A surviving member of cult band writes stirring memoir

I remember the first time I heard the band Joy Division. I was clerking in a record store. We stocked imports, records shipped over from England. We received an album called “Unknown Pleasures” by this group called Joy Division.We popped the record onto the turntable (remember those?). We had never ...

• 12:00 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013

Fairfield duel wrestling meet

• 10:44 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013

High School Sports results

BOYS BASKETBALL Saturday’s Results Carlisle 70, TC North 45 Cin. Christian 77, Miami Valley Chr. 60 Dayton Christian 66, Badin 52 Hamilton 48, Milford 35 Little Miami 41, Edgewood 33 Madison 65, Midd. Christian 37 Northwest 64, Talawanda 58 Ross 65, Mt. Healthy 59 Winton Woods 75, Middletown 61   ...

• 12:45 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013

Middies vs Winton Woods

• 10:39 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013

BookFest has a home inside Ryan’s Tavern

If you’re one of the tens of thousands of people who’ll be tramping down Hamilton’s main drag to celebrate IceFest, you might want to take a detour into Ryan’s Tavern, which will be supporting local and regional authors with BookFest.“Most of the top floor will be devoted to it,” said ...

• 12:00 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013

6 of the year’s best nonfiction offerings

Last week I offered up my favorite fiction titles from the past year. Here’s my list of nonfiction faves: “Friendkeeping: A Field Guide to the People You Love, Hate, and Can’t Live Without” by Julie Klam (Riverhead Books, 224 pages, $25.95) Julie Klam doesn’t take friends for granted. Tough times ...

• 4:05 p.m. Friday, Dec. 28, 2012

Christmas Past in the Miami Valley

• 2:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 24, 2012

6 of the best fiction titles from 2012

Another year of reading draws to a close, it is time to winnow the stacks to choose outstanding books from the past year. Here are my favorite fiction titles from 2012: “Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore” by Robin Sloan (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 288 pages, $25) My friend Steve has a ...

• Updated: 6:04 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012

Library of America releases make classics new again

Thirty years ago the Library of America embarked on an ambitious project. They started to issue books that are widely considered to be classics, the greatest works written by American authors. The LOA has published titles by William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Zora Neale Hurston, Washington Irving, Jack London, Herman ...

• Updated: 5:35 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012

Coffee-table books feed pop culture obsessions

If you’re stumped for a gift-giving idea, the solution may be found in the pop culture obsessions of those on your naughty or not list. Chances are there is a corresponding book on the market to feed their fascination. Fifty is such a nice, round number, and it is the ...

• 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012