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Part of what makes “Under a Rock” special is Chris Stein’s open-eyed fascination with New York City.
California beach culture didn’t spring full blown from the ocean riding a longboard, but the closest you will come to a founding figure is the legendary native Hawaiian Duke Kahanamoku.
This is not a dry, academic look at Thom Gunn’s life: the biographer supplies a loving — though at times unflinchingly honest — view of the self-punishing poet.
Many of us think of Harriet Tubman as a lone heroic figure. But the truth is she was never alone; she did things that other people did not do.
Today, Elizabeth Kolbert’s book remains an important reminder of what is at stake — nothing less than the future of life on earth.
Three new picture books offer help for kids wanting to be perfect, giving feedback, and finding your place in the world.
James Lee Burke’s “Clete” is Beat poetry, suffused with sadness and longing for all those sunsets now gone.
Film historian Peter Cowie’s writing is always intelligent, if somewhat dry, and normally correct in its evaluations of Ingmar Bergman’s films.
The graphics in “The Warehouse” provide clear explanations of a grim reality. The U.S. leads the world at incarcerating its citizens.
Book Review: “Freeman’s Challenge” — Essential Reading on Prisons, Slavery, and Profit
The prison was the first in the nation specifically designed to generate a profit for everybody but the laborers.
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