Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - Page updated at 02:05 a.m.

Tuesday, May 13

Max Mendelsohn's "Ode to Marbles" | American Life in Poetry

Nuala O'Faolain, Irish author of "Are You Somebody?" | Obituary

Saturday, May 10

"A Broom of One's Own" a slice of life from a housecleaner's perspective | Book Review

Friday, May 9

"Patient by Patient": a look inside a doctor's heart

"Dictation: A Quartet" comprises Cynthia Ozick's vivid stories of visionary cranks | Book Review

"The Hakawati" is a sweeping tale of Arab culture and family | Book Review

"The Plague of Doves" | Lives caught in a web of tragedy | Book Review

"Red Summer": The adventure of salmon fishing in Alaska

"Wild Nights! " is a surreal glimpse into 5 authors' final days

Local offerings

Old soul inside a good dog in "Racing in the Rain"

UW prof's book describes how we can act fast to address global warming

What's new in crime fiction | Scene of the Crime

Wednesday, May 7

Penguin tale tops list of 'challenged' books

"American Eve": The young and rich behaving badly | Book Review

Tuesday, May 6

Richard Hoffman's "Summer Job" | American Life in Poetry

Monday, May 5

Elizabeth George's Inspector Lynley is back

Harry Potter can't match magic of longtime children's classics

Kids coax "Goosebumps" author into new books

Saturday, May 3

Children's books celebrate mothers

Friday, May 2

"The Lazarus Project" tells story of both a Chicago anarchist and a contemporary writer

"The Man Who Loved China": For love of a woman — and her land | Book Review

Ch'oe Yun's "There a Petal Silently Falls" is influenced by political strife | Book Review

"The Lost Dog": Hunt for a dog yields some ghosts | Book Review

"Muqtada," a powerful man in a complex Iraq

"One Helluva Ride" an exploration of NASCAR's popularity | Book Review

Among the "Sorrows" and secrets, much insight but little heartfelt emotion | Book Review

Local offerings

Superb prose, relentless rants in ""A Writer's People" | Book Review

There's nothing arousing about "Willing" | Book Review