Author Archives: Laura Winkleblack

Lab Girl by Hope Jahren New York Times:  Review: ‘Lab Girl,’ Hope Jahren’s Road Map to the Secret Life of Plants The Guardian: Lab Girl: A Story of Trees, Science and Love Morning Edition: Lab Girl’: An Homage To The Wonders Of … Continue reading →

Thanks to Deb for this contribution. Kent Haruf’s final book OUR SOULS AT NIGHT, was completed just before he died–as usual, a wool cap pulled over his head as he typed “blind” his first draft, never looking back to fuss … Continue reading →

From Kim: I just read in my Dickens collection the chapter in his book American Notes on Slavery. I thought it might be of interest to some of the Bookies after recently reading The Underground Railroad. I guess this is what … Continue reading →

Portland Arts and Lectures Series: The series begins on October 20 with Louise Erdrich, whose most recent novel, LaRose, is the conclusion of a loose trilogy that includes National Book Award winner The Round House and Pulitzer Prize finalist The … Continue reading →

  The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/05/books/review/the-sympathizer-by-viet-thanh-nguyen.html The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/mar/12/the-sympathizer-viet-thanh-nguyen-review-debut  

Ta Nehisi Coates: From Deb The review of BETWEEN The WORLD & ME that I recommended is written by Randall Kennedy, titled A CARICATURE OF BLACK REALITY: http://prospect.org/article/ta-nehisi-coatess-caricature-black-reality –essentially saying “Ta-Nehisi Coates has written the race book of the year. … Continue reading →