James Victor Jordan is the Author of the new book, The Speed of Life An Illustrated Novel, praised by T.C.Boyle, Kip Thorne and Tom Holland.
I give it Five Stars! Heartfelt for all, Essential for some. Several years ago, I read and then wrote a short review of Professor Joel Wapnick’s thrilling, evocative debut novel, The…
We are grateful to Chris Miller for submitting his review of the Kirkus Review of Nick Flynn’s memoir, Another Bullshit Night in Suck City. Chris is the author of the terrific…
I give it Five Stars! Literary fiction creates and portrays characters and settings that are vivid, poignant if not unforgettable. If does more, of course. It is told with beautiful prosody…
I give it Five Stars! Elegant, exquisite, intelligent. These adjectives as well as other modifiers exalting the superlative can be used without overstatement to describe the collection of poems titled Uncomfortable…
I was recently interviewed by Dr. Brian Keating for his popular Into the IMpossible series. What an honor! Brian has interviewed such brilliant individuals as Sir Roger Penrose, Deepak Chopra, Noam…
In case you missed my review of Dr. Brian Keating's book, Losing the Nobel Prize or are not familiar with this brilliant Astronomer, I encourage you to watch his regular podcasts…
As a follow up to my post announcing the 2021 APS Annual Leadership Meeting with Nobel Prize Winner Kip Thorne live event, we're fortunate that the fascinating talk was recorded and…
We live in a polarized society in which there is widespread ignorance, confusion, and mistrust of science, as epitomized by our abysmal response to the Covid Pandemic. A major effort is…
Annotated and edited by Owen Hill, Pamela Jackson, and Anthony Dean Rizzuto with a forward by Jonathan Lethem I'm giving this book 5 Stars. The Heart and Soul of Raymond Chandler’s…
Five Stars! Paul Gauguin famously wrote these words in paint on his painting of the same title: D’où Venons Nous/ Que Sommes Nous/ Où Allons Nous— Where Do We Come From?…