Primetime Blues

Scholar Donald Bogle adds another exceptional book to his works about African-Americans in film and television.

"...Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 494 pp., $18 (paper) Donald Bogle adds..."

March 29, 2002 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Top Books of 2018 That Make the Past Present

Whether in biography, graphic novel, crime fiction, or retold Greek myths, these books brought history to life

"...Most Dangerous Man in America: Timothy Leary, Richard Nixon and the Hunt for the Fugitive King of LSD (Twelve)..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Arts Feature by Jesse Sublett

Top Books to Make Sense of a World Breaking Down

Jay Trachtenberg's top reads of 2016 explore a planet in crisis in Israel, rust-belt Ukraine, and the Antarctic

"...first novel in a decade, Here I Am (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). It takes us into the workings of..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Other Notable Film Books

New collections from critics David Thomson and David Denby, Richard Burton's candid journaling, and more

"...Screen: The Story of the Moviesby David Thomson Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 608 pp., $35..."

Nov. 23, 2012 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

East of the West: A Country in Stories

If you have to staycation, at least see the world via books

"...the West: A Country in Storiesby Miroslav Penkov Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 240 pp., $24 Paris: The Collected Traveleredited..."

July 29, 2011 Books Review by Sarah Smith

The Intimates

A frank and charming portrait of an unconventional love

"...The Intimatesby Ralph Sassone Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 256 pp., $24..."

Feb. 25, 2011 Books Review by Monica Riese

The Lover's Dictionary

David Levithan makes the personal work universally and vice versa

"...The Lover's Dictionaryby David Levithan Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 224 pp., $18..."

Jan. 21, 2011 Books Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Role Models

In this collection of prose portraits of some of his cultural heroes, the legendary filmmaker regularly reveals more about himself than his subjects

"...Role Modelsby John Waters Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 320 pp., $25..."

July 9, 2010 Screens Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Why Italians Love to Talk About Food

"...Italians Love to Talk About Foodby Elena Kostioukovitch Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 480 pp., $35..."

May 28, 2010 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Young Romantics: The Tangled Lives of English Poetry's Greatest Generation

It takes a village: This inquiry into the late-period Romantics debunks the idea of the individual artist as isolated, sui generis, and in torment

"...Lives of English Poetry's Greatest Generationby Daisy Hay Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 384 pp.; $27.50..."

May 7, 2010 Books Review by Kimberley Jones

Mathilda Savitch: A Novel

In Mathilda Savitch's best stretches, it is a marvel of observational acuity and lyrical phrasing

"...Mathilda Savitch: A Novelby Victor Lodato Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 304 pp.; $25..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Books Review by Kimberley Jones

Cooking Dirty: A Story of Life, Sex, Love, and Death in the Kitchen

Sheehan knows how to weave a good story while still being brutally honest about himself

"...Cooking Dirty: A Story of Life, Sex, Love, and Death in the Kitchenby Jason Sheehan Farrar, Straus, and..."

May 29, 2009 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America

During the 1950s, comics came under societal and governmental scrutiny. David Hajdu examines this troubled time.

"...The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed Americaby David Hajdu Farrar, Straus and..."

March 21, 2008 Books Review by Rick Klaw

It Is What It Is

The year in books

"...come to know these wondrous inventions – pages numbered and cut, sometimes rough, sometimes smooth, and sammiched between two..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Will Travel for Food

The Southern Foodways Alliance

"...the Southern Foodways Alliance. It was founded in 1997 and is a part of the Center for the Study..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Food Feature

Another Beauty

"...Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 221 pp., $23..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Books Review by Lissa Richardson

Postscripts

Well I'll be damned : the Texas Institute of Letters has decided to name an award after Mr. Joe Bob Briggs his own self. Also, the news about what Tom Grimes will attempt to do in public in the near future with his new collection of writings from the Iowa Writer's Workshop, The Workshop.

"...Book, recently established by the Texas Insitute of Letters, and worth $1,000, to be bestowed annually to a commercially..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Books Column by Clay Smith

Poser: My Life in 23 Yoga Poses

Two memoirs explore new parenthood and old childhoods with still-open wounds

"...My Life in 23 Yoga Posesby Claire Dederer Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 352 pp., $26 The Ticking Is the..."

Feb. 18, 2011 Books Review by Kimberley Jones

Was It Good for You?

The year in books

"...(or possibly a giant tiger) in an off-kilter Manhattan and provides endless layers of identity, reality, and high-wire flurries..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Books Feature by Cindy Widner

Summer Reading

Also Recommended

"...for 2001 to never miss another day of drawing, and three years later I'm still rocking out on it,"..."

May 28, 2004 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

VSBR

"...better or worse: Its company of miserable, craven, vile, and depraved Seattle-area residents -- from abused children to spree..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Books Review by Shawn Badgley

Talk Stories

"...Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 224 pp., $23..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Books Review by Robin Bradford

TV Eye

If you're looking for reviews of The Nutty Professor, John Pierson's Split Screen isn't your show. If you like insightful, sometimes peculiar excursions into the independent film world, Split Screen will please you more than a stolen afternoon at a weekday matinee. Also, Olympic fever spreads -- but not without a few complaints.

"...sure you can really call filmmaker John Pierson, creator and host of the Independent Film Channel (IFC) series Split..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Thomas Rayfiel's Colony Girl

"...Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $23 hard..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Books Review by Martin Wilson

Off The Bookshelf

I Know This Much Is True

"...murder, rape, child abuse, AIDS, SIDS, incest, suicide, racism, and the treatment of the mentally ill -- and Lamb's..."

June 25, 1999 Books Feature

Recommended at Texas Book Festival

Capsule reviews and panel info

"...the world of precisely modified letters with this compelling and Eastern-tinted tale of horror. Tinted by its setting in..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Books Feature

Book Reviews

"...by Stephen Dixon Henry Holt and Company, $30 hard..."

July 30, 1999 Books Review

Summer Reading

Brief Interviews With Hideous Men

"...David Foster Wallace Little, Brown and Company, $24 hard..."

June 4, 1999 Books Review

The Best of the Rest The Summer of '95, Part 2

"...the lucky fall - Providence. That is magic, pure and simple, hard and fast and deeply embedded in the..."

June 9, 1995 Books Feature

The American Voice

Jonathan Franzen's "The Corrections," and other new releases

"...Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 288 pp., $27..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

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