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June 2, 2025

A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid (***) of 4

Jamaica Kincaid's second book (1988) expands the vision of a theoretical tourist vacationing in Antigua. The tourist soaks up deliciously sunny skies, gazes at unbelievably...

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June 2, 2025

Red Scare by Clay Risen *** (of 4)

Clay Risen's thorough recounting of the Red Scare, which began well before Joseph McCarthy's rise to infamy, makes clear that right wing opposition to progressive...

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May 5, 2025

Eating Invasive Weeds: New On-line Exhibit

The Museum of Food and Culture Launches Virtual Exhibit on Eating Invasive Weeds and Food Sovereignty Katherine Hoehl and I worked on this exhibit for...

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May 5, 2025

Death at the Sign of the Rook by Kate Atkinson *** (of 4)

This is Kate Atkinson’s sixth in her series of Jackson Brody novels. Brody is former British police, now private investigator, called upon to look for...

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May 1, 2025

An African History of Africa by Zeinab Badawi *** (of 4)

A much needed, and enthusiastically rendered account of the history of Africa as seen through the eyes of Africans. Badawi, a native of Sudan, and...

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May 1, 2025

Bomb by Steve Sheinkin *** (of 4)

A young adult award winning (Newberry Honor, Sibert Medal) account of the making of the world’s first nuclear bomb and attempts by the Russians to...

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May 1, 2025

The Hidden Globe by Atossa Araxia Abrahamian *** (of 4)

For hundreds of years, the Swiss have maintained public neutrality. The country did not join the United Nations until 2002. Yet, almost since the end...

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March 18, 2025

A Walk in the Park by Kevin Fedarko **** (of 4)

Kevin Fedarko, a native of the degraded coal mining towns near Pittsburgh, and his best friend, photographer, Pete McBride, walk the 750-mile length of the...

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March 18, 2025

Guide Me Home by Attica Locke *** (of 4)

In southeast Texas's Nacagdoches County, Texas Ranger Darren Matthews has problems big and small. As a Black Texas Ranger he is self-motivated to uphold the...

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