In Manil Suri's debut novel, The Death of Vishnu, it wouldn't be giving anything away to say that Vishnu doesn't make it to the end. Vishnu, like the Vishnu of Hindu mythology, is a caretaker  

Robert Cohen isn't sure what's different about a book tour for the paperback release of a book as compared to the tour for the original hardcover release. "To be honest, I've never done it be  

I've always wanted to be a table-for-two canoodler on Valentine's Day. I never have been. Between a history of January break-ups and of dating boys who say they don't recognize the holiday, I  

For some men, the shiny red Miata works. For others, a new wife tops a convertible. The male mid-life crisis isn't satiated logically. A man with no writing experience might even decide to pen a  

Ann Rule's latest true crime thriller begins with a three-page listing of who's who. Exes, abandoned children, girls with male names and half-siblings complicate the cast. It's more than a li  

While working for the last three years at the Montgomery County Historical Society, Curt Dalton came across countless interesting things. And then came the yo-yo. "When you find out that your st  

Nipples While walking through Carew Tower after lunch Wednesday, we passed the Express store. "When did it become acceptable for mannequins to have nipples?," my friend asked. I wasn't really su  

Another Thanksgiving Holiday weekend has come and gone. As delightful as Thursday's food and family overdose is, some prefer the shopping frenzy on Friday. This year Friday turned out to be, if not  

Last Friday I was at the Barrel House enjoying the sounds of the Fairmount Girls and the Ass Ponys. I like them both -- in fact, I forgot just how good the Ass Ponys sound live. But I also went for   

In a coffee shop in Northside sits a man whose arms and legs are a rainbow of tattoos. Among Tawd Bell's piercings are large circular pieces stretching his lower ear lobes and three evenly spaced