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November 20, 2024

In the Company of Killers by Bryan Christy *** (of 4)

Investigative journalist Tom Klay works for a renowned globally recognized photo-journal called Sovereign but is really National Geographic.

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November 4, 2024

The Wide Wide Sea by Hampton Sides **** (of 4)

In 1776, Great Britain's King George sent his Navy to put down a rebellion fomented by British colonists on the eastern shore of North America....

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November 4, 2024

Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead *** (of 4)

No one does a better job of capturing an era (early 1970s), a place (Harlem), or characters. New York City is on the verge of...

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November 4, 2024

I Hate it Here, Please Vote for Me by Matthew Ferrence *** (of 4)

Matt Ferrence, a colleague of mine, and professor of English at Allegheny College, perfectly captures what it feels like to be a liberal in the...

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October 1, 2024

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro *** (of 4)

Spooky. Kids in a residential British school called Hailsham are raised to be donors. Their days are filled with what you would expect: studying, confidential...

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October 1, 2024

The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese **** (of 4)

In the fictional riverside town of Parambil, in Kerala, India, 12-year-old Big Ammachi is taken from her home at the beginning of the 20th century...

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September 14, 2024

Becoming Eve by Abby Chava Stein **** (of 4)

If ever there were an experiment, god forbid, that could demonstrate how we are born with inbred sexual identities and sexual predilections, this would be...

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September 14, 2024

Feh: A Memoir by Shalom Auslander *** (of 4)

Feh, roughly translated from Yiddish, means yuck. It's what you might say to yourself upon opening a tupperware container of leftovers that has sat on...

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September 14, 2024

The Ground Breaking by Scott Ellsworth *** (of 4)

Scott Ellsworth answers a question I've pondered ever since I first learned about the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. How come I had never heard...

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August 7, 2024

Chain Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah **** (of 4)

Loretta Thurwar and Hurricane Staxxx are two of the greatest all-star fighters in history. Each woman has risen through the ranks of prisoners competing for...

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