While the daily dramas of our lives take center stage, it’s easy to take certain big things for granted, like the qualities that make Earth a “Goldilocks” situation for life as we understand it. In her debut novel, “Age of Miracles,” Karen Thompson Walker paints an intimate picture of humanity trudging through a great and […]
Literature
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The expanded familiar
Writers & Books has expanded its annual “If All of Rochester Read the Same Book” program by introducing a Debut Novel Series, which seeks to familiarize Rochester audiences with authors who have recently published their first books. The first work in the new series is “The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing” by Mira Jacob, who visited […]
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WINTER GUIDE: The cozy catalogue
It’s fairly common to suggest some escapist epics or saucy stories to take to the water’s edge during the warmer months. But when are we more in need of mental transportation than mid-winter? City thought it would be fun to flip the “beach reads” concept, and consider what stories are more suited to snowdrifts than […]
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“The Great Gatsby”
The hype preceding the long-awaited release of “The Great Gatsby” rivals the hoopla surrounding summer blockbusters — Cartier features Gatsby jewelry and Brooks Brothers (naturally) offers a Gatsby line of clothing; there’s a video game, and who knows, maybe the toy stores will sell Gatsby action figures. As someone who has taught F. Scott Fitzgerald’s […]
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LITERATURE: “Into the Beautiful North”
This year’s selection for the city-wide book club, “If All of Rochester Read the Same Book…” takes readers on a journey from a rural Mexican town in trouble, across the border into an America we see through fresh eyes. “Into the Beautiful North,” which was also selected for the National Endowment for the Arts’ Big […]
