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Collecting The Boys of Summer
Today, the term “the boys of summer” is sometimes applied to all baseball players, but it was first used in the context of sports by Roger Kahn for the title of his 1972 book, which specifically celebrated the extraordinary Brooklyn Dodgers of 1952 and 1953: Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Carl Erskine and all. “We’re wid yas, Oisk.”
Heartbreak and Hilarity: Collecting Richard Russo
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls writes about life in small towns in the Northeastern United States, towns the mainstream of modern American life has passed by. In Russo’s books the hilarious and the heartbreaking rub up against each other uncomfortably, but entertainingly.
The Book Is Feeling Better Now – Or Is it?
A year ago we reviewed the most recent challenger in the war against printed books, Amazon’s Kindle. Acknowledging our bias, we concluded that we would still rather own books printed on paper, bound in boards and nestled in dust wrappers. Now Amazon has upgraded its reader to Kindle 2. Is it improved enough to make us change our minds?
Ten Years Ago
David Goodis
Books into Film
The Natural