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June 29, 2018

REVIEW: A Haunting Memoir from a Woman Struggling with Lyme Disease

June 29, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A Haunting Memoir from a Woman Struggling with Lyme Disease

“My Full-Time Job,” the Author Writes, “Became my Health,”

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Review
Lyme Disease, Illness, Memoirs
June 26, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: A. Conan Doyle's Real-Life Murder Mystery, Middle Class in Peril and More

June 26, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: A. Conan Doyle's Real-Life Murder Mystery, Middle Class in Peril and More

And ‘Selfie,’ a Critical Look at Today’s Narcissistic Culture

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June 26, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Arthur Conan Doyle, Middle Class, Narcissism
June 24, 2018

REMEMBRANCE: Donald Hall, a New England Poet of the First Order

June 24, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REMEMBRANCE: Donald Hall, a New England Poet of the First Order

“I Was Created to Love New Hampshire,” Hall Said — and he Showed that Love in Verse

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June 24, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ 2 Comments
REMEMBRANCE
Donald Hall, Poetry, New Hampshire
June 22, 2018

REVIEW: When the AIDS Crisis Hit Chicago and Left Tragedy in Its Wake

June 22, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: When the AIDS Crisis Hit Chicago and Left Tragedy in Its Wake

A Story Often Told About New York and San Francisco Unfolds in the Heartland

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June 22, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
AIDS, Chicago, Gay Literature
June 20, 2018

REVIEW: Stories of Florida that Look Beyond the Sunshine and Beaches

June 20, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Stories of Florida that Look Beyond the Sunshine and Beaches

In Lauren Groff’s Telling, Everything in the State Seems Just a Bit Dangerous

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June 20, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Florida, Short Stories, Fiction
June 18, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: David Hogg on Guns, Flint's Water Crisis Explained, and More

June 18, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: David Hogg on Guns, Flint's Water Crisis Explained, and More

And a Memoir by One of Barack Obama’s First Campaign Staffers

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June 18, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Guns, Flint Water Crisis, Barack Obama
June 16, 2018

NEWS: President Obama Just Shared a 2018 Summer Reading List

June 16, 2018/ Adam Cohen
NEWS: President Obama Just Shared a 2018 Summer Reading List

He has Some Serious Issues on his Mind — Including Income Inequality and Fake News

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June 15, 2018

REVIEW: Examining the Lives of 9 Extraordinary Irish-Americans

June 15, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Examining the Lives of 9 Extraordinary Irish-Americans

A Collection of Essays that Engage, but Leave the Reader Wanting More

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June 15, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Irish-Americans, Ethnic History
June 13, 2018

5 Hot Books: America in Crisis, Hemingway in Venice, and More

June 13, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 Hot Books: America in Crisis, Hemingway in Venice, and More

And a Biography of the Great Street Photographer Weegee

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June 13, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Weegee, Ernest Hemingway, Small Town America
June 11, 2018

REVIEW: Journalist Seymour Hersh's Newest Intriguing Subject: Himself

June 11, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Journalist Seymour Hersh's Newest Intriguing Subject: Himself

A Memoir Full of Scoops, Investigative Techniques, and a Few Ethical Quandaries

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June 11, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Seymour Hersh, Investigative Journalism, Journalism
June 08, 2018

Q&A: Murder of Innocents and Mystery in Our "Privatized War" in the Mideast

June 08, 2018/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Murder of Innocents and Mystery in Our "Privatized War" in the Mideast

And a Widow’s Tenacious Decade-Long Battle to Learn the Truth

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June 08, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Jordan, Nepal, Terrorism
June 06, 2018

REVIEW: Clinton and Patterson's Compelling Thriller About a White House in Crisis

June 06, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Clinton and Patterson's Compelling Thriller About a White House in Crisis

Two Masters in their Fields Have Spun a Superb President-Centered Tale

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June 06, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Bill Clinton, James Patterson, Presidents
June 04, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: Bill Clinton and James Patterson, A Tragic Plane Crash, and More

June 04, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Bill Clinton and James Patterson, A Tragic Plane Crash, and More

And the Untold Story of a Long-Ago Fire in a New Orleans Gay Night Club

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June 04, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Bill Clinton, LGBTQ History, Atlanta History
June 01, 2018

REVIEW: A Spectacular New Novel that Wants Native Americans to Be Seen

June 01, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A Spectacular New Novel that Wants Native Americans to Be Seen

Examining Wounds, Healing, and the Frayed Rites of Survival

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June 01, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Native Am, Native Americans, Oakland
May 29, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: Why You Should Get Off Social Media, America's Fall and More

May 29, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Why You Should Get Off Social Media, America's Fall and More

And a Novel about F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Last Love Affair

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May 29, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Jaron Lanier, Social Media, The CIA
May 25, 2018

REVIEW: John McCain Has an Important Message for His Fellow Americans

May 25, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: John McCain Has an Important Message for His Fellow Americans

Politics and Government, he Insists, Can Be Better than they Are Right Now

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May 25, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
John McCain, Political Memoir, Presidential Campaigns
May 22, 2018

NEWS: In this Year's Science Fiction Awards, Diversity Was a Winner

May 22, 2018/ Adam Cohen
NEWS: In this Year's Science Fiction Awards, Diversity Was a Winner

The Nebula Awards Recognized Spectacular Women and People of Color

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May 22, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
News
Nebula Awards, Science Fiction, Diversity
May 21, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: The 'Sh*tshow' of Trump's America, Harvey Milk, and More

May 21, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: The 'Sh*tshow' of Trump's America, Harvey Milk, and More

And a Newly Discovered Zora Neale Hurston Work that’s on the Bestseller Lists

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May 21, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Charles LeDuff, Harvey Milk
May 16, 2018

ESSAY: It's 'High Noon' for Mueller v. Trump

May 16, 2018/ Adam Cohen
ESSAY: It's 'High Noon' for Mueller v. Trump

Will Mueller Save the Nation? And Why are We a Nation that Needs to Be Saved?

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May 16, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Essay
Robert Mueller, Donald Trump, High Noon
May 14, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: Comedian Robin Williams, the History of Milk, and More

May 14, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Comedian Robin Williams, the History of Milk, and More

And a Pulitzer-Prize-Winner Explores the Twilight of the American West

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May 14, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
The Hot 5
Robin Williams, Milk, The American West
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