Richard Russo, whose “Fool” trilogy is beloved for the characters he created to populate a fictional upstate New York town, freely admits he’s always pulled from his real life to write his novels. “I ...

DENNIS Gray from Guiseley is a highly respected mountaineer. He was responsible for many first ascents in Britain and the Alps. He is best known as the first General Secretary of the British ...

That book was composed of pieces that had appeared in The New Yorker, Harper s and other traditional name makers. It made her a bright young thing before the personal in personal essay metastasized ...

In September, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss Jane Austen’s classic, about the tortured romance of two people frazzled by miscommunications and assumptions. By MJ Franklin MJ Franklin ...

In June, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss “Mrs. Dalloway,” Virginia Woolf’s classic novel about one day in the life of an London woman in 1923. By MJ Franklin MJ Franklin is an editor ...