Maureen Corrigan

Smith revisits her childhood and offers insights into her marriage in a new memoir. Bread of Angels offers an intimate, if imperfect, view of the visionary punk poet.

Maureen Corrigan reviews Heart the Lover by Lily King.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Daphne Dumaurier's book of short stories "After Midnight."

It took Kiran Desai nearly 20 years to write her new novel, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny. Book critic Maureen Corrigan shares her review.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews the novels Pariah and The Dancing Face.

Maureen Corrigan takes a look at "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," which turns 100 this year.

Maureen Corrigan review The Salt Stones by Helen Whybrow and A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst

Maureen Corrigan reviews 4 mystery and suspense novels

Novelist and nonfiction writer Thomas Mallon has been keeping diaries for most of his life. They've just been acquired by the Library of Congress. A collection of his diary entries for the years 1983 to '94 has just been published under the title "The Very Heart Of It." Book critic Maureen Corrigan says if you're curious about why Thomas Mallon's diaries are a national treasure, just read this book.

Maureen Corrigan reviews The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong.