Books
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PublishedApril 19, 2020
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"The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time" by John Kelly, Harper Perennial, 364 pages. Paperback, $16.99
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PublishedApril 19, 2020
An aspiring writer navigates writing and romance in Lily King’s latest
Though in crisis, 'Writers & Lovers' protagonist Casey Peabody refuses to give up on her creative dreams.
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PublishedApril 19, 2020
Alvarez returns with a stunning reflection on loss
Writer Julia Alvarez is back with her first novel in almost 15 years.
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PublishedApril 13, 2020
City Lights Bookstore launches successful GoFundMe campaign
One of the world's most famous bookstores was forced to close because of the coronavirus outbreak and asked for help to pay the bills.
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PublishedApril 12, 2020
When Thoreau went to walk in the Maine Woods
Scholars, conservationists and Penobscot Nation members retrace the famous transcendentalist's route in this book of essays about his sojourns in the state.
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PublishedApril 12, 2020
‘The Roxy Letters’ is just the kind of comic novel we need right now
An earnest heroine fights hard to keep Austin weird.
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PublishedApril 12, 2020
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"Circe" by Madeline Miller. Little, Brown and Company, 2018, 400 pages. $27
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PublishedApril 9, 2020
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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PublishedApril 5, 2020
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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PublishedApril 5, 2020
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'Confessions of the Fox' by Jordy Rosenberg, One World, 352 pages. $27
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