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Stonewall at 50: Suggested readings for Pride!
…book explores in depth. By examining transformations in the worlds of American film, music, and TV, alongside gains and reversals in the American court system, and our broader culture, Kaiser…
Reading Black History Month
…to originality, responsibility, creativity, responsibility? In Plot, the third book of poetry from Claudia Rankine, author of The End of the Alphabet and Citizen: An American Lyric, a pregnant woman’s…
Father’s Day Reads
…Comeback / Daniel de Vise In July 1986, Greg LeMond stunned the sporting world by becoming the first American to win the Tour de France, defeating French cycling legend Bernard…
9 Must-Read Banned Books
…American culture through its take on art and obscenity. Composed of a series of vignettes that mostly follow opioid addict William Lee in brief glimpses of his life, Naked Lunch…
Trigger Point
by Matthew Glass“In the manner of an epic Tom Clancy blockbuster, Glass’s . . . interconnected worlds of finance and politics exist in three (if not four) dimensions. He makes market manipulation…
Playing Through the Whistle
by S. L. PriceFrom a Sports Illustrated senior writer, a moving epic of football and industrial America, telling the story of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, its now-shuttered steel mill, and its legendary high school team….
Had a Good Time
by Robert Olen Butler“All of these stories are told in the first person, but Butler rarely settles for impressing us with his range of vocal effects. He favors strong plots and strong twists….
1759
by Frank McLynnMcLynn’s ability to bring history alive triumphs again in this vivid and elegant story of a pivotal moment in world history….
Temim Fruchter
…Orthodox Jewish household. She holds an MFA in fiction from the University of Maryland, and has received first prize in short fiction from both American Literary Review and New South….
Lyle Kessler
Lyle Kessler is an American playwright, screenwriter and actor, best known internationally for his 1983 play Orphans….
