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Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Reading Aloud

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Reading Aloud with Meghan Cox Gurdon

January 26, 2021January 27, 2021 Elizabeth Hazard 0 Comments A Place of Greater Safety, Ann Patchett, Hilary Mantel, Meghan Cox Gurdon, The Enchanted Hour, The Mirror and the Light, The Wall Street Journal, The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, Treasure Island, Wolf Hall

An interview with the author of ‘The Enchanted Hour’, celebrating the art of family storytime

Books

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Seven Books to Look Forward to in 2021

January 25, 2021January 28, 2021 Katie Smith 0 Comments Crying in H Mart, Daniel Loedel, Elemental, Kaitlyn Greenidge, Libertie, Martha Waters, Melissa Broder, Michelle Zauner, Milk Fed, Patricia Lockwood, To Love and To Loathe

Serious, sad edition

New Yorker

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New Yorker Staff Demand Higher Wages

January 22, 2021January 25, 2021 Katie Smith 0 Comments Alex Zaragosa, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Jo Livingstone, New Yorker, New Yorker Union, Rashida Tlaib, Shane Smith, Talia Lavin, Vice

Fellow media members and lawmakers supported them online

Kapuściński

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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

ngo

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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

Hawley

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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

Mediocre

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

Rock Force

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

Cancel Culture

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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

Jim Carrey

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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

Joseph Epstein

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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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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

John Lennon

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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

McConaughey

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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

Business NON-FICTION

Hello, Neumann

December 2, 2020April 11, 2021 Ken Kurson 1 Comment 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