...crisis ("Finding Fault for the Fat," December 7), Daniel Akst concludes with a quotation that is true but unhelpful...LINDA SEID FREMBESDouglas In an otherwise fine article, Daniel Akst overlooks two important contributors to obesity and morbid...Date: Jan 11, 2004

...yourself as tall, you’ll want a copy. And with any luck you won’t have to read it on an airplane. Daniel Akst, who is 6 feet 4 inches tall when he stands up straight, is a writer in New York’s Hudson Valley.By: Daniel Akst|Date: Jun 28, 2009

...Francisco Goldman The Ordinary Seaman 1997 Award Winner Gina Berriault Women in their Beds Finalists Daniel Akst St. Burl's Obituary Kathleen Cambor The Book of Mercy Ron Hansen Atticus Jamaica Kincaid The...

...Jimmy Bedford, 69, former master distiller of Jack Daniels (By Joe Edwards, Associated Press) Nation More...Boston Globe) Q&A Is addiction a choice? (By by Daniel Akst, Boston Globe) Fears of a clown (By Ty Burr Globe...

...supernatural characters in books (By Liz Rosenberg, Globe Correspondent) Advantages and annoyances of being tall (By Daniel Akst, Globe Correspondent) Shelf Life ‘The Last of His Kind’ captures Bradford Washburn’s single-mindedness...

...Heyman's book, "Addiction: A Disorder of Choice," is simultaneously hyper-provocative and commonsensical. (Daniel Akst recently interviewed the Harvard-affiliated psychologist for Ideas.) Heyman sets out to knock down the idea that...