Profiles

The SF Chronicle has a longish profile of debut author Joshua Braff, whose novel, The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green, has elicited comparisons to J.D. Salinger. (Braff happens to be the brother of actor/director Zach Braff of Garden State and Scrubs fame.) Elsewhere, the Houston Chronicle has a profile of Esmeralda Santiago, whose latest memoir, The Turkish Lover, is out now.