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October 27, 2017

REVIEW: Katy Tur on How Donald Trump Released America's Political Devils

October 27, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Katy Tur on How Donald Trump Released America's Political Devils

An Honest, and at Times Alarming, Journal from the 2016 Campaign Trail

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October 27, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Journalism, Presidential Campaigns, Donald Trump
October 25, 2017

REVIEW: Roddy Doyle's New Novel Combines Two of His Interests: Music and Abuse

October 25, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Roddy Doyle's New Novel Combines Two of His Interests: Music and Abuse

The Protagonist Wrestles with What in His Sometimes-Difficult Past was Real

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October 25, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Irish Literature, Sexual Abuse, Music
October 20, 2017

REVIEW: Jeffrey Eugenides' Fine New Story Collection is Full of 'Attention Grabbers'

October 20, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Jeffrey Eugenides' Fine New Story Collection is Full of 'Attention Grabbers'

A Diverse Set of Lives, Full of Emotional Intensity

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October 20, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Jeff Eugenides, Short Stories
October 18, 2017

REVIEW: Reexamining a Lost Era in American History: the Post-Civil War Years

October 18, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Reexamining a Lost Era in American History: the Post-Civil War Years

An Illuminating Survey of 1865-1896, Critical Years for the American Republic

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October 18, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Gilded Era, American History
October 06, 2017

REVIEW: 'Doughnut Economics': A Humane, 21st Century Take on the Dismal Science

October 06, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: 'Doughnut Economics': A Humane, 21st Century Take on the Dismal Science

With a Focus on Ensuring that Humanity's Basic Needs Get Met

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October 06, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Economics, Money
October 04, 2017

REVIEW: Jennifer Egan's 'Manhattan Beach' is an 'Astounding Eye-Opener'

October 04, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Jennifer Egan's 'Manhattan Beach' is an 'Astounding Eye-Opener'

A Rich Period Story with a Blockbuster of an Ending

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October 04, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
New York City, Novels, Women in Literature
September 15, 2017

REVIEW: A Stanford Professor's Guide to Handling Workplace 'Assholes'

September 15, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A Stanford Professor's Guide to Handling Workplace 'Assholes'

You Need a Plan, He Says, for Dealing with Toxic Colleagues

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September 15, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ 1 Comment
Review
Bullying, Workplaces, Assholes, E, Employment
September 13, 2017

REVIEW: They Saw the World Clearly: Churchill, Orwell, and the Fight Against Fascism

September 13, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: They Saw the World Clearly: Churchill, Orwell, and the Fight Against Fascism

Two Men Who Were Both More Right than Many of their Contemporaries

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September 13, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Winston Churchill, George Orwell, Fascism, Spanish Civil War
September 07, 2017

REVIEW: Salman Rushdie's 'Golden House' is Tragedy, Odyssey, and Fairy Tale

September 07, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Salman Rushdie's 'Golden House' is Tragedy, Odyssey, and Fairy Tale

And a Caustic Examination of an Ill-Fated Family.

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September 07, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Salman Rushdie, Novels, Indian-Americans
August 16, 2017

REVIEW: Virginia Woolf, T.S. Eliot, D.H. Lawrence, E.M Forster--and a Magical Year

August 16, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Virginia Woolf, T.S. Eliot, D.H. Lawrence, E.M Forster--and a Magical Year

For Modern Literature, 1922 Was the Beginning of Everything

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August 16, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Virginia Woolf, T.S. Eliot, D.H. Lawrence, E.M. Forster
August 09, 2017

REVIEW: A New Biography Charts RFK's Idealistic Rise and Tragic End

August 09, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A New Biography Charts RFK's Idealistic Rise and Tragic End

It Resurrects a Ghost who Reminds Us that Power Need not Harden and Corrupt

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August 09, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Robert F. Kennedy, Kennedys, American Politics, 1960s
August 02, 2017

REVIEW: What Made Maddy Run? And What Made Her Take Her Own Life?

August 02, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: What Made Maddy Run? And What Made Her Take Her Own Life?

Trying to Make Sense of an Exceptional Student Athlete's Death

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August 02, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Suicide, School Athletics, Competition, Depression
July 26, 2017

REVIEW: Romps and Send-Offs: a Collection of Smart, Sardonic Literary Essays

July 26, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Romps and Send-Offs: a Collection of Smart, Sardonic Literary Essays

Kleinzahler is a poet with a real gift for writing prose

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July 26, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
August Kleinzahler, Collected Essays, Poetry
July 14, 2017

REVIEW: Exploring the Secret History of American Racial Segregation

July 14, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Exploring the Secret History of American Racial Segregation

And How it Created Our Current, Toxic Political Polarization

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July 14, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Racial Discrimination, Racial Segregation, Gerrymandering
June 09, 2017

REVIEW: A Novel that Explores a Famous Writer's Death, and its Aftermath

June 09, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A Novel that Explores a Famous Writer's Death, and its Aftermath

Julia Glass Takes a Deep Dive into Celebrity Culture

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June 09, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Celebrities, Famous Writers, Death
May 27, 2017

REVIEW: A Gruesome Child Murder, as Told by a Victim of Childhood Sexual Abuse

May 27, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A Gruesome Child Murder, as Told by a Victim of Childhood Sexual Abuse

A True Crime-Memoir Mashup that Has Strengths and Weaknesses

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May 27, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Child Abuse, True Crime, Murder
May 19, 2017

REVIEW: An Infamous 1917 Missing-Girl Case, and the Woman Detective Who Solved It

May 19, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: An Infamous 1917 Missing-Girl Case, and the Woman Detective Who Solved It

Mary Grace Quackenbos Humiston Succeeded Where the Police Failed

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May 19, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ 1 Comment
Review
Missing Girl, Women Lawyers, Women Detectives
May 10, 2017

REVIEW: A Perceptive Look at the Two Sides of Richard M. Nixon

May 10, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A Perceptive Look at the Two Sides of Richard M. Nixon

His Character Traits Fueled a Steady Rise, and an Ignominious Fall

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May 10, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Richard Nixon, Republicans, Presidency
May 03, 2017

REVIEW: 'Exit West': A Slender, Powerful Novel About the Refugee Experience

May 03, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: 'Exit West': A Slender, Powerful Novel About the Refugee Experience

Exploring the Pain of Immigration, and the Promise of a New Life

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May 03, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Refugees, Migrants, Middle East
April 11, 2017

REVIEW: When Public Policy Gets Hijacked by Billionaire Mega-Philanthropists

April 11, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: When Public Policy Gets Hijacked by Billionaire Mega-Philanthropists

Charitable Gifts are Not Always for the Public Good

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April 11, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Philanthropy, Charity, Billionaires
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