Katherine A. Powers

Witnesses to the end of white African sovereighty

Alexandra Fuller's new memoir tells the story of a family living through the continent's periods of turmoil

Katherine A. Powers, Barnes & Noble Review Thursday, Sep 1, 2011 12:22 AM UTC 10
Entertainment Memoirs, Books

The latest book by Michael Holroyd tells a family's secrets in unconventional ways

Katherine A. Powers, Barnes & Noble Review Tuesday, Aug 16, 2011 12:30 AM UTC
Entertainment Memoirs, Nonfiction, Books

Dan Simmons' atrocious, hyper-conservative new novel predicts an Islamic Caliphate and a second Jewish Holocaust

Katherine A. Powers, Barnes & Noble Review Thursday, Jul 21, 2011 12:19 AM UTC 52
Entertainment Fiction

Margaret Leech's masterpiece explores the ways Washington's instability affected military strategy

Katherine A. Powers, Barnes & Noble Review Tuesday, Jun 21, 2011 12:30 AM UTC
Entertainment Nonfiction, American History

A brilliant new novel reimagines the lives of the mythical figure and his bloody cohorts in the Old West

Katherine A. Powers, Barnes & Noble Review Thursday, Jun 2, 2011 12:35 AM UTC
Entertainment Historical Fiction, Fiction

In "My Father's Fortune," Michael Frayn writes of his parents' tough life story -- and his own condescension

Katherine A. Powers, Barnes & Noble Review Thursday, Feb 17, 2011 2:01 AM UTC
Entertainment Memoirs, Books

The British writer never wanted his story told, but Selina Hastings' "Secret Lives" has done so, beautifully

Katherine A. Powers, Barnes & Noble Review Thursday, Jun 10, 2010 12:20 AM UTC 13
Entertainment Biography, Nonfiction, Our Picks