Literary Interviews
- Jess’s Book Club Pick For April: US Guys: The True and Twisted Mind of the American Man by Charlie LeDuffThis month I decided to go with Charlie LeDuff’s US Guys: The True and Twisted Mind of the American Man.
- Jess’s Book Club Pick for March: Siddhartha by Hermann HesseIt’s that time again. This month I’ve decided to go with Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. The book is readily available (you can probably find it at any new or used bookstore), yet I’ve chosen the specific Dover Thrift Edition.
- Jess’s Book Club Pick For February: Betty Smith by Valerie Raleigh YowM&C has recently featured both a book review of Betty Smith: Life of the Author of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn as well as an interview with the author Valerie Raleigh Yow.
- Jess’s Book Club Pick for January: Ward No. 6 and Other Stories by Anton ChekhovLet us start off the New Year with a return to the Classics. Most know him as a playwright, but he is actually a great short sorry writer as well. I picked up this collection a while back at a local Barnes and Noble and found the tales to be surprisingly Modern and ahead of its time.
- Jess's Book Club Pick for December: The Force and the Reckoning by James EmanuelThe Force and the Reckoning. What is it about? Emanuel can be argued as “The Greatest Neglected Poet of the 20th Century.
- Jess's Book Club Pick for November: Whole Grain by James A. Emanuel
Emanuel can be argued as “The Greatest Neglected Poet of the 20th Century.” More can be read on Emanuel in this great, in-depth interview here.
- Jess's Book Club Pick for October: Embers, by Sándor MáraiJess’s book club selection for the October month is Embers, by Sándor Márai published by Knopf.
- Jess's Book Club Pick For SeptemberJess’s book club selection for the September month is Richard Wright’s Native Son, published by HarperPerennial.
- Jess's Book Club Pick For AugustM&C is going to be starting a monthly book club selection. This month’s pick is Betty Smith’s novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Below, you will see ten questions about the book that readers can discuss. Those readers whose questions are selected for further questions for the book club may receive a free copy of the book from the publisher.
- The M&C Interview 2: Daniel Dennett, 7/07M&C Books Editors Dan & Jessica Schneider take on philosopher Daniel Dennett, whose career proves ideas are not just for quiche-eaters, and who reveals his true feelings about God, Political Correctness, alien abductees, consciousness, and Stephen Jay Gould.
- The M&C Interview 1: Charles Johnson, 6/07M&C Books Editors Dan and Jessica Schneider get the National Book Award-winning author Charles R. Johnson to speak out on his career, literature's sad state, Buddhism, Rod Serling, and deliteracy.
