David Levithan may write fiction for young adults, but his work beguiles readers of all sorts. You just have to be hopelessly romantic and optimistic. It’s his ability to render real life as both stunningly concrete and yet endlessly poetic that wins them over. Ironically, he may be best known for two captivating collaborations, 2006’s “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist” with Rachel Cohn and 2010’s “Will Grayson, Will Grayson” with John Greene.
TIME and place are slippery and sharp objects in the hands of John Irving. The product of this unexpected bloodletting is Irving’s 14th novel, “Avenue of Mysteries” (Simon & Schuster, New York, 2015, 460 pages).
For a society that elevates education to the level of necessity, Filipinos are often and surprisingly perplexed by the varied...
When we reflect on the historic events of the May 2010 elections, they seem like a single, blinding burst of...
“Black Leopard, Red Wolf” (Riverhead Books), by Marlon James “Black Leopard, Red Wolf” by Marlon James is a serpentine, epic...
Imagine a world where everyone is monitored, where all information is accessible. That sounds very much like the premise of George Orwell’s 1949 dystopian novel, “Nineteen Eighty-Four,” but it is also the utopia promised by Dave Eggers’ new book, “The Circle: A Novel” (Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2013, 491 pages).
About a month or two ago, I was in the bookstore browsing when a book cover caught my eye. I...
“Nine Years Under: Coming of Age in an Inner City Funeral Home” (Gotham Books), by Sheri Booker Sheri Booker...
There is perhaps no single institution that has been more influential in Philippine culinary arts as Maya.
The faith of the small town in Nebraska is shaken when the son of Todd Burpo, a pastor cum firefighter, starts to see religious images and dead people after miraculously surviving an emergency surgery.
