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August 08, 2018

REVIEW: A Heart-Searing Look At America's Opioid Crisis and its Victims

August 08, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A Heart-Searing Look At America's Opioid Crisis and its Victims

The Author’s Hometown of Roanoke, Va., on the Edge of Appalachia, is Near Ground Zero

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Opiod Crisis, Drug Addiction, Appalachia
November 20, 2017

5 HOT BOOKS: A Bestselling Photo Album of the Obamas, Cartoons, and More

November 20, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: A Bestselling Photo Album of the Obamas, Cartoons, and More

And a Look at the Real Laura Ingalls Wilder (an anti-New Deal anti-Semite)

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5 Hot Books
Photography, Appalachia, Cartoons
August 26, 2016

Q&A: Julia Keller on Hard Times in Appalachia, Mystery Writing, and Not Moving Back Home

August 26, 2016/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Julia Keller on Hard Times in Appalachia, Mystery Writing, and Not Moving Back Home

And Why She is Drawn to the Idea of "Appalachian Fatalism"

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Mysteries, Appalachia, Poverty, Authors on Writing
July 05, 2016

5 Hot Books: Investigating the Brutal Murder of an American in South Africa, an Appalachian Memoir, and More

July 05, 2016/ Adam Cohen
5 Hot Books: Investigating the Brutal Murder of an American in South Africa, an Appalachian Memoir, and More

And a Baseball Book about a Real-Life "Field of Dreams"

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5 Hot Books
Appalachia, Jamaica, South Africa, Baseball
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