THIS WEEK IN CALENDAR

Paula L. Woods reviews “Still Waters: A Mystery” by Nigel McCrery.

Elisabeth Vincentelli reviews “Don’t You Forget About Me,” a novel by Jancee Dunn.

Tim Rutten reviews “Still Alive!: A Temporary Condition” by Herbert Gold.

Fred Schruers reviews “Hollywood Under Siege: Martin Scorsese, the Religious Right and the Culture Wars” by Thomas R. Lindlof.

Brett Levy reviews “Year Million: Science at the Far Edge of Knowledge,” edited by Damien Broderick.

Dick Lochte reviews “Shadow of Power: A Paul Madriani Novel” by Steve Martini.

ON THEWEB

In Paperback Writers, Richard Rayner remembers Joseph Mitchell, who would have been 100 this year. Mitchell is best known for “Joe Gould’s Secret,” but as Rayner notes, many consider him “the finest nonfiction writer ever to grace the pages of the New Yorker” -- which is saying something indeed.

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