Book Review | A Journey Through Literary America
Rarely do I review new books. I barely get through my own pile for the website, let alone take on brand new ones. So usually I decline review requests.
But this book was different. A Journey Through Literary America looked so intriguing…I couldn’t resist the offer. And what a smart decision it turned out to be! This has to be one of the MOST gorgeous books ever born.
Journey is a big coffee-table-sized book, chocker-block-full of sumptuous photos—the homes of America’s most beloved authors and the locales of their stories.
With wonderful prose to boot—biographies and personal incidents that make up the authors’ lives, as well as the history and inspiration behind their works.
This is a gorgeous book—the perfect gift for your favorite book lover. Which is you, of course!

It’s a virtual “Who’s Who” in American literature—Toni Morrison, Willa Cather, John Steinbeck, John Updike, Langston Huges, Wallace Stegner … and many more. All the biggies.



I came across a 2003 BBC World Book Club interview with Peter Carey, Australian author of 
A recent quip from the New York Times about book clubs caught my ire. It’ll probably catch yours, too. So here it is…
Apparently, I’ve got a good face for radio. Two days ago, I was on the air again, this time on Martha Stewart’s Living Radio—Sirius Radio/XM, the satellite radio.
