Grove at Home: September 13—19

…of the book’s opinions are debatable, of course. Significant numbers of women may heatedly argue with reviewer Rob Tannenbaum’s depiction of current heartthrob John Michael Montgomery as merely a two-star…

Grove at Home: June 14—20

…his saxophone Could you call on Lady Day? Could you call on John Coltrane? Now, ’cause they’ll wash your troubles Your troubles, your troubles, your troubles away The poet Amiri…

Grove at Home: May 30-June 5

…the Chinese Exclusion Act, the internment of Japanese Americans, the colonization of the Philippines, the annexation of Hawaii, the often forgotten presence of Korean and Indian immigrants in the early…

Grove at Home: August 9—15

…Phone Calls From Paul, an ace Twitter follow, and, now, the founding Executive Director of Onassis LA. It’s from Onassis LA and Dublab that Holdengräber has been hosting The Quarantine…

Grove at Home: May 10—16

…independent booksellers! Check in about it with your favorite indie bookseller — by phone or online — to hear what they have to say! Learn more here…   Sarah M….

Quartz Review: The First Known Fiction Out of North Korea is a Dystopian Thriller

…police chases. He portrays a rigid social hierarchy based on one’s family history with the Workers’ Party of Korea, and furtive phone calls with government officials demanding colleagues to inform…

House Standoff

The fifteenth novel in Mike Lawson’s acclaimed series follows Joe DeMarco to Wyoming, scene of a storied armed standoff between a defiant cattle rancher and federal agents. But DeMarco doesn’t…

Vietnam Plays Vol 1 [Basic Training]

The Whole Five Feet

“Disarming . . . Unpretentious . . . The Whole Five Feet reads like a charming college syllabus, written by a warm-hearted professor, who through a mutual love of books…

Wagons West

“Fascinating. . . . McLynn, an Englishman, is new to the West, but he turns this seeming liability into a strength. . . . McLynn does a fine job, too,…