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Book Review: “A Short History of Ireland” — A Concise Past

April 20, 2018
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Gibney’s volume offers a wide range of readers with an introduction to the complexities of Irish history, including questions of what exactly constitutes the national history itself.

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Book Review: Patti Smith’s “Devotion” — Not Devoted Enough

October 25, 2017
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The short volume promises a glimpse into Patti Smith’s intuitive creative process — but disappoints.

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Book Review: “The Language of Light” — History With a Point of View

August 24, 2017
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Gerald Shea’s is a powerful voice for the legitimacy of Sign Languages of the Deaf and for visual communication as an essential human right.

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Book Review: Nuff Said? — “What Playwrights Talk About When They Talk About Writing”

March 20, 2017
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 Jeffrey Sweet has provided a handy oral history of the ways playwriting has changed over three generations.

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Book Review: Hebrew Poet Hayim Nahman Bialik — Not the Whole Story

February 13, 2017
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We learn a great deal about Hayim Nahman Bialik’s life in this biography. But the volume does not live up to its subtitle.

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Book Review: “Bad Moon Rising” — New Findings about the Weather Underground

October 24, 2016
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Bad Moon Rising turns out to be justified by new evidence, some of which will be surprising to all concerned.

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Book Review: “Cursed Legacy” — The Tragic Life of Klaus Mann

October 13, 2016
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Cursed Legacy‘s chronicle of the life of Thomas Man’s son is an important addition to the cultural history of the twentieth century.

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Book Review: Watching TV with Omnicultural Smarts — Clive James’ “Play All”

September 29, 2016
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Clive James is cosmopolitan and learned, but he’s far from a snob.

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Book Review: “France: Story of a Childhood” — A Timely Memoir of Liberation

September 28, 2016
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France: Story of a Childhood is half personal essay, half autobiographical novel.

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Book Review: “The Last Days of Stalin” — The Death of a Nightmare

August 31, 2016
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Joshua Rubenstein has penned a compact, chilling account of the demise of the Russian tyrant.

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