Following up Sunday night's round of thank-you's to the Academy, here's a note of personal appreciation. To National Book Award winner Jonathan Franzen, for his entertaining essay about three of my favorite classics, published it in a favorite...
We recently set up a project meant to achieve blockbuster/bestseller status. In reality, it's more like a fairy tale--and not in a good way. Long story short: We bought and assembled special sets for book discussion groups. Named Book Club Carryouts...