“Circe” by Madeline Miller. Little, Brown and Company, 2018, 400 pages. $27
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Mad magazine illustrator Mort Drucker dies at 91
Mad magazine was a cultural institution for millions of baby boomers, and Drucker was an institution at Mad.
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The Portland went down in 1898. More than a century later, it still fascinates
The latest book to examine the maritime disaster, ‘The Wreck of the Portland’ does a reasonably good job, but how about giving other lesser-known wrecks a little attention?
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‘Confessions of the Fox’ by Jordy Rosenberg, One World, 352 pages. $27
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‘The Red Lotus,’ a new novel with a pandemic plot, is both prescient and diverting
At the start of Chris Bohjalian’s latest book, the boyfriend of an ER doctor disappears while the couple is vacationing in Vietnam. He’s found dead, with mysterious wounds, leaving behind a series of puzzling lies.
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Novelist James Patterson sets up fund to help indie booksellers
Patterson announced #SaveIndieBookstores, a partnership with the American Booksellers Association and the Book Industry Charitable Foundation.
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New online store offers help to shuttered indie booksellers
With independent bookstores shut down nationwide, a new online seller is offering help
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Book review: Race, privilege and toilet duty: Life at Harvard for a black freshman in 1959
In ‘The Last Negroes at Harvard,’ Kent Garrett recalls his undergraduate days, and not fondly.
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Book review: In Tudor times, murder shadows the creation of magical stones
Bianca, the plucky heroine of ‘The Alchemist of Lost Souls,’ tries to unravel the crimes. In doing so, she puts herself in harm’s way.
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‘Enter the Aardvark,’ by Jessica Anthony. Little, Brown and Company, 192 pages. $26