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September 06, 2018

REVIEW: A Yale Law Professor's Big Look at How We Punish Small Crimes

September 06, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A Yale Law Professor's Big Look at How We Punish Small Crimes

Exploring the Nearly Law-Free World of ‘Misdemeanorland’

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September 06, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Criminal Justice, Petty Crimes, Misdemeanors, Prisons
September 04, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: A Black Lives Matter Memoir, Gov. Brown's Family, and More

September 04, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: A Black Lives Matter Memoir, Gov. Brown's Family, and More

And a Google Engineer’s Literate Reflections on Code and Philosophy

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September 04, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Black Lives Matter, Jerry Brown, Computer Coding
August 30, 2018

Q&A: Dawn Raffel on Writing About a Fake Doctor Who Saved Real Babies

August 30, 2018/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Dawn Raffel on Writing About a Fake Doctor Who Saved Real Babies

Talking with an Historian who Rescued a Fascinating Character from Obscurity

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August 30, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Medicine, Coney Island, Premature Babies
August 27, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: How Trump is Destroying America, Identity Politics, and More

August 27, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: How Trump is Destroying America, Identity Politics, and More

And Steve Jobs’ Daughter on Her Difficult Relationship with Her Father

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August 27, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Donald Trump, Steve Jobs
August 23, 2018

Q&A: On the Pain and Heartbreak of College Admissions

August 23, 2018/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: On the Pain and Heartbreak of College Admissions

A Novel for Those Who Fear Being Turned Down Everywhere, Including Their Safety School

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August 23, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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College Admissions, High School, Teenagers
August 20, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: What is it Like to Be a Soldier in Iraq?, Edgy Parenthood, and More

August 20, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: What is it Like to Be a Soldier in Iraq?, Edgy Parenthood, and More

And a Beguiling Look at British Colonials in India as the Empire Fades Away

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August 20, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Soldiers, Parenthood, The Raj
August 18, 2018

ESSAY: The Perils and Pleasures of Peanut Butter

August 18, 2018/ Adam Cohen
ESSAY: The Perils and Pleasures of Peanut Butter

When the Delivery System of Choice is Not a Conventional Knife, but a Spoon

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August 18, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ 2 Comments
Essay
Peanut Butter, Food, Nostalgia
August 16, 2018

REVIEW: The Strange Tale of a Coney Island 'Doctor' Who Saved 7,000 Babies

August 16, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: The Strange Tale of a Coney Island 'Doctor' Who Saved 7,000 Babies

These Tiny Babies Would Have Died without a Pseudo-Doctor’s Boardwalk Theatrics

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August 16, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Coney Island, Neonatal Medicine, Doctors
August 13, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: How the Internet Messes Up Our Heads, a Holocaust Mystery, and More

August 13, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: How the Internet Messes Up Our Heads, a Holocaust Mystery, and More

And a Fascinating New Take on How Humans Evolved, and Keep Evolving

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August 13, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Internet, Holocaust
August 08, 2018

REVIEW: A Heart-Searing Look At America's Opioid Crisis and its Victims

August 08, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A Heart-Searing Look At America's Opioid Crisis and its Victims

The Author’s Hometown of Roanoke, Va., on the Edge of Appalachia, is Near Ground Zero

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August 08, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ 1 Comment
Review
Opiod Crisis, Drug Addiction, Appalachia
August 05, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: Opioid Addiction Destroying America, a Cop Speaks, and More

August 05, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Opioid Addiction Destroying America, a Cop Speaks, and More

And a New York Times Correspondent’s Clear-Eyed Look at the Middle East

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August 05, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Opioid Addiction, Egypt, Police
August 01, 2018

REVIEW: A Captivating Novel of College, Faith, Love -- and a Creepy Cult

August 01, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A Captivating Novel of College, Faith, Love -- and a Creepy Cult

God and an Air of Menace are in Kwon’s Details

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August 01, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
College, Campus Novels, Religion
July 30, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: Princess Margaret, Adventures in the American South, and More

July 30, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Princess Margaret, Adventures in the American South, and More

And a Memoir of Life as a Hostage of Somali Pirates

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July 30, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Princess Margaret, The South
July 26, 2018

REVIEW: How Flint, Michigan Became America's Poisoned City

July 26, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: How Flint, Michigan Became America's Poisoned City

A Story of Race, Class, and Violated Public Trust

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July 26, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Flint, Michigan, Flint Water Crisis
July 23, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: Trump's (Disturbing!) Twitter Library, Guaranteed Income, and More

July 23, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Trump's (Disturbing!) Twitter Library, Guaranteed Income, and More

And a Fascinating Memoir About the Family that Invented Jell-O

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July 23, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Jello, Trump's Tweets, Guaranteed Basic Income
July 20, 2018

Q&A: So, What's the Matter with Wisconsin?

July 20, 2018/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: So, What's the Matter with Wisconsin?

How a Quintessential Blue State Became Trump Country

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July 20, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Wisconsin, Trump, Republicans, State Politics
July 18, 2018

REVIEW: A Great Writer Ponders Death, With Despair and Comedy

July 18, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A Great Writer Ponders Death, With Despair and Comedy

“Why should the nonagenarian hold anything back?” he says.

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July 18, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Memoirs, Old Age, Aging
July 16, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: Kakutani on the Trump Era, Patsy Cline's Hometown, and More

July 16, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Kakutani on the Trump Era, Patsy Cline's Hometown, and More

And Gory War Stories from an Urban Ambulance Attendant

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July 16, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Michiko Kakutani, Virginia History, Ambulances
July 13, 2018

NEWS: Obama Has New Book Recommendations--Based on His Travel Plans

July 13, 2018/ Adam Cohen
NEWS: Obama Has New Book Recommendations--Based on His Travel Plans

The Former President Lists Some of His Favorite Books About Africa

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July 13, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Barack Obama, Africa, Reading Lists
July 13, 2018

Q&A: Rachel Arndt on How Society Measures Women. And on Trump.

July 13, 2018/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Rachel Arndt on How Society Measures Women.  And on Trump.

And on Bed, Bath & Beyond’s Return Policy

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July 13, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Essays, Women, Feminism
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HOT FIVE: A Thrilling New Book from Scott Turow, a CBS Anchor's Memoir, and More
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REVIEW: After 200 Years, Lewis & Clark's Explorations Continue to Fascinate

Two New Books Explore the Lives of America’s Great Explorers

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Review: Anne Fadiman's Collection of Essays is About a Pet Frog, and So Much More
Review: Anne Fadiman's Collection of Essays is About a Pet Frog, and So Much More

Fine Writing that is a Break from Our Current Chaos

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Q&A: A Novel About Life in a Chicago Condo, and Dreams of a Better Path for Gaza
Q&A: A Novel About Life in a Chicago Condo, and Dreams of a Better Path for Gaza

A Man’s Meditation on Homeland and Exile

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REVIEW: Elizabeth McCracken Tells Us How to Write Fiction
REVIEW: Elizabeth McCracken Tells Us How to Write Fiction

“It’s a long game,” McCracken says. “That’s all I ever want to impart to my students.”

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Q&A:  Grand Design: Barry Pearce’s Short Story Collection, The Plan of Chicago
Q&A: Grand Design: Barry Pearce’s Short Story Collection, The Plan of Chicago
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