Kris and Babs, Joan and John

March 8, 2025: Yeah, well, I kind of like the 1976 remake of A Star Is Born. (“To think this came …

Naomi Watts and I…

February 5, 2025: …have something in common besides an appreciation for Kyle MacLachlan. To find out what, you can read …

February 2, 2025: I mean a college reunion. In Elise Juska’s novel Reunion. Which I review today in the Portland Press Herald (see here). Not …

January 10, 2025: Me, I have not been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, but Adam Haslett has been (twice). I …

January 1, 2025: In Susan Minot’s Don’t Be a Stranger, which I review today in the Portland Press Herald (see here; it’s apparently …

December 31, 2024: This year I read five corking good books about Old Hollywood, all published in 2024; they’re listed …

December 4, 2024: If you know me, you know that I’m the world’s least technological person, so rest assured, I …

September 3, 2024: No, not Kirk: Kirkus. For which I’m now writing. Book reviews, I mean. In addition to my …

June 9, 2024: By “Here” I mean here in New England, a good chunk of which is Maine, a significant …

May 17, 2024: Here’s my Shelf Awareness interview with Kathleen Hanna to coincide with the release of her swell new …