Category: Blogs
Randy Kraft’s OC Book Blog: “Hamnet” by Maggie O’Farrell
This tragic tale is the real deal — a peek at the [largely invented] early life of Shakespeare and his nearly supernatural wife, Agnes,...
Randy Kraft’s OC Book Blog | “Here We Are: My Friendship with Philip Roth” by Benjamin Taylor
When it comes to the writer Philip Roth, there are two camps: those who dismiss him as a sex-obsessed east coast Jewish highbrow, and those...
Randy Kraft’s OC Book Blog: “Death in Her Hands” by Otessa Moshfegh
Otessa Moshfegh writes mostly about seemingly ordinary people trapped in bizarre circumstances. ...
OC Book Blog: “Valentine” by Elizabeth Wetmore
It is rare to discover a page-turning plot told in mesmerizing language, and featuring a cast of haunting true-to-life characters. And,...
Randy Kraft’s OC Book Blog: “Unfinished Business” by Vivian Gornick
In Vivian Gornick's memoir, "Unfinished Business," a master reader-writer in late life revisits influential literature.