Heart in the Right Place By Carolyn Jourdan Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill Hardcover $23.95
By BILL DUNCAN The News-Review
We will be celebrating Father’s Day on Sunday, June 17 and Carolyn Jourdan’s "Heart in the Right Place," a memoir being released for sale Friday, is a love story about [...]
By BILL DUNCANThe View from Here
I have long felt that every recipe has a story behind it. I know my family’s "secret" barbecue sauce has a story and it has been shared, along with the recipe, by generations of Duncans. The sauce is an unusual and delicious mixture, [...]
By BILL DUNCAN The View From Here
I received a letter in May from Wilbur A. (Bill) Bailey of Roseburg asking me if a self-published memoir of his World War II experiences was worthy of a wider publication. Wilbur, the answer is a firm Yes.
But will it happen [...]
Crazy A father’s search through America’s mental health madness By Peter Earley G.P. Putnam’s Sons Publishers Hardbound, $25.95
By BILL DUNCAN The News-Review
Peter Earley, a Washington Post reporter and the author of seven non-fiction books and two novels, was probably like most Americans [...]
By BILL DUNCAN The View From Here
Well, Brian C. Clark I stand corrected. Clark is the public relations, communications coordinator at Washington State University in Pullman, Wash. and last week he gave this old, has-been editor his comeuppance in a letter to the editor about a column I wrote on [...]
Book Review Alliss’ 19th Hole Trivial Delights from the World of Golf By Peter Alliss with Rab MacWilliam Da Capo Press
Paperback $12.95
By BILL DUNCAN
I have four sons. All are golfers. Two good enough to go pro and two duffers. I’m not even a duffer [...]
Book Review Book Crush: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Interest
By Nancy Pearl Sasquatch Press Paperback $16.95
By BILL DUNCAN
The greatest gift you can give a child is the encouragement to read. It is a lifetime gift and if Nancy Pearl has anything to do with it every [...]
By BILL DUNCANThe View From Here
When you write a column, as I do, you must expect that you have stuck out your chin and readers are poised to take a swing.
Last week I wrote about a Washington reader telling me I didn’t know what I was talking about in reference [...]
