Michael Dirda’s “inquiring mind” has led to an impressive collection of books.
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Irrefutable and overwhelming absence in poet Deborah Cummins’ latest collection
Many of the 43 poems in ‘Until They Catch Fire” are responses to the death of her brother and her mother.
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Bedside Table: ‘Disconcerting similarities’ to Hitler’s rise
For this reader, Erik Larson’s ‘In the Garden of Beasts’ evokes Trump’s America.
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World War II’s less-famous fascist
History rates Mussolini a buffoon, reserving its opprobrium for Hitler. In ‘Mussolini’s War, Gooch gives Mussolini more ‘credit.’
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Simon & Schuster drops book by Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley
In the wake of this week’s siege of the Capitol, the publisher cancels a book by a senator who objected to Joe Biden’s win and backed baseless claims that the 2020 election was rigged.
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Eric Jerome Dickey, bestselling novelist, dies at 59
Dickey, who began writing fiction in his mid-30s, wrote ‘Sister, Sister,’ ‘Waking With Enemies’ and dozens of other stories about contemporary Black life.
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The astounding brilliance and abiding joy of Mozart
In ‘Mozart: The Reign of Love,’ Jan Swafford persuasively argues that Mozart was not the tragic figure he’s usually portrayed as.
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During a dark aftertime, a former Hollywood screenwriter retreats to an isolated Maine peninsula
Nothing – phones, cars, planes or life itself – is the same in Jonathan Lethem’s latest dystopian tale.
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Bedside Table: Politics on the nightstand
One Maine reader – and we’d guess plenty more – is reading about Donald Trump from the perspective of his estranged niece.
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A journey to the bottom of the oceans – all five of them
‘Expedition Deep Ocean’ is an old-fashioned adventure story with a happy ending.