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A three-dimensional portrait of one of the most powerful and eloquent leaders of the civil rights movement in Mississippi.
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Ruth Lepson’s poetry, at its most successful, creates the evocative and stimulating effect of a koan.
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Ludwig Hohl belongs in the line of such lucidly contentious thinkers as Karl Kraus, Pascal, and Lichtenberg, commentators whose writing oscillates between the traditions of literature and philosophy.
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This anthology, for all its occasional sadness, is optimistic about the future of immigration to America.
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Run, do not walk, to pick up your copy of this novel about little person caught up in a very big world.
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The Sum of Us shows how the economic and political powers-that-be have exploited race to split Americans into warring tribes trapped in a zero-sum game fighting for what’s left after the top 1% take 40% of the wealth.
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This is the voice of a wife, mother, sister, daughter, friend, patient, and author who wrote a memoir on her own terms. I can’t wait for Sarah Ruhl’s next play.
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On many levels, Hold Me Down is terrific. Its power lies in the vitality of Clea Simon’s prose and her insider savvy.
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“I believe artists create a safe space for unsafe ideas in our world.”
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Book Review: Cowboys and the Wild East — “In the Dragon’s Shadow: Southeast Asia in the Chinese Century”
Proceeding largely country by country, Sebastian Strangio penetratingly explores Southeast Asia’s multifaceted struggle with its behemoth Chinese neighbor.
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