The narcissistic mind and 'Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.'

Adelle Waldman plumbs the cold heart of a Brooklyn writer. But what this witty debut novel really reveals is how the book's hero thinks.Adelle Waldman's debut novel, "The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.," chronicles just that: Nathaniel Piven's love affairs. Nate lives in Brooklyn. He's a writer. The constant portrayal of Brooklyn in the media has made the New York borough ubiquitous. Despite this crisis of setting, Waldman has an uncanny way of getting into the mind — and cold heart — of Nate. And although the novel is about his love affairs in Brooklyn, this is really a novel that reveals — astutely — how Nate thinks. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

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Mystery maladies that cross the border between mind and body

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In honor of National Poetry Month: Ellen Bass reads a poem about love and loss

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