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    Harry W. Schwartz



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Romance by committee
It seems that 64 heads may actually be better than one. Although too many cooks generally spoil the broth, romance novelist Diana Laurence discovered that input from 64 rabid romance readers actually made her new book, "Bloodchained," a better product.
Creative license
There are a number of reasons why Lauren Fox’s new book, "Still Life with Husband," published by Knopf, is getting a look, both from the reviewers and readers.

A writer's journey

The story Paul Salsini finally wrote simmered like a rich Italian sauce. For 20 years, he added the needed ingredients - several trips to a familial homeland and an eye for historical fact honed by journalistic skill. When he finally served it, however, Salsini discovered that the true story he thought he would tell came alive in a very different manner.

Book depicts history 
through the camera lens

Sometimes you can go home again - at least, that is, if your home is Oconomowoc. Writer Mary Kane is an Oconomowoc native whose new book depicting the city’s early days is part of Arcadia Publishing’s Postcard History Series.

Book portrays restaurant history
From the railroaders of the 1890s, to the Spring City tourists of the 1920s, and onto the women of the home front during World War II, customers at Goff’s restaurant span an important part of Waukesha history.

Attention to detail
Claire Davis needs to recalibrate her mind before writing her next novel. The Muskego native spent the last several years, and two novels, in the vast vertical landscapes of Idaho. "I am going to have to re-acclimate myself to the tastes of the area," Davis says of Waukesha County. "I am going to have to learn a whole new landscape."

I spy
Milwaukeeans know Richard Cutler principally as an attorney. In his youth, he practiced for firms in New York, then until retirement, the local firm Quarles and Brady. Milwaukee and many surrounding suburbs owe their infrastructure, zoning and planning to Cutler’s expertise.

Calling all writers
There’s a right way to write, and a new Friends of the Cedarburg Library program aims to help budding authors hone their skills. It’s called Cedarburg Writes, and it’s a collaboration among the Friends, the Cedarburg Artists Guild and the Cedarburg Cultural Center, says Friends President Philia Hayes.

Train ride to hope

Faced with the complexities experienced by prospective adoptive parents, it’s hard to believe there was a time when abandoned children, from infants to teenagers, were shipped by trainloads from New York to homes in the Midwest.

Brave man
Some think beer made Milwaukee famous. Not Bob Buege. The Greenfield educator and author says it was baseball. But Buege’s not referring to the Brewers; he means the Braves.

Snapshot in time

Picture this: A photographic history of Ozaukee County. The Ozaukee County Historical Society did, and the result is a new book featuring 225 black-and-white photos from days gone by. Titled "Ozaukee County, Wisconsin: A Photographic Journey into the Past," the 128-page book was released in December, said Curt Gruenwald, director of the society. 

Book Reviews


 

‘Do Travel Writers Go to Hell?' You'll never look 
at a travel book the same again
04-30-08

New space opera trilogy 
might be worth the trek
04-30-08

‘The Death Dealer' offers more 
intrigue than romance
04-30-08

‘The Indiana Jones Handbook: The Complete Adventurer's Guide' by Denise Kiernan and Joseph D'Agnese 04-30-08

An apparition changes fate of Nabokov book 04-30-08

Peter Mattiessen consolidates his epic 
masterpiece of Florida — and crafts something 
even better in ‘Shadow Country'
04-23-08

Supernatural subplots, present and past, 
converge in ‘Sepulchre'
04-23-08

‘Field Guide to Luck' by Alys R. Yablon 04-23-08

Trailblazing women of the '60s: Journalist Sheila Weller traces three enduring songwriters who defined — and gave voice to — a generation 04-23-08

Jesse Kellerman paints art world tale 
in brilliant strokes in ‘The Genius'
04-23-08

‘The Stone Gods': On a voyage well-begun, 
author Jeanette Winterson allows ideas to overwhelm her narrative
04-16-08

Memories propel poignant ‘Sorrows of an American' about wounded characters who seek shelter from the world's chaos 04-16-08

‘National Anthem': Kevin Prufer makes the 
transition from images to poetic storytelling
04-16-08

A journalist reaches manhood with a detour 
through Bruce Springsteen's world in ‘Greetings From Bury Park'
04-16-08

‘Hold Tight' is Harlan Coben at his best 04-16-08

'Wild Nights!,' by Joyce Carol Oates, 
imagines 5 classic authors' last days
04-09-08

‘Taking on the Trust': When Rockefeller 
met his match
04-09-08

A look at Russia drifting backward 
to a new Cold War
04-09-08

Jhumpa Lahiri's ‘Unaccustomed Earth' 
chronicles churning emotions, strained connections within immigrant families in America
04-04-08

‘Remember Me?' Sophie Kinsella charms 
again with tale of love and amnesia
04-04-08

‘Killer's Wife' succumbs to predictability 04-04-08

Fairy tales have deeper meaning 
than just a pretty story
04-04-08

Charm City stars in ‘Another Thing to Fall' 04-04-08

The past returns to haunt investigators 
in several new suspense novels
03-28-08

Happy, the ad man, takes 
us into some dark places
03-28-08

A crime echoes down the years 03-28-08

‘Guilty' doesn't disappoint 03-19-08

America anti-intellectual? Now, 
let's think this out
03-19-08

Two who do the tough work of poetry 03-19-08

Nobel Prize winner delivers 
a police-state procedural
03-19-08

Photographer's America reflects life 
at its most hopeless
03-19-08



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