You open Steve Martin’s 2007 memoir expecting a laugh a paragraph.
About Head Butler
John Le Carre: The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Graham Greene, who pretty much invented the modern spy novel, called "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" "the best spy story I ever read."
Graham Greene, who pretty much invented the modern spy novel, called “The Spy Who Came in from the Cold” “the best spy story I ever read.”
Mr. S: My Life With Frank Sinatra
The last few days have been high-minded on Butler, intense in my nearing-the-finish-line of my book. Enough of all that. No apology: this book is pure dish.
The last few days have been high-minded on Butler, intense in my nearing-the-finish-line of my book. Enough of all that. No apology: this book is pure dish.
Bully Market: My Story of Money and Misogyny at Goldman Sachs
A few years ago, I lectured at the Rutgers Writers’ Conference.
A few years ago, I lectured at the Rutgers Writers’ Conference.
What’s Your COVID Trauma? (I’ll Go First.) NPR: “The Best Song of the Last Decade.” What Prevents Addiction? (You’ll Be Surprised.) And a Great Use for Tomatoes.
A real icebreaker, wouldn’t you say — cocktail chat in the Age of Edibles.
A real icebreaker, wouldn’t you say — cocktail chat in the Age of Edibles.
And There Was Light: The Autobiography of Jacques Lusseyran, Blind Hero of the French Resistance
In the French Resistance in WW 2, a blind man was head of recruiting — his hearing made him a great judge of character. This is his story.
In the French Resistance in WW 2, a blind man was head of recruiting — his hearing made him a great judge of character. This is his story.
Just Like That… Fall. A Head Butler Field Trip? Movie: One of the Greatest Love Stories. A Legendary Jack Nicholson Scene: Maybe Not. Something Good With Pears. And More.
I missed the summer. I always do. I don’t plan for that to happen, but I have books and plays to write, and I always seem to need to finish them in summer.
I missed the summer. I always do. I don’t plan for that to happen, but I have books and plays to write, and I always seem to need to finish them in summer.
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
O happy day! Bill Bryson's outrageous, hilarious childhood: “A peanut M&M that falls seventy feet into a bowl of tomato soup makes one heck of a splash, I can tell you.”
O happy day! Bill Bryson’s outrageous, hilarious childhood: “A peanut M&M that falls seventy feet into a bowl of tomato soup makes one heck of a splash, I can tell you.”
The Wilder Shores of Love: The Exotic True Life Stories of Isabel Burton, Aimee Dubucq de Rivery, Jane Digby and Isabelle Eberhardt
Four women, only superficially similar, but with the same priorities — breathing the oxygen that was only available on the wilder shores of love.
Four women, only superficially similar, but with the same priorities — breathing the oxygen that was only available on the wilder shores of love.
John O’Donohue: Our Friend Among the Dead
Could developing "Anam Cara" -- deep soul friendship -- be the most healing therapy for what ails us? John O'Donohue makes the case.
Could developing “Anam Cara” — deep soul friendship — be the most healing therapy for what ails us? John O’Donohue makes the case.
Everybody Was So Young: Gerald and Sara Murphy: A Lost Generation Love Story
You know Hemingway. And the Fitzgeralds. Do you know their friends Gerald and Sara Murphy? (They’re much more interesting.)
You know Hemingway. And the Fitzgeralds. Do you know their friends Gerald and Sara Murphy? (They’re much more interesting.)
Act One
The best theater memoir... ever? I think so. So does Ann Patchett: “’Act One’ is one of the best things about owning a bookstore. I can sell ‘Act One’ to people all day long.
The best theater memoir… ever? I think so. So does Ann Patchett: “’Act One’ is one of the best things about owning a bookstore. I can sell ‘Act One’ to people all day long.
Harry Styles: ‘Matilda’
15 nights at Madison Square Garden, 5 nights in Austin, 5 nights in Chicago, 15 nights in LA --- do you know who I’m talking about?
15 nights at Madison Square Garden, 5 nights in Austin, 5 nights in Chicago, 15 nights in LA — do you know who I’m talking about?
I Had a Challenging Book Teed Up. But It’s Too Hot. Today Cries Out for Relief, for Cool. This Is Definitely That.
A great singer lived quietly on an island you almost surely have not visited.
A great singer lived quietly on an island you almost surely have not visited.
The Fabulous Sylvester
The usual suspects, high on the SCOTUS ruling on abortion, have taken aim at every form of sex, not sparing birth control for heterosexuals but with particularly hateful rhetoric about gay and trans and non-binary people.
The usual suspects, high on the SCOTUS ruling on abortion, have taken aim at every form of sex, not sparing birth control for heterosexuals but with particularly hateful rhetoric about gay and trans and non-binary people.
Shmutz
What if a 18-year-old Orthodox Jew from Brooklyn who is preparing to be married has a problem — she’s addicted to porn?
What if a 18-year-old orthodox jew from brooklyn who is preparing to be married has a problem — she’s addicted to porn?