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The End of Vandalism

by Tom Drury

“Brilliant, wonderfully funny . . . It’s hard to think of any novel—let alone a first novel—in which you can hear the people so well. This is indeed deadpan humor,…

Bananas

by Peter Chapman

“United Fruit essentially invented not only ‘the concept and reality of the banana republic,’ but also, as Chapman shows, the concept and reality of the modern banana. [A] witty, energetic…

City of the Mind

by Penelope Lively

“Lively is a magical writer, and her sensuous prose tempers the metaphysical abstractions. . . . Her uncanny empathy and ability to evoke emotion make the reader feel more like…

The CEO of the Sofa

by P. J. O'Rourke

“Not content to rest on his laurels, the bestselling humorist O’Rourke instead settles back on his caustic couch to offer a wide-angled worldview from his own living room, his salon…

The Coast of Utopia

by Tom Stoppard

“Exhilarating! Pulses with the dizzying arrogance and anxiety of a new generation moving as fast as it can.” —Ben Brantley, The New York Times…

The Caddie Was a Reindeer

by Steve Rushin

A joy ride through the wild world of sports from “the best sportswriter in the country” (St. Paul Pioneer Press)…

Remembering P. J. O’Rourke

…administration, but government itself.” USA Today: “O’Rourke was a Toledo, Ohio, native who evolved from long-haired student activist to wavy-haired scourge of his old liberal ideals, with some of his…

Grove at Home: January 3-9

…— and there’s never been a more urgent time to learn it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7gttGBhU7Q   Sofi Oksanen on the dangers of indifference Today we’re wishing a very happy forty-fourth birthday to…

Grove at Home: May 31—June 6

…was one of the founders of the Black Arts Movement and served for a time as poet laureate of New Jersey. Today, Baraka’s son, Ras J. Baraka, does the family…

Remembering Jim Harrison (12/11/37—3/26/16)

…Harrison’s books, and if you’ve read them all, re-read them. Meantime, here are a couple videos to sit with today, and remember the sweet, sad, sublime wonder that was Jim…