Oliver Sacks, neurologist and ‘Awakenings’ author, dies at 82

August 30, 2015

(JTA) — Dr. Oliver Sacks, a noted neurologist and the best-selling author of “Awakenings,” has died.

Sacks died Sunday of cancer at his home in New York City, according to The New York Times. He was 82.

He gained prominence...

Novel about Nazi-Jewish affair roils romance literature world

August 11, 2015

By BRIAN SCHAEFER

(JTA) — German thinker Theodor Adorno famously stated that it’s barbaric to write poetry after Auschwitz — but he said nothing about romance novels.

For author Kate Breslin, the Holocaust apparently provided just the right amount of...

Scott Cowen’s ‘Invevitable City’ is released in paperback

August 04, 2015

Scott Cowen’s “The Inevitable City: The Resurgence of New Orleans and the Future of Urban America” will be released today in paperback form at all area bookstores.

Cowen, who was the subject of an exclusive CCJN interview in 2014, served...

REVIEW: Bronston’s ‘Walking New Orleans’ a welcome companion

June 24, 2015

By ALAN SMASON

Walking New Orleans by Barri Bronston (Wilderness Press, 2015) 238 pgs. Photographs by Donna Goldenberg and Barri Bronston. $18.95.

With an emphasis on being environmentally sensitive and as a means of promoting healthy living alternatives, “Walking New...