My review of Elizabeth Wilson’s spy novel, The Girl in Berlin, is posted today at For Books’ Sake.
The Girl in Berlin
14 Monday May 2012
Category Archives: Books
The Divine Woman
13 Sunday May 2012
Tags
Gladys Unger, Greta Garbo, Irving Thalberg, Lars Hanson, Lost Films, Philip C. Riley, Sarah Bernhardt, Silent Movies, The Divine Woman, Victor Sjöström
Many films of the silent era are now lost, but only one of them starred Greta Garbo. In 1993, a nine-minute reel from The Divine Woman (1928) was found at Moscow’s Gosfilmofond archive. Continue reading
Bookish Birthdays: Harper Lee
27 Friday Apr 2012
Tags
Alabama, For Books' Sake, Harper Lee, In Cold Blood, Southern Writers, To Kill a Mockingbird, Truman Capote
My tribute to Harper Lee – author of To Kill a Mockingbird – is posted today at For Books’ Sake.
Marilyn Monroe: Private and Undisclosed
26 Thursday Apr 2012
Posted in Books, Film, Marilyn Monroe, Non-Fiction
≈ Comments Off on Marilyn Monroe: Private and Undisclosed
This year marks the 5oth anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s death. Of the many books that will be published about the legendary star in coming months, Michelle Morgan‘s fully revised and updated biography, Marilyn Monroe: Private and Undisclosed, will surely rank among the finest. You can read my review over at For Books’ Sake.
Banned Books: ‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings’
19 Thursday Apr 2012
Posted in Books, Non-Fiction
≈ Comments Off on Banned Books: ‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings’
Tags
American Literature, Autobiography, Banned Books, For Books' Sake, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou
I consider the enduring appeal – and surrounding controversy – of I Know What the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou‘s 1969 memoir of her childhood in the Deep South of America, over at For Books’ Sake
Tara Hanks 
You must be logged in to post a comment.