Maureen Corrigan
A Widow Discovers That Her Marriage Wasn't 'Monogamy'
Acclaimed novelist Sue Miller's new book Monogamy is in part about how the dead can go on revealing themselves to the living. It's about a woman who discovers things about her husband after his death.
'Our Lady Of Perpetual Hunger' Is A Savory Memoir Of Food, Work And Love
Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews the new memoir by celebrated southern pastry chef and writer Lisa Donovan whose essays in the magazine Food & Wine have won the James Beard award for food writing.
'Black Bottom Saints' Is A Gorgeous Swirl Of Fiction, History And Detroit Motor Oil
Alice Randall's new novel is a historical novel about the Black Bottom neighborhood of Detroit, once a thriving center of black-owned businesses and nightspots.
Remembering Pete Hamill, A Journalist With A Whitman-esque Embrace Of NYC
Book critic Maureen Corrigan remembers the veteran NYC newsman, who died Aug. 5, as "a tenement kid and high school drop out who never lost connection to where he came from."