‘The Charm Offensive: A Novel’ by Alison Cochrun

c.2021, Atria, $17, 368 pages The applause is all for you this time. It’s deafening, really – perhaps because there’s…

Book review: ‘Punch Me Up to the Gods: A Memoir’ by Brian Broome

c. 2021, HMH Books, $26.00, 272 pages Little kids have it so easy. Somebody feeds them when they’re hungry, does…

Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York, by Elon Greenc. 2021, Celadon Books$27…

Book by Zak Salihc.2021, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill$25.95, 288 pages The place is filled with balloons. They’re floating near…

c.2020, Brilliance Audio, $34.99, 6 discs, 7:18 in length Pink or blue? When you’re pregnant, everybody asks that question. What…