Category Archives: Author Interviews

‘The German Bride’

Posted on June 12, 2008 by Luke Ford

Thursday morning, I interview the author (Joanna Hershon) of this acclaimed new novel. Order from Amazon.com Order from Barnes&Noble.com Order from BookSense.com Over the past month, I read all three of Joanna’s novels. Swimming (Order from Amazon.com) was the sexiest … Continue reading →

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Was Jack Nicholson’s Father Jewish?

Posted on February 10, 2008 by Luke Ford

I interviewed Dennis McDougal last week. He mentioned that Jack Nicholson’s father was Jewish. Khunrum emails: "Reminds me of that story when Groucho Marx’s daughter was not allowed to use the Beverly Hills Tennis Club pool. Groucho phoned up and … Continue reading →

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The Book of Vice: Very Naughty Things (and How to Do Them) by Peter Sagal

Posted on January 28, 2008 by Luke Ford

Publishers Weekly says: "NPR host Sagal (Wait, Wait… Don’t Tell Me) offers a hilarious, harmlessly prurient look at the banality of regular people’s strange and wicked pleasures. In the wake of the late-1990s obsession with other people’s fun, notes Sagal, … Continue reading →

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Prude: How the Sex-Obsessed Culture Damages Girls (and America, Too!)

Posted on November 22, 2007 by Luke Ford

Dennis Prager interviews author Carol Platt Liebau, a political analyst and commentator. Here’s a link to her new book. Isn’t there something immodest about all these people writing books on modesty? I thought Wendy Shalit and Rabbi Eliyahu Safran summed … Continue reading →

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‘Will You Die Soon?’

Posted on November 11, 2007 by Luke Ford

At American Jewish University’s Celebration of Jewish Books Sunday, I catch lectures by Gina Nahai, Ellen Feldman and Judith Viorst. Viorst talks about her son and daughter-in-law moving in for three months with their three kids. One of the kids … Continue reading →

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