Category Archives: Books

Roll Magazine recently met up with Woodstock resident and distinguished photographer Fionn Reilly to discuss his new book of photographs of Kolkata, the Indian city formerly called Calcutta and known to the world as the site of Mother Teresa’s mission … Continue reading →

I fell in love with Calcutta at first sight, as one falls in love with a woman. (I raise my hat respectfully to all those who know how to fall in love gradually. This is not my way.) Had I expected to … Continue reading →

UNVEILED: THE LITERARY RE-​​​​DISCOVERY OF THE CENTURY Just this past autumn an astonishing discovery was made, consisting of work hidden away in a crammed desk belonging to the writer Otis Kidwell Burger, mother of the writer and artist Katherine Burger, a Woodstock … Continue reading →

BARD FISHER CENTER PRESENTS AN EVENING WITH AUTHOR NEIL GAIMAN AND AMERICAN GODS Program Includes Sneak-​​​​Peek Preview of Starz’s forthcoming American Gods Television Series and Conversation with Executive Producer Bryan Fuller. In a special evening program, Professor in the Arts Neil … Continue reading →

Sedaris’s droll assessment of the mundane and the eccentrics who inhabit the world’s crevices make him one of the greatest humorists writing today. —Chicago Tribune The riotous laughter echoing outside the countless venues worldwide belong to the sold-​​​​out audiences enjoying … Continue reading →

Several people have suggested that I should consider reviewing my book — Sausage: A Global History — under pseudonym. There is, after all, a long history of authors surreptitiously writing reviews of their own books (“long” and “history” usually have the word “noble” stuck between them, but … Continue reading →

Dear reader, I find myself in an odd situation, with regard to my current project, one which is giving The Maker a very hard time indeed: as mentioned in “The Maker,” Part Five, I am attempting to write a novel composed of 5 concurrent full-​​​​length … Continue reading →

Like her masterly debut novel, Mankiller, Ashley Mayne’s new book, Tiger, is a tale of unconventional passion. Texas was memorably evoked in Mankiller; now Tiger takes off around the world, from New England to India and back, via Mexico, Cyprus and New … Continue reading →