Two books this week from journalist pals who’ve hit the publishing circuit: First–Mitchell Fink‘s stunning and stirring account about a heart transplant performed by TV’s Dr. Mehmet... Read More
Stuart Woods always starts novels in Elaine’s, and very often Elaine Kaufman is a character in the books. But now that Elaine has departed this Earth for bigger hostess duties, and the buildings that... Read More
All publicity may not be good publicity after all. Despite her efforts to flog her “book,” Kris Kardashian Jenner is not producing a runaway bestseller. Perhaps sensing that Jenner’s book... Read More
Don’t bother buying Kris Kardashian Jenner‘s new “book.” I downloaded it for $12.99 and saved you the time and money. The book is timed suspiciously with yesterday’s divorce a... Read More
Madonna, from the Detroit area, became an Anglophile at some point in the late 1980s. By the time she met second husband Guy Ritchie, who was British, she was already sounding like one of his countrymen. H... Read More
Well, I should have written this two days ago when I knew it. But no one at Penguin called me back. Anyway, they’ve signed Damien Echols of the “West Memphis Three” to write a memoir whic... Read More
There’s not much fact in Jermaine Jackson‘s newest attempt to cash in on his late brother Michael. His book, “You Are Not Alone,” reads like a compendium of fictions and half-truths... Read More
Jane Fonda has gotten the last laugh on QVC. This week her book, “Prime Time,” hits number 2 on the New York Times Best Seller list of hardcover tomes on advice. Remember when QVC dropped her a... Read More
The great short story writer, novelist, and essayist — and humorist– Laurie Colwin would have been 67 today. Tragically she died in her sleep in October 1992 at the age of 48. I like to celebra... Read More
The Honorable Steven Tyler, judge of “American Idol,” is cashing in like crazy this week on his new found fame and fun. He’s got a new single coming on May 9th called “It Feels So G... Read More
