Tag Archives: Thomas Wolfe

Book Fest

Thomas Wolfe. Walt Whitman. Norman Mailer. Jennifer Egan. Brooklyn is big when it comes to literary lights. That’s why it comes as no surprise that the borough is throwing a big party this Sunday, September 22, from 10 AM to … Continue reading

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Home Base

Wonderful idea department:  The city of Indianapolis just opened the “Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library” in honor of one of its most famous native sons. Though he lived in the East most of his life, Kurt never forgot his roots: seems … Continue reading

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Glorious Attempts

“Deep experience is never peaceful.” Henry James One balmy morning, wandering hither and yon, what should I espy, but a pile of books destined for a fate less than kind. Ah,  fickle-handed fate! For what better rescuer could that forlorn … Continue reading

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