Posts by: Randy Kraft
Randy Kraft’s OC Book Blog: ‘The Extra’ by A.B. Yehoshua
Stating the case for individual choices in the state of Israel. A.B. Yehoshua stands tall among contemporary novelists and in the company...
Randy Kraft’s OC BookBlog: “Terrible Virtue” by Ellen Feldman
Most of us recognize Margaret Sanger as the mother of birth control in this country. Turns out, that’s all we know about her, and...
Randy Kraft’s OC Book Blog: “Music for Wartime” Short Stories by Rebecca Makkai
What’s better than a great short story? Nothing, to my mind. I’ve got piles by my bedside when I’d rather a compact work of fiction...
Randy Kraft’s OC Book Blog: “Between the World and Me” by Ta-Nehisi Coates
What is there left to say of this extraordinary treatise? It’s 152 pages short, packed to the brim with elegant prose, elegiac...
Randy Kraft’s OC Book Blog: History & Mystery
Periodically I like to look back into the canon of a writer I admire and usually find gems lurking in their past, as well as a glimpse into...
