Author Archives: Laura Winkleblack

I Am Not Your Negro [the film Raoul Peck directed] organizes excerpts from the 30 pages of Remember This House with other bits and pieces of Baldwin’s letters and notes and interviews to tremendous effect. Peck described his role in its creation as similar … Continue reading →

Thanks to Mary Ann for hosting a wonderful gathering with delicious food and a meaningful discussion. Mary Ann will be taking a break from book club until October, while she prepares for Charlie’s launch. We will miss you, but it’s … Continue reading →

We were all impressed by the talent of Lucia Berlin. Here is a good article from The New Yorker about this under-discovered writer. http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-story-is-the-thing-on-lucia-berlin Berlin, who was born in 1936, in Juneau, Alaska, and died in 2004, on her sixty-eighth … Continue reading →

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 →