Books
This is a brilliant book that explains, with engaging clarity, why our politics have reached their current frightening nadir.
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Jamaican poet Ishion Hutchinson’s New-World, nonwhite perspective claims its own stake in a history that we have come too much to associate with its imperialist heavyweights.
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Sheldon Goldberg’s engaging first novel spotlights the world of pro wrestling.
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How well “The Wizard of the Kremlin” will be received here is an interesting question, especially when the novel is evaluated in the light of Mstyslav Chernov’s visceral documentary “20 Days in Mariupol.”
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Franca Mancinelli’s poetry refreshingly interweaves personal, historical, cultural, and ecological themes
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“Bluebeard’s Castle” is a sexy but subversive romance novel steeped in Gothic imagery.
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An interview with veteran rock critic Jim Sullivan, who just dropped “Backstage & Beyond: Volume 2: 45 Years of Modern Rock Chats & Rants” in October.
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Melinda Taub’s thoroughly enjoyable new novel joins other notable pastiches of Jane Austen’s classic story.
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To these eyes, Lauren Groff’s latest novel is her most accomplished yet.
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Music Commentary: “Now and Then” — Nostalgia By and For the Beatles
In many ways, “Now and Then” is the fitting gift — a single closing bookend, which Paul McCartney has called the Beatles’ last record.
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