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May 5, 2013

Film Noir Meets Celebrity Tabloid: Rachel Shukert’s Starstruck

Rachel Shukert's new YA novel, Starstruck, reads like a cross between a film noir mystery novel and celebrity tabloid fodder. The ambiguity of characters’ intentions, along with the mystery behind a starlet's disappearance, will keep audiences captivated until the very end.

August 22, 2012

Reaching for Cinque Terra: Jess Walter’s Beautiful Ruins

In a seaside village on the Italian coastline, a man begins to dream a dream that brings him from the Italian coast to around the globe -- with twists that, under a less talented author's pen, might not bear the weight of their own creativity.

August 5, 2012

The Truth About Marilyn Monroe: How Much Do We Really Know?

On the fiftieth anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s death, get to know Norma Jeane Mortenson in an entirely new way in Lois W. Banner’s in-depth exploration, Marilyn: The Passion and the Paradox.