New York Times Review: Disasters In the First World
The best of the 13 stories in Olivia Clare’s debut collection flout convention and work in mysterious ways. Two in particular — “Pétur” and…
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Why are we still so obsessed with Lizzie Borden?
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY GRADE: A- Whether Lizzie Borden ever really took an ax and gave her mother 40 whacks, then turned and gave her father…
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New York Times Raves About Lights On, Rats Out
An Odyssey Through Self-Harm and Out the Other Side Memoir writers, not unlike Blanche DuBois, depend upon the kindness of strangers. Although such writers…
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Chris Brookmyre’s Black Widow Named Crime Novel of the Year
Scottish novelist takes £3,000 award with book that judge Elly Griffith said ‘cements his place in the pantheon of great crime writers’ Chris Brookmyre’s…
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The Daily Beast Review: Hue 1968
A recently published book by Boston University historian Cathal Nolan, The Allure of Battle, argues that strategists, generals, and military historians have long placed…
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New York Times Review: The Retreat of Western Liberalism
In ‘The Retreat of Western Liberalism,’ How Democracy Is Defeating Itself In his insightful and harrowing new book, Edward Luce, a columnist for The…
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How the Hell Did This Happen? – PJ O’Rourke on Trump’s Election
It’s not just politicians who are getting older; satirists are, too. Near the end of this book PJ O’Rourke lets slip the startling revelation…
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Author Unravels Her Spy Dad’s Life, One Secret Mission at a Time
Keggie Carew’s father, Tom Carew, was once known as “Lawrence of Burma” and “the Mad Irishman,” and in her new book, Dadland, we find out why:…
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Feast for the Soul: Jim Harrison on Food and Life
By Ann Levin, The Associated Press “A Really Big Lunch” (Grove), by Jim Harrison In 2004, Jim Harrison wrote an article for The New Yorker…
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The Guardian Review: Forbidden Stories From Inside North Korea
This collection has an extraordinary origin story. Bandi, meaning “firefly”, is the pseudonym for a North Korean who has worked, and might still work, as part of the nation’s…
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