Elinor Lipman is as reliable as Chex Mix or your favorite afghan. Her comic novels, often noted as the contemporary equivalent of Jane Austen classics, always hit the spot with warm characters, sharp ...

Eighteen books in (the latest is “Every Tom, Dick & Harry”), she still recalls an editor’s note urging more action: “Could someone here please pass the potatoes?” In “Ms. Demeanor,” the veteran author ...

Frederica Hatch—the articulate, curious, and naïve narrator of Lipman's eighth novel—proves the perfect vehicle for this satiric yet compassionate family portrait. It's 1976, and psych professors ...

LOWELL — The Pollard Memorial Library is accepting submissions for the first-ever Elinor Lipman Award for Writing in honor of the native Lowellian author. The award will be presented to a writer ...

A divorced gay man's vanquished paternalism returns when he reconnects with his long-lost stepdaughter in Lipman's hilarious and moving 10th novel. Set in New York, the book opens with Henry Archer ...

The Pollard Memorial Library Foundation is now accepting submissions for the Elinor Lipman Award for Writing. This award honors Elinor Lipman, a distinguished, prolific and much-loved author born and ...

Senior English major Julia Magee is the 2025 recipient of the Elinor Lipman Award for Writing. Her short story, “A Little Less than Halfway to Boiling,” is an account of a young woman’s struggle to ...

Such as: A shrewd move by George Washington. Why Gauguin wore a 10-gallon hat. And the benefits of breathing through your nose By Scott Heller Eighteen books in (the latest is “Every Tom, Dick & Harry ...