Quantcast
Channel: The Literate Man, a Book Blog for Men
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 26 View Live

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Author Interview Series: James Warner, Author of All Her Father's Guns

At The Literate Man we enjoy and take pride in shining the light on new authors and unheralded books, especially those from independent presses. James Warner recently released his first novel (All Her...

View Article



Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Work Song: Another Doig Hit

Ivan Doig is a terribly inventive writer.As one of the preeminent writers of the American West anything he puts on paper is worth reading.Doig provides us with a thinking man’s glimpse into the Wild...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Rivertown: A Marco Polo Journey for the 21st Century

In case you hadn’t heard China is a pretty big deal.It’s not only a massive place but it’s home to one-fifth of the world’s population, fifty-six distinct cultures, over two-hundred languages and is...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys: Giving Voice to the Madwoman in the Attic

The premise of Wide Sargasso Sea is fantastic: to present the back story of Antoinette Cosway (also known as Bertha Mason), the infamous "madwoman in the attic" and wife of Mr. Rochester in Charlotte...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Holy War: Jesus was Vasco de Gama's Co-Pilot

History is riddled with injustices: taxation without representation, the OJ trial, Super Bowls XXX and XLIII and Vasco de Gama second-fiddle status on the list of great European explorers.  Thanks to...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The News From Paraguay: All's Fair in Love and Megalomaniacal War

In the past 15 months, 18 days, seven hours and nine minutes, The Literate Man has featured exactly one review of a book authored by a woman.  The reason: we are chauvinist pigs.  But in a meager...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The House of Tomorrow: Punk Rock and Geodesic Domes

Sid Vicious, geodesic domes, and Buckminster Fuller…these are not themes you typically build a sentence around, let alone an entire work of fiction.  However, that’s exactly what Peter Bognanni has...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Try The Geography of Bliss For Your Next Bookation

With summer practically over, and many of us lamenting the vacation that we didn’t take, Eric Weiner offers the next best thing: a bookation!  That’s a made-up word, of course, but it refers be any...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Aesthetic Experience, by Lucas Hunt

[Editor's Note: We at TLM have been fortunate to have made many friends in literary circles around the country and the world.  One such friend is Lucas Hunt, who both writes beautiful,...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Midnight’s Children Gives Every Novelist Something to Aspire to

Contrary to what the Grand Ayatollah may have to have to say on the subject, Salman Rushdie is a damn fine writer.   You may recall the Iranian Book-Critic-in-Chief’s dissatisfaction with the...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

A River Runs Through It : Man, Nature and the Art of Fly Fishing

Editors Warning: This is one of the manlier books we’ve ever reviewed at The Literate Man so if you’re not ready for a blast of testosterone handle with care; side effects may include a sprouting of...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Maverick Jetpants in the City of Quality by Bill Peters

Aaron and I had a vision a couple of years back when we first discussed writing a blog by the name of The Literate Man: to ferret out the best works of modern literary fiction from among the unknown...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The Big Short: And Idiot's Guide to the Financial Crisis

Michael Lewis has done it again.  And this time he has truly outdone himself.  He has taken, what is quite possibly the most boring subject on the planet earth, and made it palatable.  Not just...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The Sportswriter Starts Slow but Finishes Strong

We did not like The Sportswriter.  At least through the first few chapters.  And then the focus shifted from an exhaustively thorough examination of a New Jersey suburb and the protagonist’s unchecked...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Author Interview Series: David Hill, At Drake's Command

One of the best things about producing The Literate Man is the opportunity to read new and interesting books submitted to us by authors.  We’re both humbled and elated at the prospect of cracking the...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The Great Book Giveaway!

Always on the vanguard of that nebulous frontier where social media and innovation collide, The Literate Man (TLM) has crawled into the 21st century of book blogging and we've set our sights on yet...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The Book of Basketball: Holy Scriptures of the NBA

Very rarely is a subject so thoroughly and entertainingly encapsulated in a single text as Bill Simmons’ The Book of Basketball: The NBA according to the Sports Guy.  It is, until another writer is...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Me Talk Pretty One Day: Very Entertaining Essays

Imagine Garrsion Keillor ditching Lake Wobegon, moving to the city, his perspective dirtied by the ugliness of everyday life, and you’ve got a pretty good picture what David Sedaris is all about.  His...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Books: A Paper Love Affair

Larry McMurtry has done many things in his life but perhaps none is as impressive as turning Archer City, Texas -a lonesome patch of Texas prairie- into one of the world’s great book towns.  And in his...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The Power And The Glory Of Greene's Masterpiece

The Literate Man’s nation of followers has surely noticed that we’re well past due for the requisite Graham Greene post.   Greene is not just a giant of twentieth-century fiction but he’s also one of...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Failed Dreams and Hilarity in Lipsyte’s Home Land

(Editor’s Note: Apologies for the hiatus.  Since the arrival of our tiny Literate Man, Sam, there have been fewer hours in the day for basic exercises like reading, sleeping, and working on our time...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Middlesex: More Than Just An Address

Hermaphrodites, incest, boot-legging, illegal immigration…this might sound like a Jerry Springer episode but we’re actually talking about the themes in Jeffery Eugenides Pulitzer prize winning novel,...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

History And Intrigue Collide In Wolf Hall

Much has been made of Wolf Hall, the fictionalized account of Henry the VIII’s court, since its original release in 2009; from the Man Booker Prize, to universal critical acclaim and monster sales,...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

So Much Unknown About The Known World

The Known World is not a book that you will soon forget.  As you turn the pages, the story reveals itself as such a singular and unique piece of work that, despite some its imperfections, it’s...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Eastbound into the Cosmos: A search for normal in a sea of crazy

(Editor’s note: After a long hiatus The Literate Man was forced to crank up the book review machine by a book so compelling we had to share it with our readers.  Eastbound into the Cosmos is the type...

View Article

Browsing latest articles
Browse All 26 View Live




Latest Images