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Ian McEwan On Chesil Beach Robert Topmiller Red Clay On My Boots Neil McMahon Lone Creek

A Summer Grab Bag of Books      With extra time on many readers' hands as the summer bakes on, I thought I'd take this month's column into the realm of the grab bag of books with a...
Posted by on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 15:38:00 GMT

New Music Jim Hurst: A Box of Chocolates Tommy Webb Eastern Kentucky

There's nothing like sitting back at the end of the day, beverage of choice in hand, listening to some hot music that's just been released. There was plenty of that going on in my neck of the woods th...
Posted by on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 15:35:00 GMT

Dry Branch Fire Squad Thirtieth Anniversary Special

THE FIRE JUST KEEPS ON BURNING      Here at Nougat we like to celebrate unique, independent voices and perspectives, whether they come from artists, authors, chefs, or even organiz...
Posted by on Wed, 30 May 2007 09:11:00 GMT

Barry Eisler Requiem for an Assassin Richard Powers Echo Maker Simon Van Booy Secret Lives

BEACH READ, SMEACH READ      Summer is finally here and thus begins the discussion of what to read now that you may have a little more free time on your hands.  At this time o...
Posted by on Wed, 30 May 2007 09:06:00 GMT

Dead Boys Richard Lange Six Jim Crace Lost Son M. Allen Cunningham

Books and How They Find You      Behind every book you read there is usually some kind of story about how you came to read that particular book.  It may simply have caught you...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:03:00 GMT

tim schaffert devils in the sugar shop Willy Vlautin The Motel Life Frank Turner Hollan Blood

Unique Voices from Presses Large and Small      Here at Nougat we tend to cherish independent voices, artists, businesses, musicians, and authors, it being well understood that the...
Posted by on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:07:00 GMT

Hick Raw shark Texts Falling Man Andrea Portes Steven Hall Don DeLillo

Of Hicks, Raw Shark, and Falling Men      Typically, having read several books each month, I attempt to find a way to link them together thematically, so that they can be written a...
Posted by on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:19:00 GMT

Books Re Books Allen Ginsberg Howl Nicholas Basbanes Steve Berry Alexandria Link Miles Westley

An Article About Books About Books      There's a little known and seldom shopped sub-category of the literature section of better organized bookstores designated something like "...
Posted by on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 16:10:00 GMT

Wando Passo Twilight William Gay Checkmate Karna Small Bodman Jim Tomlinson Things Kept Things

NARY A BAD BOOK      Recently, a journalist friend upon reading one of my latest articles asked me in all seriousness(facetiousness), whether I had ever written a negative review. ...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:21:00 GMT

Dec. Nougat Article Cormac McCarthy The Road Murakami Blind Willow Molly Crabapple Dr. Sketchy

SEVERAL GREAT LITERARY GIFT SELECTIONS& ONE PLAN TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD      About now, you're probably scurrying around trying to come up with gifts for people on your list......
Posted by on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 10:33:00 GMT