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August 04, 2023

REVIEW: The Erotic Noir Novel 'The Rope Artist' is a Surreal Tsunami of Sex, Politics, Religion, and More

August 04, 2023/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: The Erotic Noir Novel 'The Rope Artist' is a Surreal Tsunami of Sex, Politics, Religion, and More

Fuminori Nakamura has written an absorbing, mind-bending psychological thriller

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August 04, 2023/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Japanese Fiction
July 27, 2023

5 HOT BOOKS: Colson Whitehead's Latest, Hubert Humphrey and Civil Rights, and More

July 27, 2023/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Colson Whitehead's Latest, Hubert Humphrey and Civil Rights, and More

And a Dynamic Memoir About Divorce

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July 27, 2023/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
African-American Literature, Hubert Humphrey, Divorce
July 13, 2023

REVIEW: An Obama Administration Veteran Explains How Government Can Do Better

July 13, 2023/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: An Obama Administration Veteran Explains How Government Can Do Better

It’s a Genre of Book We Need More of: Primers on How Government Actually Works

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July 13, 2023/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Digital Policy, Federal Government, Government
July 05, 2023

Q&A: Cris Mazza Talks Family, History, the Slipperiness of Memory, and the Hybrid Essay

July 05, 2023/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Cris Mazza Talks Family, History, the Slipperiness of Memory, and the Hybrid Essay

A Collection that Combines Photographs, Newspaper Articles, and Personal Essays

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July 05, 2023/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Essay Collections, Memory, Family M, Family Memories
June 27, 2023

APPRECIATION: Only Connecting: On the Fiction of Michael X. Wang

June 27, 2023/ Adam Cohen
APPRECIATION: Only Connecting: On the Fiction of Michael X. Wang

My “First-Gen” Students Have Stories to Tell . . .

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June 27, 2023/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Appreciation
Short Stories, Asian-American Literature
June 20, 2023

REVIEW: Lorrie Moore's New Novel Centers on a Suspended Teacher in Meltdown

June 20, 2023/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Lorrie Moore's New Novel Centers on a Suspended Teacher in Meltdown

Everything that Rises Must Converge in this Slim, Fulfilling Book

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June 20, 2023/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Lorrie Moore, American Fiction, New York Novels
June 13, 2023

REVIEW: A Virginia Slaveowner Freed His Slaves. The Rest of the Story is Complicated.

June 13, 2023/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A Virginia Slaveowner Freed His Slaves. The Rest of the Story is Complicated.

It was an impossibly long road from not being enslaved to achieving full freedom

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June 13, 2023/ Adam Cohen/ 1 Comment
Review
Slavery, Emancipation
May 31, 2023

5 Hot Books: Toobin on the Oklahoma City Bombing, Women's Survival, and More

May 31, 2023/ Adam Cohen
5 Hot Books: Toobin on the Oklahoma City Bombing, Women's Survival, and More

And a Dual Biography of Winnie and Nelson Mandela

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May 31, 2023/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Oklahoma City, Winnie and Nelson Mandela
May 22, 2023

Q & A: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Writer Julia Keller on the Virtues of Giving Up

May 22, 2023/ Adam Cohen
Q & A: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Writer Julia Keller on the Virtues of Giving Up

Moving Beyond the “Winners Never Quit and Quitters Never Win!” Mindset

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May 22, 2023/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Quitting, Resignation
May 17, 2023

5 HOT BOOKS: An Eye-Opening MLK Biography, Pioneering Women Journalists, and More

May 17, 2023/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: An Eye-Opening MLK Biography, Pioneering Women Journalists, and More

And a Witty Novel About a Character Who Seems a Lot Like Donald Trump

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May 17, 2023/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Martin Luther King, Women Journalists, John Randolph
May 01, 2023

Q&A: Roy Peter Clark Talks About Writing in a Time of Uncertainty and Unrest

May 01, 2023/ Adam Cohen

‘I wanted to create a text that would support all public writers in their mission and purpose’

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May 01, 2023/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
April 23, 2023

REVIEW: How Lincoln Won at the 1860 GOP Convention--and How it Paved the Way for What Followed

April 23, 2023/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: How Lincoln Won at the 1860 GOP Convention--and How it Paved the Way for What Followed

America’s Great Emancipator Could Also be a Wily Political Infighter

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April 23, 2023/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Abraham Lincoln, 1860 Republican Convention, Political Conventions
April 20, 2023

5 HOT BOOKS: A Horrific Story of a Family's Murder-Suicide, the Life of a Gang Leader, and More

April 20, 2023/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: A Horrific Story of a Family's Murder-Suicide, the Life of a Gang Leader, and More

And a White Woman’s Story of Her Brilliant Black Ancestor

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April 20, 2023/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Child Murder, Gangs
April 17, 2023

REVIEW: David Grann's Epic Story of Shipwreck and Mutiny During the Quest for Empire

April 17, 2023/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: David Grann's Epic Story of Shipwreck and Mutiny During the Quest for Empire

A Tale from the Days When England and Spain Competed Bitterly for Dominance in the Americas

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April 17, 2023/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Shipwrecks
April 10, 2023

Q&A: Why Incremental Change May Be the Best Way to Make Things Better

April 10, 2023/ Adam Cohen

The Authors of ‘Gradual’ Make the Case for Toning Down the Rhetoric and Focusing on Practical Solutions

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April 10, 2023/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Public Policy, Gradualism
April 03, 2023

REVIEW: The Supreme Court is on a Mission -- to Veer Ever More Sharply Rightward

April 03, 2023/ Adam Cohen

Trump’s Three Appointees to the Court Will Likely Shape It for the Next Generation

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April 03, 2023/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
March 20, 2023

5 HOT BOOKS: The Real Causes of Poverty, Living with a Stutter, and More

March 20, 2023/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: The Real Causes of Poverty, Living with a Stutter, and More

And an Acclaimed Thriller Set in a New England Boarding School

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March 20, 2023/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Poverty, Stuttering
February 20, 2023

Q&A: A Presidents Day Talk on "Mary Lincoln, Demystified"

February 20, 2023/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: A Presidents Day Talk on "Mary Lincoln, Demystified"

A Book Based on Three Decades of Inhabiting the Life of the Intriguing First Lady

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February 20, 2023/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Mary Todd Lincoln, First Ladies, Presidents
February 13, 2023

5 HOT BOOKS: Black Power vs. Civil Rights, How to Talk About Identity, and More

February 13, 2023/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Black Power vs. Civil Rights, How to Talk About Identity,  and More

And the Dramatic Story of a Journey from Slavery to Freedom

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February 13, 2023/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
1966, Black Power
February 01, 2023

LIST: For Black History Month, 10 Books About Black Resistance

February 01, 2023/ Adam Cohen
LIST: For Black History Month, 10 Books About Black Resistance

From W.E.B. Du Bois to Octavia Butler, Black Authors Who Are Taking On the Tough Issues

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February 01, 2023/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
List
Black History Month
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