Martin Amis, Literature, and Religion post 9/11
Martin Amis reflects on literature in this Guardian article: The voice of the lonely crowd. Amis is a good writer. He has an amazing ability to craft prose and ...
Author: Kevin Holtsberry
I work in communications and public affairs. I try to squeeze in as much reading as I can while still spending time with my wife and two kids (and cheering on the Pittsburgh Steelers and Michigan Wolverines during football season).
Nabokov's Speak Memory
Speaking of Classics, here is a quote from a great one: The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of li...
My book addiction continues
In the ongoing saga of my addiction to book buying, I fell off the wagon hard tonight! A bookstore in town (actually a chain) called half-price books got a hold...
WFB's New Book!
Wondering why I wasn’t posting last night {let’s pretend you care ok}? Well, it was because of this . . .
More Ambrose Things are not
More Ambrose Things are not looking good for historian Stephen Ambrose on the plagiarism front. This one , unearthed by Forbes, is an oldie but if a pattern dev...
Ambrose and plagiarism I wanted
Ambrose and plagiarism I wanted to comment on the Stephan Ambrose plagiarism story, as it is one area where I have a small bit of qualification (I have a gradua...