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August 16, 2019

REVIEW: The Next Didion or Sontag? Perhaps. Certainly an Astute Chronicler of Our Time

August 16, 2019/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: The Next Didion or Sontag? Perhaps. Certainly an Astute Chronicler of Our Time

Jia Tolentino is a Wise and Witty Observer of Everything from Politics to the Weddings

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August 16, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Cultural Criticism, Memoir, Essays
October 11, 2018

REVIEW: A Fine Kathryn Harrison Memoir, this One Without Father-Daughter Incest

October 11, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A Fine Kathryn Harrison Memoir, this One Without Father-Daughter Incest

The Author of ‘The Kiss’ Weaves a Less Creepy, but Still Fascinating Family Story

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October 11, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Memoir, Los Angeles, Incest
March 13, 2017

5 HOT BOOKS: A Complicated Architect, an Advice Columnist's Memoir and More

March 13, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: A Complicated Architect, an Advice Columnist's Memoir and More

And a former New York Times China Hand's Advice on Dealing with China

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March 13, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Architecture, Turkish-American Literature, Memoir
March 08, 2017

COLUMN: A Revelatory Memoir from an Emotionally Abused Classical Musician

March 08, 2017/ Adam Cohen
COLUMN: A Revelatory Memoir from an Emotionally Abused Classical Musician

An Oboist Who Was Powerfully Drawn to Music as a Child, and Healed by It

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March 08, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ 1 Comment
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Memoir, Classical Music, Child Abuse
February 02, 2017

Q&A: A Young Man's Wry Memoir of Living With a Rare Illness: Gigantism

February 02, 2017/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: A Young Man's Wry Memoir of Living With a Rare Illness: Gigantism

Mike Scalise Manages to See the Humor in a Series of Terrible Medical Setbacks

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February 02, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Illiness, Gigantism, Memoir, Masculinity
November 23, 2016

Q&A: Floyd Skloot Talks About Imagining the Life of Thomas Hardy

November 23, 2016/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Floyd Skloot Talks About Imagining the Life of Thomas Hardy

And Making Himself a Character in a Fictional Memoir of the Great Writer

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November 23, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ 1 Comment
Q & A
Thomas Hardy, Memoir, English Literature, Fiction
May 02, 2016

5 Hot Books: A Rich Memoir of Older Women Playing Bridge, a Novel of an Unhappy Family, and More

May 02, 2016/ Adam Cohen
5 Hot Books: A Rich Memoir of Older Women Playing Bridge, a Novel of an Unhappy Family, and More

And a Princeton Historian's Look Back at the Long Gas Lines of the 1970s

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May 02, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Memoir, Syria, The 1970s, Mothers and Daughters
April 22, 2016

REVIEW: "Lab Girl" is the Story of a Brilliant Woman Scientist With Literary Flair

April 22, 2016/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: "Lab Girl" is the Story of a Brilliant Woman Scientist With Literary Flair

A passion for plant science -- and a drive to overcome obstacles

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April 22, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Women, Science, Memoir, Feminism
March 23, 2016

ESSAY: Single Ladies, Spinsters, and Women Unbound: The Politics of Female Loneliness

March 23, 2016/ Adam Cohen
ESSAY: Single Ladies, Spinsters, and Women Unbound: The Politics of Female Loneliness

Feminism and lower marriage rates are not the reasons people are lonely

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March 23, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Essay
Loneliness, Memoir, Feminism, Marriage
February 22, 2016

5 Hot Books: A Memoir about a Pornographer Father, Muckraking About a Major Corporation & More

February 22, 2016/ Adam Cohen
5 Hot Books: A Memoir about a Pornographer Father, Muckraking About a Major Corporation & More

Including an exploration of how the Internet is hurting teenage girls

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February 22, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Bechtel, Corporations, Fiction, Internet, Memoir, Girls
January 04, 2016

5 Hot Books: A New Take on Prohibition, Writings of an Internet Activist Who Died Tragically & More

January 04, 2016/ Adam Cohen
5 Hot Books: A New Take on Prohibition, Writings of an Internet Activist Who Died Tragically & More

And a Memoir of Middle Age from Comedian Michael Ian Black

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January 04, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Memoir, Fiction, Internet, Prohibition, African-American History
November 27, 2015

Review: Blogging Death, and Searching for Meaning in a Painful Decline

November 27, 2015/ Adam Cohen
Review: Blogging Death, and Searching for Meaning in a Painful Decline

A Minnesota Professor Who Shared His Struggle with ALS with the World

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November 27, 2015/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Memoir, Medicine, Death and Dying, Illness, ALS
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