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August 06, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: Capitalism Crushing Workers, a Sharp New Feminist Voice, and More

August 06, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Capitalism Crushing Workers, a Sharp New Feminist Voice, and More

And How President Lincoln Used Spies in the Civil War

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August 06, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Labor Unions, Abraham Lincon
August 02, 2019

Q&A: Novelist Claire Lombardo Talks Families, Fiction, and the Power of Post-Its.

August 02, 2019/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Novelist Claire Lombardo Talks Families, Fiction, and the Power of Post-Its.

And about Her New Book, The Most Fun We’ve Ever Had

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August 02, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Novels, Families, 1970s
July 30, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: The Dark Forces that Gave Us Trump, How We Talk on Online, and More

July 30, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: The Dark Forces that Gave Us Trump, How We Talk on Online, and More

And a Close Look at the Sex Lives of Three American Women

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July 30, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Trump, Internet, Sex
July 26, 2019

APPRECIATION: 'Embers of War,' a Great Vietnam War Book that Should be a Classic

July 26, 2019/ Adam Cohen
APPRECIATION: 'Embers of War,' a Great Vietnam War Book that Should be a Classic

Embers of War Looks at What Came Before America’s Involvement in Vietnam

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July 26, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ 1 Comment
Appreciation
Vietnam War, Asian History, War
July 23, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: Elvis in Las Vegas, Environmental Racism, and More

July 23, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Elvis in Las Vegas, Environmental Racism, and More

And an Engrossing Mission to Save the Wild Salmon

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July 23, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
July 19, 2019

REVIEW: Colson Whitehead's Latest Novel is Timely -- and Destined to be a Classic

July 19, 2019/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Colson Whitehead's Latest Novel is Timely -- and Destined to be a Classic

Its Truths About Systemic Harm to African-Americans in the South are Jarring

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July 19, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
African-American Literature, Fiction, Florida
July 15, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: Colson Whitehead's Acclaimed New Novel, the Low-Wage Economy, and More

July 15, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Colson Whitehead's Acclaimed New Novel, the Low-Wage Economy, and More

And George Takei on His Family’s Experience with Japanese-American Internment

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July 15, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Colson Whitehead, Japanese-American Internment, Low-Wage Work
July 11, 2019

REVIEW: Making Sense of John F. Kennedy, Jr.'s Short, Tragic, and Sadly Flawed Life

July 11, 2019/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Making Sense of John F. Kennedy, Jr.'s Short, Tragic, and Sadly Flawed Life

Kennedy Comes Across as Cognizant of the Kennedy Recklessness, Yet Foolhardy Himself.

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July 11, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
John F. Kennedy Jr, Camelot, Kennedys
July 08, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: 4 Prep School Classmates Who Died Young, Kipling in the U.S., and More

July 08, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: 4 Prep School Classmates Who Died Young, Kipling in the U.S., and More

And a New History of the Rise of Silicon Valley

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July 08, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Prep School, Kipling, Silicon Valley
July 03, 2019

ESSAY: For July 4, Let's Reflect on America's Eternal Divide: Equal Opportunity vs. Private Property

July 03, 2019/ Adam Cohen
ESSAY: For July 4, Let's Reflect on America's Eternal Divide: Equal Opportunity vs. Private Property

The Underappreciated Tension Between the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution

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July 03, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Essay
Republicans, Private Property
July 01, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: The Woman Who Says Trump Sexually Assaulted Her, the Moonshot & More

July 01, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: The Woman Who Says Trump Sexually Assaulted Her, the Moonshot & More

And a New York Times Reporter Explains How We Ended Up with Justice Kavanaugh

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July 01, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Donald Trump, The Moon Mission
June 28, 2019

REVIEW: Hemingway's Days of Rum, Women, and Radicalism in Revolutionary Cuba

June 28, 2019/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Hemingway's Days of Rum, Women, and Radicalism in Revolutionary Cuba

To say “Eso es Hemingway’” means that the thing being referred to is magnanimous, great, or fantastic.

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June 28, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Hemingway, Cuba
June 24, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw on American Music, Writing Better, and More

June 24, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw on American Music, Writing Better, and More

And Jill Lepore on the Right Kind of American Patriotism

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June 24, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
American Music, Patriotism, Writing Well
June 21, 2019

REVIEW: Aleksander Hemons' Remarkable World of Yearning, Displaced Immigrants

June 21, 2019/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Aleksander Hemons' Remarkable World of Yearning, Displaced Immigrants

Hemon’s Narrators Carry the Gloom of the Old World with them to North America.

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June 21, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Aleksander Hemons, Immigrants, Bosnia
June 18, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: Trump is Under Siege, a Memoir of Boxing in Alaska, and More

June 18, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Trump is Under Siege, a Memoir of Boxing in Alaska, and More

And Counterculture Hackers Who Are Trying to Save the World

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June 18, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Trump, Michael Wolff, Boxing
June 14, 2019

Q&A: A Talk with Syed Afzai Haider about His Lumnious Novel of India, France, and Beyond

June 14, 2019/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: A Talk with Syed Afzai Haider about His Lumnious Novel of India, France, and Beyond

Desire is different than love, but like love it does take hold of you.

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June 14, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ 1 Comment
Q & A
India, France, Novel
June 12, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: The History of Sexual Harassment, George Orwell's 1984, and More

June 12, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: The History of Sexual Harassment, George Orwell's 1984, and More

And Was George Washington’s Mother Really Unloving, Shrewish, and Cruel?

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June 12, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Sexual Harassment, George Orwell, Mary Washington, 1984
June 06, 2019

Q&A: Briallen Hopper Talks About the Many Kinds of Love, Romantic and Otherwise

June 06, 2019/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Briallen Hopper Talks About the Many Kinds of Love, Romantic and Otherwise

A Collection of Funny, Wry, Unflinchingly Honest Essays About How People Connect

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June 06, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Love, Friendship, Essay Collections
June 03, 2019

5 Hot Books: A Family Memoir of Fighting Nazis in Occupied France, Pirates, and More

June 03, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 Hot Books: A Family Memoir of Fighting Nazis in Occupied France, Pirates, and More

And an Impassioned Argument for Accepting More Immigrants

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June 03, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
The French Resistance, Pirates
May 29, 2019

Q&A: Journalist David Maraniss on His Memoir About His Father and the Red Scare

May 29, 2019/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Journalist David Maraniss on His Memoir About His Father and the Red Scare

A Leading Biographer of Clinton and Obama, Among Others, Turns His Gaze Closer to Home

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May 29, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
McCarthyism, Fathers
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