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Kapuściński
NON-FICTION Politics 

Kapuściński and the Autocrats

January 19, 2021January 19, 2021 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Ryszard Kapuściński, Shah of Shahs, The Emperor

The late Polish journalist, like no other writer, understood societies in crisis

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ngo
CREATORS NON-FICTION Politics Writers 

Ngo is a No-Go at Powell’s

January 12, 2021January 18, 2021 Katie Smith 0 Comments Andy Ngo, Portland, Powell's Books, Proud Boys, Sarah Jeong, Unmasked

Portland bookstore pulls anti-Antifa book after protests

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Hawley
NON-FICTION Politics 

Simon & Schuster De-Platforms Josh Hawley

January 7, 2021January 11, 2021 Katie Smith 0 Comments Bob Woodward, Donald Trump, James Gunn, John Bolton, Josh Hawley, Mary L. Trump, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Sean Hannity, Simon & Schuster, Tucker Carlson

After supporting Capitol attack, Missouri Senator loses his publisher

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Mediocre
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An Above-Average Book About Mediocre White Men

January 5, 2021January 12, 2021 Jim Arndorfer 10 Comments Buffalo Bill, Can't Slow Down, Donald Trump, George Preston Marshall, HBO, Herbie Hancock, Ijeoma Oluo, Lionel Richie, Mediocre, Michelangelo Matos, Prince, So You Want To Talk About Race?, Washington Football Team

A white man edited this review that a white man wrote about a Black woman’s life’s work

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Rock Force
NON-FICTION 

Get a Piece of the Rock

December 30, 2020December 30, 2020 Wendell Jamieson 0 Comments Corregidor, Kevin Maurer, Rock Force, Wendell Jamieson

‘Rock Force’, a deep WWII nonfiction cut about the battle for Corregidor

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Cancel Culture
CREATORS FICTION NON-FICTION Politics Writers 

Cancel Culture: The Lit-World Year In Review

December 29, 2020January 4, 2021 Katie Smith 0 Comments Abigail Shrier, American Dirt, Apropos Of Nothing, J.K. Rowling, Jeanne Cummins, Jordan Peterson, Joseph Epstein, Julie Burchill, Marisa Corvisiero, Sasha White, Tobias Literary Agency, Woody Allen

Most of 2020’s ‘canceled’ books are actually doing quite well, thank you

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Jim Carrey
Actors CREATORS FICTION FILM NON-FICTION TELEVISION 

Jim Carrey: The Year In Review

December 28, 2020January 4, 2021 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Dana Vachon, Jim Carrey, Joe Biden, Memoirs and Misinformation, Nicolas Cage, Saturday Night Live, Sonic the Hedgehog

A three-media push in 2020 from our weirdest entertainer

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Joseph Epstein
CREATORS NON-FICTION Politics Writers 

Joseph Epstein Steps In It

December 13, 2020December 21, 2020 Neal Pollack 1 Comment Henry James, I Wipe My Ass On Your Novel, Irving Kristol, Jill Biden, Joseph Epstein, Norman Podhoretz, Northwestern University, The American Scholar, The Wall Street Journal

My former teacher made fun of Jill Biden’s Ph.D. this weekend, and reaped the whirlwind

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FICTION NON-FICTION 

The Best Books of 2020

December 9, 2020December 15, 2020 Katie Smith 0 Comments Avi Steinberg, Brian Washington, David Mitchell, Devolution, Josh Malerman, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, Kim Stanley Robinson, M.R. Carey, Malorie, MARK LANEGAN, Max Brooks, Memorial, The Book of Kofi, The Happily Ever After, The Ministry For the Future, The Undocumented Americans, Utopia Avenue

Nine critics name their favorite books to guide your holiday shopping

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John Lennon
Music NON-FICTION 

Lennon Lit

December 8, 2020December 8, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments David Sheff, James Patterson, John Lennon, Mark David Chapman, Paul Du Noyer, Paul McCartney, The Last Days of John Lennon, Yoko Ono

New books about John Lennon on the anniversary of his death

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McConaughey
Actors CREATORS Memoir NON-FICTION Writers 

The Wisdom of Matthew McConaughey

December 7, 2020January 12, 2021 Jamie Mason 0 Comments Greenlights, Matthew McConaughey

A frank and friendly memoir from a working-class kid who hit the jackpot

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Business NON-FICTION 

Hello, Neumann

December 2, 2020December 8, 2020 Ken Kurson 0 Comments Adam Neumann, Benchmark, Billion Dollar Loser, Bruce Dunlevie, Charles Duhigg, DoorDash, Jack Ma, Jamal Khashoggi, Jared Kushner, Jennifer Berrent, Masayoshi Son, Miguel McKelvey, Rebekah Neumann, Reeves Wiedeman, Softbank, Stephen Hadley, venture capital, WeWork

Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork by Reeves Wiedeman

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In Cold Blood
Memoir NON-FICTION 

Growing Up in the Shadow of ‘In Cold Blood’

December 1, 2020December 11, 2020 Heather Crist Paley 8 Comments Herb Clutter, In Cold Blood, Nancy Clutter, the Clutter Family, Truman Capote

The Clutters were our neighbors, and my family’s friends

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Cazzie David
AUTHOR STUFF CREATORS Memoir NON-FICTION Writers 

Twitter Tries to Curb Cazzie David

November 19, 2020December 24, 2020 Katie Smith 0 Comments Cazzie David, Larry David, No One Asked For This, Pete Davidson

Larry David’s daughter’s memoir is bad, but not all bad

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Shrier
AUTHOR STUFF CREATORS NON-FICTION Writers 

Target Pulls Anti-Trans Book from Shelves

November 13, 2020November 28, 2020 Katie Smith 4 Comments

Supporters of author Abigail Shrier decry the store’s censorship

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Murakami
CREATORS Featured Stories FICTION Writers 

The Empathy of Haruki Murakami

January 19, 2021January 19, 2021 Michael Washburn 0

Japan’s most famous writer looks at the COVID-19 crisis from the viewpoint of ordinary people

MLK/FBI
DOCUMENTARY Featured Stories FILM 

‘MLK/FBI’ Skips the Money Shot

January 18, 2021January 19, 2021 Neal Pollack 0
WandaVision
Featured Stories TELEVISION 

‘WandaVision’ Marks the Beginning of the Post-TV Era

January 16, 2021January 18, 2021 Neal Pollack 0
Cobra Kai
Featured Stories TELEVISION 

‘Cobra Kai’ Season 3: What Went Wrong?

January 11, 2021January 12, 2021 Neal Pollack 1

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