Writer Séamas O’Reilly’s mother died when he was five, leaving him, his ten brothers and sisters, and their beloved father in their sprawling bungalow in rural Derry. It was the 1990s; the Troubles were a background rumble. He tells the story in his memoir: “Did Ye Hear Mammy Died?”
Author and Environmentalist Bill McKibben is the author of more than a dozen books, including The End of Nature, which was the first book...
John Irving has written some of the most acclaimed books of our time, among them: “The World According to Garp,” “A Widow for One...
“Alphabetical Diaries” by Sheila Heti contains a decade’s worth of thoughts, arranged in alphabetical order. The book is a chronicle of the self, of...
