Brooklyn Bugle Book Review: “Meet the Regulars: People of Brooklyn and the Places They Love” by Joshua D
by Alexandra Bowie The urban sociologist Ray Oldenburg has written about the Third Place – gathering spots like bars,…
October 14, 2016-
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Brooklyn Bugle Book Review: “Lab Girl” by Hope Jahren
by Alexandra Bowie Hope Jahren’s memoir “Lab Girl” abounds in a sense of place, both Jahren’s lab, where many…
September 30, 2016 -
Brooklyn Bugle Book Review: “All Set for Black, Thanks: A New Look at Mourning” by Miriam Weinstein
by Alexandra Bowie We live in a society that has given up strict rituals. As a result, we’ve had…
September 23, 2016 -
Brooklyn Bugle Book Review: “The Ecliptic” a novel by Benjamin Wood
by Alexandra Bowie Portmantle – part artist’s colony, part refuge – the setting of Benjamin Wood’s novel “The Ecliptic,”…
September 16, 2016 -
Brooklyn Bugle Book Review: “Wear and Tear: The Threads of My Life” A Memoir by Tracy Tynan
by Alexandra Bowie Tracy Tynan, the daughter of the novelist Elaine Dundy (“The Dud Avocado” reviewed here and “The…
September 9, 2016 -
Brooklyn Bugle Book Review: “All Souls” A Novel by Javier Marias
by Alexandra Bowie Relationships outside of family often come into existence through the expedient of contiguity, and may simply…
July 22, 2016 -
Brooklyn Bugle Book Review: “Food and the City: New York’s Professional Chefs, Line cooks, Street Vendors, and Purveyors Talk About What They Do and Why They Do It,” an oral history by Ina Yalof
by Alexandra Bowie Food. We’ve got to have it, and in New York City the food we have almost…
July 8, 2016 -
Brooklyn Bugle Book Review: “The Summer Guest” A Novel By Alison Anderson
by Nidhi Pugalia Does knowing that art is designed, not divined, make it any less authentic? Inspired by the…
June 24, 2016 -
Brooklyn Bugle Book Review: “All My Puny Sorrows” A Novel by Miriam Toews
by Alexandra Bowie Can one ever escape the past? That’s a question Miriam Toews raises in her sad, funny,…
June 10, 2016 -
Brooklyn Bugle Book Review: “Old Age: A Beginner’s Guide” by Michael Kinsley
by Alexandra Bowie It’s perhaps an odd way to put it, but thought-provoking: old age comes for us all,…
May 27, 2016