Arts & Entertainment - Oct. 15, 2009
Books you wouldn't think I'd love
Back in my old life there were years in which I'd read 75 books. And like a dork, I kept a list of them all. I still keep the list, more out of habit than anything else, but the numbers are considerably less impressive. Looking at it recently, I was surprised at the books that struck the deepest chords.
Tags: James Barke, Elsa Morante, fiction, George Friel, Maria Tarditi, The Land of the leal, A Glasgow Trilogy, novels, La vita non e' uno scherzo

Arts & Entertainment - May 20, 2001
DeVita launches debut novel
Wisconsin resident James DeVita has been a professional actor for 15 years and, although he's written a number of plays and stage adaptations -- and he's currently the Resident Playwright at First Stage Milwaukee -- he's just published his first novel. "Blue," aimed at young readers age 10 and up, is described as a "comic 'Metamorphosis' for kids...poignant, gently humor, and highly original."
Tags: novels, books, bookstores