Literary Yard

Search for meaning

News

A tribute to the Poet – E.L. Doctorow

By: Gaither Stewart My most beloved poet, the American novelist with the Slavic name, E.L. Doctorow, a third generation Russian Jew, is gone. Edgar Lawrence (named after Edgar Allen Poe), was born in the Bronx in New York City just…

Amazon’s Top 10 Best Books of the Year So Far

The Amazon Books Editors’ picks for the Top 10 Best Books of the Year So Far are: H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald: Enthralling from the first page, Macdonald’s gorgeously wrought prose describes a journey from crippling grief to something resembling…