Category Archives: Book Reviews

Fear, Not Hope: Edgar M. Bronfman Publishes Another Book

I read his first two. Big mistake. They were dull. His new book: "Hope, not fear: a path to Jewish renaissance" Why does anyone publish this man? He has nothing to say. Publishers Weekly says: Bronfman, a philanthropist, former World … Continue reading

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I’m Not As Bad As Richard Yates

Over Shabbos, I finished Blake Bailey’s superb biography of novelist Richard Yates. I love reading biographies of great writers because I usually find that they share my flaws and yet have done great things. It gives me hope. Yates had … Continue reading

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‘The Unincorporated Man’ Book Release Party

Barnes & Noble at the Grove. 7:30 pm. About a hundred people gather, many of them women and children who’ve probably never read a science fiction novel. I know at least a third of the crowd from shul. Authors Dani … Continue reading

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Lori Gottlieb Explores Kink

She writes in the Sunday New York Times Book Review: I once dated a man who seemed perfectly normal until the day he asked me to dress up for sex. By “dress up” I don’t mean in lingerie. He asked … Continue reading

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‘Against The Machine: Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob’

I’m reading this new book by Lee Siegel. It seems like a lot of twaddle. Here’s the incident that led to his book: In September 2006, Siegel was temporarily suspended from The New Republic, after an internal investigation determined he … Continue reading

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