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Daniel Dyer, The Plain Dealer

Daniel Dyer, The Plain Dealer

Posts by Daniel Dyer, The Plain Dealer (42 total)    RSS

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'The Annotated Emerson' adds luster to a 19th century giant, out of fashion today

Posted on Books on February 06, 2012, 6:00AM

For decades, Emerson traveled the lecture circuit, an intellectual celebrity, but he did not always dazzle. On June 21, 1859, a Plain Dealer critic complained that he would just as soon "see a perpendicular coffin behind a lecture-desk as Emerson." Full story »
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T. M. Luhrmann's 'When God Talks Back' is refreshing in our polarized political year

Posted on Books on March 27, 2012, 3:18PM

The key to T.M. Luhrmann's provocative and enlightening new book, "When God Talks Back," is the first word in her subtitle: "Understanding the American Evangelical Relationship With God."  Full story »
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George Stevens Jr. edits lively conversation at the American Film Institute

Posted on Books on April 25, 2012, 6:00AM

Talented actors discuss their signature roles, too. Sidney Poitier credits his teachers for helping him with his technique for "In the Heat of the Night." Full story »
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'The Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Reader' ranges widely and well

Posted on Books on May 01, 2012, 6:00AM

"The Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Reader," a collection of essays, interviews and excerpts. It also highlights his ability to adapt his voice to different audiences and, crucially, his insatiable curiosity.  Full story »
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Joe Jackson's 'Atlantic Fever' puts readers above the perilous ocean 85 years ago, as pilots competed to cross it

Posted on Books on May 27, 2012, 2:52PM

Eighty-five years ago this month, Charles LIndbergh left a muddy field on Long Island, crossed the Atlantic, looped playfully around the Eiffel Tower and landed on a planet he had altered forever. Full story »
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Paul Auster launches 'Winter Journal' at age 65

Posted on Books on August 21, 2012, 6:00AM

In Paul Auster's "Winter Journal," he is turning 64 -- the commencement of life's winter. He begins by recounting the various ways that years and accident have assailed him -- from a boyhood dodgeball injury to a wen on his adult behind. Full story »
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Jasper Fforde's 'The Woman Who Died a Lot' keeps series alive

Posted on Books on October 01, 2012, 10:53AM

Enormously knowledgeable about literary history, Jasper Fforde scatters nuggets for nerdy readers like me. In the first book, agent Thursday next inadvertently alters the ending of "Jane Eyre" to its current one. Full story »
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The Treason Trial of Aaron Burr is thoughtful, detailed, and surprisingly current

Posted on Books on October 09, 2012, 6:00AM

Aaron Burr was a divisive figure even before July 11, 1804, when he killed Alexander Hamilton. Four years earlier, Burr had refused to yield the deadlocked presidential contest to fellow Democratic-Republican Thomas Jefferson, throwing the election into the House.Thirty-six ballots later, Jefferson won and Burr became vice-president. Full story »
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In 'Black Fire,' Robert Graysmith suggests Mark Twain based Tom Sawyer on a California fire fighter

Posted on Books on October 30, 2012, 7:00AM

This book only tangentially involves young Twain, who, in the early 1860s worked as a San Francisco reporter. It focuses instead on local firefighting legend and Twain's booze and steam-bath buddy: Tom Sawyer.  Full story »
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'Kurt Vonnegut: Letters' piles up 60 years of witty, revealing correspondence

Posted on Books on November 05, 2012, 9:00AM

For three more decades, Vonnegut novels headed straight for the best-seller list: "Slaughterhouse-Five," "Breakfast of Champions," "Galapagos." "Kurt Vonnegut: Letters," warmly edited by his friend Dan Wakefield, offer a glimpse of his personal and professional life, tracing the arc of his career and relationships. Full story »
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Joyce Carol Oates' 'Daddy Love' pries open another dark cell of humanity

Posted on Books on January 10, 2013, 11:05AM

Joyce Carol Oates' "Daddy Love," marketed as a thriller, features moments that pierce like icepicks and a plot that's disturbing even to summarize. But it's much more, too -- a grim examination of how humans cope with unspeakable physical and psychological pain. Full story »
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William K. Klingman's 'The Year Without Summer', a monstrous disaster and the darkness that followed

Posted on Books on February 26, 2013, 6:00AM

William K. and Nicholas P. Klingaman's "The Year Without Summer: 1816 and the Volcano That Darkened the World and Changed History" begin their thoroughly researched account with Mount Tambora's spectacular eruption, the alarming details cascading on us like lava with the top 3,00 feet mountain gone. Full story »
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Vladimir Alexandrov's 'The Black Russian', a miracle of human ambition

Posted on Books on February 27, 2013, 6:00AM

Vladimir Alexandrov's "The Black Russian," is the story of Frederick Bruce Thomas (1872-1928), the son of former Mississippi slaves who became free and rose to surprising heights. Full story »
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Monte Reel's 'Between Man and Beast' looks at explorer Paul du Chaillu and his interest in gorillas

Posted on Books on March 20, 2013, 6:00AM

Monte Reel's "Between Man and Beast" focuses on New Orleans native Paul du Chaillu (1835-1903), who spent his youth living with a missionary in West Africa. Full story »
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Mary Roach's 'Gulp' takes you on a witty, quirky tour of the digestive system

Posted on Books on April 04, 2013, 3:56PM

Mary Roach's "Gulp: Adventures in the Alimentary Canal" -- is a tour of a place most of us truly don't want to go: our own digestive systems.  Full story »
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Editors Andrew Jewell and Janis Stout's 'The Selected Letters of Willa Cather' reveal writer's eloquence

Posted on Books on April 12, 2013, 6:00AM

In "The Selected Letters of Willa Cather, editors Andrew Jewell and Janis Stout point out that Willa Cather was a somewhat private person, and never wanted her letters published. Full story »
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Gail Godwin's 'Flora', a heartbreaking trip through time

Posted on Books on April 30, 2013, 4:00PM

In Gail Godwin's "Flora," Helen Anstruther, an older novelist, looks back on the summer she turned 11, the summer of 1945, the summer our atomic bombs fell on Japan. Full story »
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Neal Thompson's 'A Curious Man', the fascinating life of Robert 'Believe it or Not' Ripley

Posted on Books on May 11, 2013, 4:00PM

In Neal Thompson's "A Curious Man", Leroy Robert Ripley was a busy man. At the height of his career, he was drawing his daily cartoon, hosting radio shows, hosting a TV show, traveling around the world seeking oddities, touring and speaking. Full story »
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David Rhodes' 'Jewelweed', an emotional, tense tale

Posted on Books on May 22, 2013, 6:00AM

David Rhodes new novel, "Jewelweed," is a sequel of sorts, to "Driftless" and is even better. The novel emits frequent solar flares of surprise and wonder featuring multiple characters (some return from "Driftless"), varying points of view, intertwining plots. Full story »
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Suzannah Lipscomb's 'A Journey Through Tudor England', a lively and expert guide through bloody Tudor history

Posted on Books on June 13, 2013, 4:30PM

Suzannah Lipscomb's "A Journey Through Tudor England," guides us expertly through the bloody labyrinth of Tudor history. The book is organized geographically, region by region, showing homes, churches, ruins of abbeys and castles. Full story »
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