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Two early presidents raised warnings about the cult of personality
Source: CS MonitorTwo early presidents raised warnings about the cult of personality... Read More
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From 'Buffy' Superfan To Pulitzer Prize, A Critic Celebrates TV On Her Own Terms
Source: NPREmily Nussbaum's new book, I Like To Watch, is a collection of essays that span her career and the age of prestige TV. She wants to "explode and exp... Read More
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Two books about Northern Irish Troubles win Orwell prize 2019
Source: The GuardianAnna Burns’ Milkman and Patrick Radden Keefe’s Say Nothing win political fiction and political writing awards Two books about the Troubles in Northern... Read More
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New L.A. book fair LitLit comes to Hauser & Wirth presented by L.A. Review of Books
Source: LA TimesBook lovers! Sign up for the new L.A. Times Book Club for upcoming author events » The Los Angeles Review of Books and Hauser & Wirth Publishers are... Read More
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Mark Haddon’s Strange, Exciting New Novel Has Its Roots in Ancient Myth
Source: NYT“The Porpoise,” with a nod to Shakespeare and the Greeks, updates the legend of Apollonius with a new focus on the story’s women.... Read More
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‘Very Nice’ is a good book to pack for your vacation. But maybe it’s more than that.
Source: WashPostMarcy Dermansky’s fourth novel is a story of sex and intrigue set around a beautiful pool at a luxurious house.... Read More
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‘A kind of creeping oppression’: Anne Frank’s haunting newly published letters to her grandmother
Source: WashPostA new book, “Anne Frank: The Collected Works,” includes previously unpublished letters Anne Frank wrote to her grandmother as the Nazis made their way... Read More
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'Ask Again, Yes' Is A Profound Yet Unpretentious Family Drama
Source: NPRMary Beth Keane's novel opens in 1973 New York and follows two rookie cops and their families over four decades. Her closely-observed domestic tale tr... Read More
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Bernadine Evaristo and Lene Wold – books podcast
Source: The GuardianThis podcast contains descriptions of violence which some may find distressing This week, Bernardine Evaristo joins us in the studio to discuss her la... Read More
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What it means to be ‘gender friendly’ — and some advice on how to achieve it
Source: WashPostLee Airton’s book ‘Gender: Your Guide’ is a vital resource toward understanding and inclusiveness.... Read More
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Amanda Kolson Hurley says suburbs were sites of experimentation — and could be again
Source: LA TimesWide lawns and narrow minds. That is how suburbs often are depicted in popular culture: places of repressed, putty-colored respectability where the po... Read More
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