Tag: “Rules of Civility”

Between the Lines: The Future is Now

| March 7, 2013 | 0 Comments
Between the Lines: The Future is Now

  Warwick’s Books has done it again. Last fall they brought the author of one of my favorite contemporary novels to town (Amor Towles, “Rules of Civility”); in January they hosted Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor for a discussion and reading from her book “My Beloved World.” Most recently, a capacity crowd at UCSD’s Mandeville […]

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Between the Lines: You’ve gotta read this!

| November 1, 2012 | 1 Comment

I’ve always thought it a bit presumptuous, also risky, to recommend a book to someone unless I know their reading tastes very well. And even then, “You’ve gotta read this!” can cause discomfort. That said, here goes. In late September I went to a reading and signing at Warwick’s in La Jolla. The speaker was […]

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