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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

‘Twilight of the Gods’

September 1, 2020September 3, 2020 Wendell Jamieson 0 Comments Battle of Leyte Gulf, Curtis LeMay, Hiroshima, Ian W. Toll, Kamikaze, Pacific War Trilogy, Tokyo, Twilight of the Gods, Wendell Jamieson

The magisterial final volume of Ian W. Toll’s Pacific War trilogy

Memoir Music NON-FICTION

‘Rockers’ Book Brings to Life the Making of the Legendary Reggae Film

August 27, 2020August 28, 2020 Ron Hart 1 Comment Bob Marley, Burning Spear, Dillinger, Grace Jones, Jessica Lange, King Tubby, Rockers, Ted Bafaloukos

The golden age of rude boys, from Jamaica to New York and beyond

FICTION NON-FICTION Politics

Literary Agency Fires Agent for TERF-y Tweets

August 26, 2020September 1, 2020 Katie Smith 1 Comment Anya Palmer, Bethany Baptiste, Jesse Singal, Matt Belford, Sasha White, Tobias Literary Agency

Fired agent’s supporters flooded the hashtag #IStandWithSashaWhite

NON-FICTION Politics

How James Baldwin Can Help Us ‘Begin Again’

August 20, 2020August 19, 2020 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments Begin Again, Eddie Glaude, James Baldwin, Jr., The Fire Next Time

Urgent lessons from a not-distant past

NON-FICTION Politics

Is this the ‘Twilight of Democracy’?

August 19, 2020August 19, 2020 Art Edwards 0 Comments Anne Applebaum, David Daley, Twilight of Democracy, Unrigged

Or will the center hold? Or neither? Or both?

Sports TELEVISION

‘Last Chance U’ Scores Again

August 18, 2020August 24, 2020 Jon Hart 0 Comments Dakota Allen, Jason Brown, John Beam, Laney College, Last Chance U, Ronald Ollie

A new school, but the same compelling JUCO football drama

NON-FICTION Politics

Presidenting Is Hard

August 18, 2020August 24, 2020 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments 60 Minutes, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, John Dickerson, The Hardest Job in the World, The West Wing

‘The Hardest Job In the World: The American Presidency,’ by John Dickerson

Biography COMICS CREATORS NON-FICTION Writers

‘Jack Kirby: the Epic Life of the King of Comics’

August 13, 2020August 17, 2020 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Captain America, Fantastic Four, Jack Kirby, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel DC, Tom Scioli

Tom Scioli’s graphic novel gives the master his due

Sports TELEVISION

Don’t Call It a Restart

August 13, 2020August 16, 2020 Daniel Cohen 0 Comments Breonna Taylor, Charles Barkley, Damian Lillard, Devin Booker, Ernie Johnson, Gregg Popovich, Inside the NBA, Kenny Smith, LeBron James, NBA, Phoenix Suns, Shaquille O'Neal, TJ Warren

The NBA Bubble has been tremendously compelling television

NON-FICTION

Where Have All The Tomboys Gone?

August 11, 2020August 13, 2020 Mia McCullough 0 Comments Lisa Selin Davis, Tomboy

Journalist Lisa Selin Davis rehabilitates a vanishing term for a certain type of girl

NON-FICTION Sports

I Don’t Care If I Never Get Back

August 6, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Alex Rodriguez, Barstool Sports, baseball, Chris Taylor, ESPN, Joe Davis, Joe Kelly, Karl Ravech, Los Angeles Dodgers, Miami Marlins, Mike Clevinger, Mike Trout, Mookie Betts, Orel Hershiser, Rob Manfred

Weird rules, masked baserunners, piped-in sound, cardboard cutouts of dogs, whatever, it’s still baseball

Directors Memoir NON-FICTION

Barry Sonnenfeld: the Most Neurotic Man in Hollywood

August 3, 2020August 5, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Barry Sonnenfeld, Blood Simple, Coen Brothers, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry David, Will Smith

Memoir doesn’t tell all, but reveals a lot

FICTION NON-FICTION

Stranger Than Fiction

July 31, 2020August 10, 2020 Michael Washburn 1 Comment Bookselling, COVID-19

Months into the pandemic, indie booksellers grapple with the challenges of reopening

NON-FICTION Sports

Where Have You Gone, Garry Templeton?

July 23, 2020July 31, 2020 Jon Hart 0 Comments baseball, Brad Balukjian, Sports, Wax Pack

‘The Wax Pack’ tracks down a set of baseball players after their final innings

NON-FICTION Politics

Four More Books About Donald Trump

June 30, 2020July 1, 2020 Michael Giltz 0 Comments David Frum, David Shimer, Donald Trump, John Bolton, Masha Gessen, Rigged, Trumpocalypse

Why not 40? Or 400?