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

April 29, 2022
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An interview with debut novelist (at last!) Steve Almond.

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

April 28, 2022
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For all of the book’s fascinating revelations, The Lost Southern Chefs leaves the reader with a number of unanswered questions.

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

April 27, 2022
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Continuous Creation is a deceptively slight book from an incontrovertibly substantial poet.

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

April 27, 2022
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Three looks at love that may help generate some interesting conversations about what love means in the lives of children.

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

April 25, 2022
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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.

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

April 21, 2022
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Pianist Jeremy Denk is a sensitive and articulate polymath who can elucidate his ideas about music with wit, humor, and style.

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

April 17, 2022
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Ocean Vuong’s new collection of poetry is a dazzling investigation of love and loss, inspiring both nostalgia and release.

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

April 16, 2022
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The world of Harrow is a Mad Max dystopia for intellectuals. It’s Bladerunner without the tech.

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

April 15, 2022
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It’s a work that shifts gears often, which is not in itself a bad idea for a book about a famed shape-shifter.

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

April 11, 2022
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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.

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