Category Archives: Books and Authors

Experienced Writer Erica Jong Tells It Like It Is

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Meredith Ann Rutter

Enlivening me this morning is this talk by Erica Jong in February at the PEN World Voices Festival. Jong presents five rules for writing that she has learned during the course of her life. It makes for enjoyable and instructive … Continue reading →

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A Writing Idol: Anne Tyler

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Meredith Ann Rutter

There are many writers I find amazing, but none surpasses Anne Tyler for (seeming to) speak directly to me. I’ve come up with the simile “like receiving a new mother’s caress” to describe how I feel while reading Anne Tyler’s … Continue reading →

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Grace and Poise on a Book Tour

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Meredith Ann Rutter

It’s the rare author who gets sent on cross-country book tours these days. But when your book hits the front page of The New York Times Book Review, well, that’s a different story (or kettle of fish or ball of … Continue reading →

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Book Review — Walter Isaacson’s Steve Jobs

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Meredith Ann Rutter

If you plan on reading Isaacson’s Steve Jobs, I’ve included a brief personal commentary in the “Book Reviews” tab (above). Take a peek. (Scroll down and click on the link in the alphabetical Contents list.) Tell me, have you read … Continue reading →

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Really? No One’s Talking about How Tom Clancy Died?

Posted on October 4, 2013 by Meredith Ann Rutter

This may be practically unheard of, you know? How did Tom Clancy die? Why is the public being kept ignorant on this one? I’ve already read a couple tweets suggesting conspiracy. That would be in keeping with his books, of … Continue reading →

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Book Review — David McCullough’s 1776

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Meredith Ann Rutter

Today I have added to the “Book Reviews” tab (above) my brief review in Goodreads of David McCullough’s history book 1776. It’s a rare event for me to read a book of history, and I do highly recommend this one … Continue reading →

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“Loneliness is not much written about.”

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Meredith Ann Rutter

So said Stephen Fry (actor, writer, and more) in a June 24 excellent post on his suicide attempt last year. Intrigued by his statement that loneliness is not much written about, I did a quick run-through in my own mind … Continue reading →

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Book Review — Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win WWII

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Meredith Ann Rutter

Today I have added to the “Book Reviews” tab (above) my review of The Girls of Atomic City by Denise Kiernan. I highly recommend this book to those who appreciate science and human nature but who, like me, have been … Continue reading →

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The Book Review Section That Stumped Me Too Much

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Meredith Ann Rutter

Every now and then–and it’s not difficult–I like to make other people feel smarter than me (or should that be, “than I” [do]? Too formal even for grammarians these days?). Anyway, I was happily reading along in the New York … Continue reading →

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Adding to the “Favorites” Tab

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Meredith Ann Rutter

Boy, I’ve read some pretty bad books lately. Of course, that’s just my opinion. But I think I enjoyed a higher percentage of my reads when I was younger because I still had so-o-o much to learn. Nowadays a book … Continue reading →

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