Book Commentaries 1998
Book Commentaries below are from the weekly and Sunday Boston Globe from January, 1998 to present. Book reviews for non-fiction, fiction and poetry are also available.
Another Look at the Young Adult Section
From that fearsome zone between childhoo and adulthood, 7/19/98
Berlin, Isaiah
The lion of liberation, 8/2/98
Extemely Close Couples
A literary dinner for a few extremely close couples, 8/2/98
Genres
Let some writers stick to their genres, and others steer clear, 3/1/98
Gertrude Stein
Stein becomes a classic at last, 3/22/98
Hitler
The mystery of evil, 7/19/98
James Baldwin
In essays and early fiction, James Baldwin charted the terrian or racism, identity, and dispossession, 3/1/98
Memory
It's often easy to remember, and painfully hard to forget, 3/25/98
Murder Mysteries
Nothing like a few nice murders after work, 4/26/98
Nixon
The guilty abroad, 7/12/98
Say it Straight
'Jiggery-pokery' and straight talk about the art of language, 1/18/98
Short Novels
Oh, the pleasure of fine little books, and the woe of the tomes, 4/26/98
Siblings
The sister and brother act never leaves the stage, 2/22/98
The New Yorker
There's more than one way to get into The New Yorker, 2/8/98
Tobacco Industry
Smoking out the cigarette industry, 3/8/98
Writing the Territory
The other great American Dream: to write out for the territory, 4/19/98
Young Children Books
A 'First Book' can explore the richness of simplicity, 7/19/98
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