Books

Publisher Andre Schiffrin director of The New Press, and former head of Pantheon books, talks about the New York publishing world from the business side. He’s just written “The Business of Books,” (Verso) described as part memoir, part history of contemporary publishing.

Judith Wallerstein is an expert on the effects of divorce on children and is the co-author of the new book “The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce” (Hyperion) which is based on a 25 year study following the lives of children whose parents had divorced. The book explores how the divorce of their parents decades ago continues to affect them into adulthood. She is also the founder of the Judith Wallerstein Center for the Family in Transition

Book Critic Maureen Corrigan reviews “Several Deceptions” by Jane Stevenson.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews “The Blind Assassin” (Doubleday) the new novel by Margaret Atwood.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews A Good House, Bonnie Burnard’s first novel. It won the 1999 Giller prize, Canada’s most prestigious literary award. It’s just been published in this country.

Critic Maureen Corrigan reviews “The Fundamentals of Play,” by Caitlin Macy. She says it can be read as one big fictional quote of the Great Gatsby.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews two new collections of essays: “Red Smith on Baseball” (Ivan R. Dee), and “The Secret Parts of Fortune” by Ron Rosenbaum (Random House)

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews “An Obedient Father” (Farrar Straus & Giroux) the debut novel by short story writer Akhil Sharma.

The next installment of the Harry Potter series comes out tomorrow. Book Critic Maureen Corrigan reviews the Harry Potter books and the hype around them.

Book Critic Maureen Corrigan reviews the new novel Bee Season, by Myla Goldberg.