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Unwieldy, unnerving, and a masterpiece — the last great Yiddish novel has arrived
The esteemed critic Harold Bloom, a native speaker of Yiddish, called Chaim Grade one of the four greatest writers in the ...
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This UMass Dartmouth Professor Wrote the Book on Martin Luther King’s Assassination
UMass Dartmouth professor and Marion, Massachusetts resident Dr. Philip Melanson wrote multiple books on the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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A decade after 'The Really Big One,' this author imagines the devastation of the major quake
Emma Pattee's novel "Tilt" follows a woman who is 37-weeks pregnant when the Big One hits. Worse yet, the woman, Annie, is 37 ...
Beware the nonbinary narrator who insists they are nothing like their father
The unnamed narrator of Zee Carlstrom's debut novel is full of anger at their AWOL dad, but over the course of a road trip ...
A Subversive Family Memoir Tinged With Tragedy and Mustard Gas
In “Children of Radium,” Joe Dunthorne explores the absurdity of family histories and his own clan’s complicated past.
Childhood Memories of Connecting Through Cartooning
Mine came flooding back as I read Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud’s “The Cartoonists Club” and Jerry Craft and Kwame ...
Yigit Turhan Conjures Up the Very Definition of a Spellbinding Read With His New Novel, Their Monstrous Hearts
Almost every author uses the raw material of their life to fuel their writing, and Yigit Turhan is no exception. Turhan’s ...
The Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle2d
Dara Horn’s gonzo, time-traveling children’s Passover book wants people to love living Jews
All of my books are the same book,” said Dara Horn, the author of seven novels and the 2021 essay collection, “People Love Dead Jews,” which may be the most talked-about Jewish book of the past ...
Idaho State Journal2d
Award-winning journalist and retired ISU professor to hold book signing for 'Misfits Abroad'
So says Martine Beachboard’s poster that she’ll have on display advertising her new book “Misfits Abroad: Adventures in Love, ...
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Award-winning reporter and retired ISU professor to hold signing for nonfiction book “Misfits Abroad” at First Friday Art Walk
So says Martine Beachboard’s poster that she’ll have on display advertising her book “Misfits Abroad: Adventures in Love, ...
What are the best mountaineering books? 10 high-altitude classics for armchair adventurers
Our guide to the best mountaineering books of all time picks out 10 seminal works that have informed and inspired generations ...
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgeson Burnett was an early work of climate fiction
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgeson Burnett was an early work of climate fiction ...