Colin Dwyer

1 week ago | wuwf.org | Colin Dwyer

Woe betide the poor soul looking for a snappy unifying theme in this week's notable new reads. These books confront readers with the recent past and distant future, bring them to southeastern Africa and an alternative Japan, and bedeck their pages with subversive cartoons and lush, fantastical landscapes. There are no easy throughlines here, in other words. Then again, perhaps we shouldn't overthink this one.

1 week ago | mprnews.org | Colin Dwyer

Woe betide the poor soul looking for a snappy unifying theme in this week’s notable new reads. These books confront readers with the recent past and distant future, bring them to southeastern Africa and an alternative Japan, and bedeck their pages with subversive cartoons and lush, fantastical landscapes. There are no easy throughlines here, in other words. Then again, perhaps we shouldn’t overthink this one.

3 weeks ago | tpr.org | Colin Dwyer

Don't worry, you've come to a safe space. To be clear, the same can't be said for the rest of the internet, which every April Fools' Day lards its usual mystery blend of fact, rumor and misinformation with, well, still more misinformation — this time in the service of what some allege to be humor. But you've found sanctuary in the next few hundred words, promise.

3 weeks ago | mprnews.org | Colin Dwyer

Don’t let the crowd of one-word titles fool you: Those looking for their next book will have quite the potpourri to pick from this week. The new releases range from a debut novel to a new installment in a venerable series, from a memoir of wrongful imprisonment to a celebrated novelist's tale of deep-sea intrigue — and then there's a biography of Yoko Ono, who defies any comparison, really. ‘Elphie,’ by Gregory MaguireSomething “Wicked” this way comes … again.

1 month ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | Colin Dwyer

Don't let the crowd of one-word titles fool you: Those looking for their next book will have quite the potpourri to pick from this week. The new releases range from a debut novel to a new installment in a venerable series, from a memoir of wrongful imprisonment to a celebrated novelist's tale of deep-sea intrigue — and then there's a biography of Yoko Ono, who defies any comparison, really.