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Book Review: “The Flaherty Seminar” — A History of Cinematic Contention

July 26, 2017
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It’s probably unfair, but attending the Flaherty, I kept seeing in my mind the pig Napoleon and his attack dogs in George Orwell’s Animal Farm.

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Poetry Review: Bill Knott’s American Surrealism – A Magic Carpet Ride

July 22, 2017
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Perhaps what makes bill Knott’s poetry so addictive is his uncanny ability to turn language inside out.

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Book Review: “The Sovereign” — Anarchy in Puerto Rico

July 11, 2017
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Given the country’s current existential crisis, this genre-bending, ambitious-to-the-max debut novel about an uprising in Puerto Rico comes at the perfect time.

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Book Review: “Debriefing the President” — Ignorance is Tragedy

July 8, 2017
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So now you know: Saddam’s fearsome weapon of mass destruction was a novel.

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Poetry Review: “Little Kisses” — Poetic Affection

June 30, 2017
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Reading Little Kisses is reassuring — and that is a valuable attribute given the times we are living in.

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Book Review: Supreme Democracy? How Supreme Court Justices are Chosen

June 29, 2017
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The history and process of judicial selection — dispassionately detailed.

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Book Review: “Women in the World of Frederick Douglass” — Crucial Partners

June 25, 2017
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Focusing on these indomitable and sometimes troubling women, Fought has written an engaging book that is compelling, sometimes even fierce.

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Poetry Review: “The Thin Wall” — Haphazard Resonance

June 17, 2017
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Unfortunately, poetry doesn’t sell and doesn’t get made into movies.

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Book Review: “Our Dead World” — Testaments to the Never Quite Absent

June 16, 2017
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Bolivian author Liliana Colanzi delivers some risky, but important, messages in these enigmatic stories.

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Book Review: “House of Names” — Back to the Greeks

May 31, 2017
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Colm Tóibín travels back to ancient Greece in House of Names, a vibrant retelling of the tragedy of the House of Atreus.

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