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Author Interview: Steve Almond Reveals “All the Secrets of the World”

An interview with debut novelist (at last!) Steve Almond.

By: Chris Walsh Filed Under: Books, Featured, Interview Tagged: All the Secrets in the World, Chris Walsh, Steve Almond

Book Review: The Lost Southern Chefs — A History of the Commercialization of Southern Hospitality

For all of the book’s fascinating revelations, The Lost Southern Chefs leaves the reader with a number of unanswered questions.

By: Jeremy Ray Jewell Filed Under: Books, Featured, Food, Review Tagged: Jeremy Ray Jewell, Robert F. Moss, Southern Food, The Lost Southern Chefs

Poetry Review: “Continuous Creation” — A Farewell from a Grand Old Man of Australian Verse

Continuous Creation is a deceptively slight book from an incontrovertibly substantial poet.

By: Jim Kates Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Continuous Creation, Les Murray, Poetry

Children’s Book Reviews: A Trio of Stories That Explore the Meaning of Love

Three looks at love that may help generate some interesting conversations about what love means in the lives of children.

By: Cyrisse Jaffee Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Bianca Diaz, Carson Ellis, Cyrisse Jaffee, Jr, Julie Pugeat, Mac Barnett, Mariame Kaba, See You Soon, What Is Love?, Wrinkles

Book Review: “How I Survived a Chinese ‘Reeducation’ Camp” — A Desperately Needed View of China

It is invaluable for the world to have an in-depth account from someone who passed through the Xinjiang re-education system and was brave enough to tell the tale.

By: Maxwell Olin Massa Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Edward Gauvin, Gulbahar Haitiwaj, How I Survived a Chinese “Reeducation” Camp, Rozenn Morgan

Book Review: “Every Good Boy Does Fine” — A Career in Music, Elucidated With Brilliance

Pianist Jeremy Denk is a sensitive and articulate polymath who can elucidate his ideas about music with wit, humor, and style.

By: Stephen Provizer Filed Under: Books, Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Every Good Boy Does Fine, Jeremy Denk, Stephen Provizer, Steve Provizer

Poetry Review: “Time Is a Mother” – Grieving through Language

Ocean Vuong’s new collection of poetry is a dazzling investigation of love and loss, inspiring both nostalgia and release.

By: Henry Chandonnet Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Henry Chandonnet, Ocean Vuong, Poetry, Time is a Mother

Book Review: “Harrow” — The Relentless Dystopia to Come

The world of Harrow is a Mad Max dystopia for intellectuals. It’s Bladerunner without the tech.

By: Ed Meek Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Climate Change, Harrow, Joy Williams

Book Review: “Hard Rain” — For Dylan Completists Only

It’s a work that shifts gears often, which is not in itself a bad idea for a book about a famed shape-shifter.

By: Daniel Gewertz Filed Under: Books, Featured, Folk, Music, Review, Rock Tagged: Alessandro Portelli, Bob-Dylan, Hard Rain

Book Review: “Work Pray Code” — Managing and Deploying Spirituality in Silicon Valley

A thorough sociologist, Carolyn Chen shows, step-by-step, how companies self-consciously appropriate religious language and rituals, creating a ‘theology’ in which work and purpose are perfectly aligned in the lives of their highest-value employees.

By: Anna Gibson Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Anna Gibson, Princeton University Press, Work Pray Code: When Work Becomes Religion in Silicon Valley

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