's first book in 11 years explores the personal homeland of our everyday life.
View ArticleIn Strivers and Other Stories, Robert J. Williams Dissects Social Reality
The D.C author's latest is a collection of short stories mostly about the aspirations and disappointments of middle-class African Americans.
View ArticleThe Boston Castrato Is a Brutal Story Set in a Bygone Era
The new novel by Virginia author Colin Sargent tough story set in 1920s Boston.
View ArticleGrace and Justice on Death Row: The Race Against Time and Texas to Free an...
The new book from Alexandria-based lawyer Brian W. Stolarz chronicles the long road to getting an innocent man off death row.
View ArticleJohn Feffer’s Splinterlands Is a Timely and Chilling Dystopian Novel
In which an aptly named Hurricane Donald destroys D.C., in one fell swoop in the year 2022.
View ArticleThe Grief of a President And a Chorus of Ghosts Grace George Saunders'Lincoln...
In his debut novel, Saunders proves he's as masterful a novelist as he is a short story writer.
View ArticleIn Capital City, D.C. Politics Get a Fictionalized Makeover
The new book from D.C. insiders Lee Hurwitz and Tim Treanor finds a Marion Barry-like character at the center of its narrative.
View ArticleSmall Town Strife In a Fictional Maryland Suburb Comes Alive in Rion Amilcar...
The local author will read from his new book of short stories Sunday at the Bethesda Chevy Chase Regional Services Center.
View ArticleEdgar Allan Poe Gets the Illustrated Treatment in Poe: Stories and Poems
Local author Gareth Hinds brings Poe's visceral stories and poems to life in this graphic novel.
View ArticleAdam Griffiths Wrote a 600-Page Graphic Novel About His Grandmother's Civil...
The local cartoonist spent nearly a decade on his sprawling, surreal D.C.-set graphic novel.
View ArticleIn Her New Book, Local Author Liza Mundy Tells the Secret History of World...
For the book, Mundy got hundreds of World War II documents declassified.
View ArticleLocal Poet Alan King's Narrative Poems Tell a Stark Story About the Black...
His latest collection, "Point Blank," is out now.
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