Why Angelina Jolie’s Op-Ed Matters
Pop culture does not mean celebrity culture; I have perhaps said this more often than anyone you’re going to meet. …
Black In America: A Story Rendered In Gray Scale
American literature has plenty of coming-of-age novels. What we need more of, judging by the strengths of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s …
Literary Werewolf Tale ‘Red Moon’ Sheds A Dim Light
One need pick up on only a hint of the zeitgeist to know that monsters once worried that their careers …
Book News: Amazon Debuts Its Virtual Currency
The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author behaving badly. Amazon debuted a virtual currency called “Amazon Coins” …
‘Guns At Last Light’ Illuminates Final Months Of World War II
In December 1944, the Nazis looked like a spent force: The U.S. and its allies had pushed Hitler’s armies across …
In Somalia, Surviving A Kidnapping Against ‘Impossible Odds’
In 2011, Jessica Buchanan was an aid worker in northern Somalia, helping to raise awareness about how to avoid land …
Camus’ ‘Chronicles’: A History Of The Past, A Guide For The Future
This year marks the centenary of the birth of Albert Camus, the great novelist of existentialism. It’s a movement that …
Bing Crosby: From The Vaults, Surprising Breadth
Bing Crosby was the biggest thing in pop singing in the 1930s, a star on radio and in the movies. …
May 13-19: A Rumrunner, A Swashbuckler And A Team Of Spies
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Book News: Mich. School System Won’t Ban Anne Frank’s ‘Pornographic’ Diary
The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author behaving badly. Last week, the mother of a seventh-grader in …
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