I Don’t Want to Go Home: The Oral History of the Stone Pony
By Nick Corasaniti
Greetings from Asbury Park!
An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.
We came, we read, we gushed.
In Defense of Pop Fiction
By E.A. Aymar
Why the line between genres needs to be crossed.
Orfeo: A Novel
By Richard Powers
A literary high-wire act with a powerful meditation on music, musical history and music in history at its core.
Silence Once Begun: A Novel
By Jesse Ball
All stories are fiction, as the saying goes. Facts are shaped by the observer.
All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood
By Jennifer Senior
A parenting book that acknowledges the disappointments and drudgery that accompany the delights of raising children.
Caught
By Lisa Moore
A criminal seems unable to stay ahead of the police while plotting one last job.
Ripper: A Novel
By Isabel Allende
Crime doesn’t pay for Isabel Allende.
Pioneer Girl: A Novel
By Bich Minh Nguyen
A Vietnamese American woman seeks the origins of a missing pin matching one owned by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Meet one of the renowned writers participating in the Independent's annual Books Alive! conference.
