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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
Review
Elena Ferrante, Italy, Autobiography, Craft of Writing
October 31, 2016

5 HOT BOOKS: A Terrorism Widower Speaks, Baby Boomer Music, and More

October 31, 2016/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: A Terrorism Widower Speaks, Baby Boomer Music, and More

And the Remarkable Post-First-Lady Life of Eleanor Roosevelt

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Eleanor Roosevelt, Terrorism, Pop Music, Asian-American Literature
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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Review
Winston Churchill, Boer War, English History
October 26, 2016

ESSAY: Enough Jane Eyre -- It's Time to Move on to a Truly Global Literary Canon

October 26, 2016/ Adam Cohen
ESSAY: Enough Jane Eyre -- It's Time to Move on to a Truly Global Literary Canon

The Cards Are Stacked Against Non-Western Writers

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October 26, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ 1 Comment
Essay
World Literature, Multiculturalism, Translation, Literary Canon
October 24, 2016

5 HOT BOOKS: A Forger Who Saved Lives in the Holocaust, a Dying Football Town, and More

October 24, 2016/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: A Forger Who Saved Lives in the Holocaust, a Dying Football Town, and More

And Vanity Fair's Collection of Great Writers on Great Writers

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October 24, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Holocaust, Craft of Writing, Native Americans
October 21, 2016

Q&A: Robert Hicks on His Novel About a Murder in the Reconstruction-Era South

October 21, 2016/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Robert Hicks on His Novel About a Murder in the Reconstruction-Era South

A Freed Slave and Midwife Vows to Hunt Down Her Son's Killer

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October 21, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Southern Literature, Civil War, Reconstruction, Tennessee, African-American Literature
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
Review
Jim Crow, Civil Rights, Circuses, Racial Discrimination, Southern United States
October 17, 2016

5 HOT BOOKS: David Hajdu on American Pop Music, a Philosophy Memoir, and More

October 17, 2016/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: David Hajdu on American Pop Music, a Philosophy Memoir, and More

And a Novel About How a Red Car Can Change a Woman's Life

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October 17, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Pop Music, Philosophy
October 14, 2016

Q&A: Candice Millard on Young Winston Churchill’s Boer War Adventures

October 14, 2016/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Candice Millard on Young Winston Churchill’s Boer War Adventures

A Story of Bravery and Resolve that Foreshadowed His Role in World War II

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October 13, 2016

NEWS: And the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature Goes to . . . .

October 13, 2016/ Adam Cohen
NEWS: And the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature Goes to . . . .

An Unexpected Choice, Whose Words Have Helped Shape the Modern World

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October 13, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
News
Nobel Prize
October 12, 2016

Q&A: Marisa Silver on "Little Nothing," Her Novel about a Girl Born a Dwarf who Shifts Shape to Survive

October 12, 2016/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Marisa Silver on "Little Nothing," Her Novel about a Girl Born a Dwarf who Shifts Shape to Survive

A Story that Also Works as a Feminist Parable

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October 12, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Dwarfs, Fairy Tales
October 11, 2016

5 HOT BOOKS: The Author of 'Forrest Gump' Has a New Novel, Glam Rock, and More

October 11, 2016/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT  BOOKS: The Author of 'Forrest Gump' Has a New Novel, Glam Rock, and More

And the 2016 Edition of a Classic Short Story Anthology

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October 11, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Winston Groom, Glam Rock, Short Stories
October 09, 2016

Q&A: Jennifer Chiaverini on Her Novel About the Women in John Wilkes Booth's Life

October 09, 2016/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Jennifer Chiaverini on Her Novel About the Women in John Wilkes Booth's Life

Telling a Well-Known Story from an Unusual Set of Perspectives

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October 09, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
John Wilkes Booth, Abraham Lincoln, Women in Literature
October 06, 2016

READ THIS: "The Lottery" Author Shirley Jackson Finally Gets the Biography She Deserves

October 06, 2016/ Adam Cohen
READ THIS: "The Lottery" Author Shirley Jackson Finally Gets the Biography She Deserves

The Story of a Writer Who Has Been Overlooked Too Long

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October 06, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Shirley Jackson, Feminism, Women Writers
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
Review
Bill Clinton, Philanthropy, Disease, Presidents
October 03, 2016

5 HOT BOOKS: The Big Sex Scandal of 1936, a Revolutionary Painter, and More

October 03, 2016/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: The Big Sex Scandal of 1936, a Revolutionary Painter, and More

And the Latest Screwball Novel from the Hilarious Maria Semple

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October 03, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
American Art, Sex Scandals, Chinese-American Fiction
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
Review
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
Review
Albert Camus, The Stranger, French Literature, Algeria
September 26, 2016

5 HOT BOOKS: Women Speak Out in "The Bitch is Back," a Black Opera Star's Rise, and More

September 26, 2016/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Women Speak Out in "The Bitch is Back," a Black Opera Star's Rise, and More

And a Novel About Three Families Having a "Community Baby"

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September 26, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Opera, Feminism, Civil War
September 23, 2016

Q&A: Ken Liu Talks Translating, Chinese Science Fiction, and His Own Writing

September 23, 2016/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Ken Liu Talks Translating, Chinese Science Fiction, and His Own Writing

AsHis Latest Translation of the Three Body Book Series Comes Out

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September 23, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Translation, Science Fiction, Fantasy
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