My colleague John Timpane - who is also a fine poet - has a great review today of Wislawa Szymborska's latest collection: Poet does it all 'wrong,' but she's so right.
I was really impressed by Bill Pronzini's latest: Tale of Mr. Wise's crimes transcends genre.
Phaedra Trethan, who was once my assistant, was thrilled by Roger Kahn's Into My Own: From a gentleman sportswriter.
Marc Schogol thinks Stephen O'Shea's Sea of Faith is a book for our times: Christian vs. Muslim: Bad times and good.
Carlin Romano was not at all bored by Lars Svendsen's A Philosophy of Boredom: Looking at boredom, but making it interesting.
Katie Haegele was much taken with Stephen Cole's Thieves Like Us: Young Adult Reader Criminal guru sends brainy misfit teens on a quest.
John Rossi thinks Sam Carchidi's biography of sportscaster Bill Campbell is a book and Philly fan will want: Bill Campbell and 60 years of sports in Philadelphia.
Henry Holcom looks at Rush Loving Jr.s' The Men Who Loved Trains: An inside look at Conrail's wild ride.
And, in case you missed it, there are more reviews at this earlier post: In this morning's Inquirer ...
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