By Elisabeth Egan GREEN LIGHT “I’ve battled despair a lot in my life,” said John Green, whose first book for adults, “The Anthropocene Reviewed,” has…
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Beverly Cleary Wrote About Real Life, and Her Readers Loved Her for It
“Today the letters that fill an author’s mailbox often begin, ‘Our class is studying live authors,’” wrote Beverly Cleary in “Why Are Children Writing to…
Now You See It: A Magician’s Memoir Promises Truth and Other Lies
AMORALMANA True Story and Other LiesBy Derek DelGaudio Lying is ubiquitous. Why should it be otherwise? There are far more reasons to lie than to…
Ashley Audrain’s Best Seller Goes to a Place Most Parents Have Never Gone Before
A BOOK IN THE OVEN If you are a new parent with a few hours of child care on your hands, you may be inclined…