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Elena Gorokhova: The NJM Interview

A Jersey woman reflects on her childhood in the Soviet Union. more

From Russia, With Memories

Elena Gorokhova uses vivid, captivating prose to describe her childhood in the Cold War Soviet Union in a new memoir. more

Seeking Success in Suburbia

Themes of parental expectations, elitism, and suburban insularity drive Lauren Grodstein’s second novel, A Friend of the Family (Algonquin, 2009). more

Indie-pendent Woman

Montclair resident Amy Holman Edelman launches a website that markets and sells self-published books. more

Tales of the Times

An expository writing professor at Rutgers University publishes a collection of short stories capturing characters of various ages and geographies. more

Eating, Praying, Loving—and Committing

Author Elizabeth Gilbert has found a sanctuary in Hunterdon County. more

Why We're Not the Jetsons

Have you ever wondered whatever happened to flying cars? Author Paul Milo has some ideas about failed technological predictions from the past. more

Hard Time & Nursery Rhymes

Claudia Trupp’s impressively candid memoir, Hard Time & Nursery Rhymes (Rodale), chronicles the challenges this mother of three daughters faces juggling her domestic life with her career as a Manhattan criminal defense attorney. more

Totally Killer

Madison may be among the least sinister towns in New Jersey, so it’s a credit to debut novelist Greg Olear’s imagination that the thriller Totally Killer (HarperCollins) is authentically dark and savage. more

The 40-Year-Old Version: Humoirs of a Divorced Dad

The 40-Year-Old Version: Humoirs of a Divorced Dad (Wyatt-MacKenzie) by Joel Schwartzberg is a collection of 40 essays chronicling the Montclair resident’s experience with the unsettling see-saw of divorce. more

A Million And One Ways To Be One-In-A-Million

When it comes to careers, Steven J. Heaslip has seen it all. The New Jersey resident—who has 25 years of experience as a human relations professional—shares his insights about the workplace in his new book A Million and One Ways to be One-in-a-Million (AuthorHouse). more

Steel Pier Atlantic City

In its heyday, the Steel Pier in Atlantic City hosted big bands, movies, acrobats, and throngs of people who flocked to this all-in-one entertainment mecca. more

Bon Jovi When We Were Beautiful

After touring with the band, photographer Phil Griffin compiled new and old photos, along with snippets of conversations, for Bon Jovi: When We Were Beautiful (Collins Design). more

I Shudder

Paul Rudnick, a contributor to the New Yorker and other magazines, is also a playwright and screenwriter. But all you really need to know is that he is hilarious. more

How Not to Act Old

Still figuring out how to Twitter? (It’s “tweet,” don’cha know?) Wondering what “hooking up” means? Are you guilty of wearing mom jeans? Do yourself a favor and grab a copy of Pamela Redmond Satran’s How Not to Act Old (HarperCollins). more

Botanica Magnifica

Longtime Jersey resident and podiatrist Jonathan Singer rediscovered his love for photography five years ago when he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. more

Diving Horses, Bodacious Buds

This season’s bookcase bounty includes portraits of the Steel Pier, flower power, Bon Jovi, coming of age in Piscataway, and advice for hip wrinklies. more

New Faces NJ: Timmy Waldron

The title of Timmy Waldron’s first book, World Takes, was inspired by the slogan “Trenton Makes, the World Takes.” In this collection of short stories, the Ewing native weaves absurd situations, disturbed characters, and dark humor into a real page turner. more

Sold on the Book Sale

Doing a summer clean out? You can bring your used books, CDs, DVDs, and videos to the Haddonfield Public Library. It’s almost time for their annual mega book sale.

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Hell's Readers

“I have this urge, a compulsion really, to turn the basic idea of a bookstore on its ear,” says Alex Dawson (above), co-owner and manager of the Raconteur, a used bookshop in Metuchen. more

Jersey Shore Reads

Looking for a romance novel to keep you anchored to your beach chair? We checked out six books by Jersey authors for your beach bag’s consideration.

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Whole Lotta Love

With tangled plots and double lives, Jersey romance writers tug countless heartstrings. more

Treasure Hunter

Not everybody gets as enthusiastic about old books as John Shaw. more

Words to Float By

New Books from Garden State Authors

Here is a look at some interesting new works by local writers. more

London Calling Bruce

Sarfraz Manzoor, a British Muslim, publishes a tribute to the one man who helped him reconcile his conflicting backgrounds and cope with a rocky relationship with his father: none other than Jersey's own Bruce Springsteen. more