Maureen Corrigan

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews the new book, The Price of a Child (Knopf) by Lorene Cary. It's a historical novel about a black woman who escapes slavery with her children.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Independence Day by Richard Ford, the sequel to his acclaimed novel, The Sports Writer, about a troubled divorcé.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews No Ordinary Time (Simon and Schuster) by Doris Kearns Goodwin and Babe (University of Illinois Press) by Susan E. Cayleff.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews How 'Natives' Think, by Marshall Sahlins. It revisits the controversy surrounding anthropological analyses of James Cook's murder in Hawaii.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews The Distinguished Guest by Sue Miller. It's about the resentments of an adult child toward his parents.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Scott Spencer's new book, Men In Black, about a novelist, and how his success affects his family life.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan review Martin Amis's nimble, cynical novel, The Information.

Fresh Air book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews "Krik? Krak!," the new short story collection by acclaimed novelist Edwidge Danticat.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews two summer thrillers: The Rainmaker by John Grisham (Doubleday), and Poison by Kathryn Harrison (Random House).

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews the imaginative author's comic novel, Moo.