December 11-17, 1998


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Articles and Features


The Gift of Words

Books under review and lots of literary gift ideas:
  • Corrido by Mandy Keifetz
  • Evening by Susan Minot
  • The Amazing "True" Story of a Teenage Single Mom by Katherine Arnoldi
  • The Museum Guardby Howard Norman
  • The Exes: A Novel by Pagan Kennedy
  • Dead Languages by David Shields

  • Gifts for Writers by Belinda Acosta

  • Books for Imbibing Putting a library behind your drinking habits makes your holiday binging look more like a hobby than a habit. by Meredith Phillips

  • Other Box Sets These box sets only look literary, but they're more like toy sets for the literary-minded. by Margaret Moser


News, Author Signings, and Reviews

Postscripts by Claiborne Smith

Book news, signings, and author appearances this week.


In Person by Meredith Phillips

Susan Isaacs read from her new novel Red White and Blue at Book People.



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