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March 24, 2017

REVIEW: A Heartfelt Memoir of Syria's Better Days, Before the Endless War

March 24, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A Heartfelt Memoir of Syria's Better Days, Before the Endless War

Syrian-American Alia Malek Explores a World Her Family Left Behind

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Syria, Middle East, Syrian Refugees
March 17, 2017

REVIEW: High Noon, a Classic Western as McCarthy-Era Political Allegory

March 17, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: High Noon, a Classic Western as McCarthy-Era Political Allegory

A Sheriff Who Showed the Importance of Standing Up to Thuggery

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March 17, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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High Noon, Hollywood, McCarthy Era, House Un-American Affairs Committee, Communism
March 10, 2017

REVIEW: Didion's Artist Sketchbook of Her Travels in the South and West

March 10, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Didion's Artist Sketchbook of Her Travels in the South and West

Her Notebook Gives Insight Into the Technique of One of Our Greatest Writers

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March 10, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Joan Didion, The South, The West
March 03, 2017

REVIEW: Richly Told, and All-Too-Timely, Stories of the Refugee Experience

March 03, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Richly Told, and All-Too-Timely, Stories of the Refugee Experience

Stories of Vietnamese-Americans that Contain Universal Truths

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March 03, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Vietnamese-American Literature, Short Stories
February 10, 2017

REVIEW: 'Black Edge' is a Smart Cautionary Tale of a Hedge Fund Gone Bad

February 10, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: 'Black Edge' is a Smart Cautionary Tale of a Hedge Fund Gone Bad

A Key Point: SAC Capital's Misdeeds are Inherent in the Hedge Fund Business

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Hedge Funds, Wall Street, Insider Trading
January 13, 2017

REVIEW: William Buckley and the Golden Age of Intellectual Conservatism

January 13, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: William Buckley and the Golden Age of Intellectual Conservatism

A Right-Wing TV Host Who Engaged Liberals In Honest Debate

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January 13, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ 2 Comments
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William Buckley, Conservatism, Television
January 11, 2017

REVIEW: Journalist Alexandra Wolfe Explores the Odd Folkways of Silicon Valley

January 11, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Journalist Alexandra Wolfe Explores the Odd Folkways of Silicon Valley

With a Literary Style Similar to that of Her Famous Father, Tom

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January 11, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Silicon Valley, Technology, College
December 23, 2016

REVIEW: All the MP’s Men: The Sex-and-Murder Scandal that Rocked 1970's England

December 23, 2016/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: All the MP’s Men: The Sex-and-Murder Scandal that Rocked 1970's England

A Leading Politician Who Was Not at All What He Seemed

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December 23, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Britain, Homosexuality, LGBT, Parliament
December 21, 2016

REVIEW: A Korean Woman Fades Away, in a Booker-Prize-Winning Novel

December 21, 2016/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A Korean Woman Fades Away, in a Booker-Prize-Winning Novel

A Dark Story, Which Nevertheless Offers a Measure of Redemption

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December 21, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ 1 Comment
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Korean Literature, Fiction, Vegetarianism
December 07, 2016

REVIEW: Michael Lewis on the Complicated Friendship that Created Behavioral Economics

December 07, 2016/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Michael Lewis on the Complicated Friendship that Created Behavioral Economics

Two Opposites Who Attracted Each Other -- Until they Didn't

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December 07, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ 1 Comment
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Daniel Kahneman, Behavioral Economics, Friendship
November 16, 2016

REVIEW: A Hungarian Writer Who's Nearly Impenetrable, but Well Worth the Effort

November 16, 2016/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A Hungarian Writer Who's Nearly Impenetrable, but Well Worth the Effort

Susan Sontag called Krasznahorkai a “contemporary Hungarian master of the apocalypse”

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November 16, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ 2 Comments
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Hungary, Hungarian Literature, Man Booker International Prize, Laszlo Krasznahorkai
November 11, 2016

REVIEW: Black Elk, the Sioux Holy Man Who Just Got His Name on a Mountain

November 11, 2016/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Black Elk, the Sioux Holy Man Who Just Got His Name on a Mountain

He Saw the Wounded Knee Massacre and Traveled with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show

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November 11, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ 2 Comments
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Native Americans, Indians, Lakota, South Dakota
November 10, 2016

REVIEW: Wise and Seductive Advice on How to Look at Art

November 10, 2016/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Wise and Seductive Advice on How to Look at Art

It's as Though the Author is Across from You Drinking Espresso
 

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November 10, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Art, Art Criticism, Modern Art
November 02, 2016

REVIEW: Elena Ferrante's New Book: the Delightful, the Banal, and the Moral Questions

November 02, 2016/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Elena Ferrante's New Book: the Delightful, the Banal, and the Moral Questions

We Can Excuse the Imperfections and Treasure the Fragments of Illumination.    

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November 02, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ 1 Comment
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Elena Ferrante, Italy, Autobiography, Craft of Writing
October 28, 2016

REVIEW: Young Winston Churchill's Wild Adventures During the Boer War

October 28, 2016/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Young Winston Churchill's Wild Adventures During the Boer War

An Early Glimpse Into the Great Man He Would Become

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October 28, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Winston Churchill, Boer War, English History
October 19, 2016

REVIEW: A True Story of Black Brothers in the Jim Crow South, Turned into Circus Freaks

October 19, 2016/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A True Story of Black Brothers in the Jim Crow South, Turned into Circus Freaks

And a Mother's Courageous Quest to Get Her Sons Back

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October 19, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Jim Crow, Civil Rights, Circuses, Racial Discrimination, Southern United States
October 05, 2016

REVIEW: An Admiring Look at What Bill Clinton's Been Up to Since He Left the White House

October 05, 2016/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: An Admiring Look at What Bill Clinton's Been Up to Since He Left the White House

The Story of the Former President's Global Charity Work

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October 05, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Bill Clinton, Philanthropy, Disease, Presidents
September 30, 2016

REVIEW: A New Biography of Jane Jacobs, the Urban Visionary of Greenwich Village

September 30, 2016/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A New Biography of Jane Jacobs, the Urban Visionary of Greenwich Village

Exploring the Life of a Brilliant, Bold, and Often Difficult Woman

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September 30, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Jane Jacobs, Urban Planning, Cities
September 28, 2016

REVIEW: An Engaging, Investigative Look at Albert Camus's "The Stranger"

September 28, 2016/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: An Engaging, Investigative Look at Albert Camus's "The Stranger"

Alice Kaplan Digs Deep to Find the Story Behind the Famous Novel

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September 28, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ 1 Comment
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Albert Camus, The Stranger, French Literature, Algeria
September 21, 2016

REVIEW: Tracy Kidder's Fascinating Portrait of a Down-to-Earth Internet Mogul

September 21, 2016/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Tracy Kidder's Fascinating Portrait of a Down-to-Earth Internet Mogul

He Wanted to Be Sure the Book Didn't Make Him Look Too Good

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September 21, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Internet, Philanthropy, Entrepreneurship
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