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October 06, 2022

Life is Hard by Kieran Setiya

October 06, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
Life is Hard by Kieran Setiya

A philosophy professor offers advice on life’s down sides.

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October 06, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Life is Hard, Kieran Setiya, philosophy, religion
October 05, 2022

Funeral Train by Laurie Loewenstein

October 05, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
Funeral Train by Laurie Loewenstein

The horror of a derailed train — and the deeper mystery behind it — is at the heart of Laurie Loewenstein’s new Dust Bowl era mystery novel.

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October 05, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Laurie Loewenstein, Funeral Train, Dust Bowl, murder mystery, historical murder mystery
October 04, 2022

The Hero of This Book by Elizabeth McCracken

October 04, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
The Hero of This Book by Elizabeth McCracken

A slim, affecting book about the author’s mother

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October 04, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
The Hero of This Book, Elizabeth McCracken, memoir
October 04, 2022

Shy by Mary Rodgers and Jesse Green

October 04, 2022/ Michael Adams
Shy by Mary Rodgers and Jesse Green

Mary Rodgers’ posthumously published memoir appears in all its dishy, opinionated glory

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October 04, 2022/ Michael Adams/
Society & Culture, Art & Music
Mary Rodgers, Richard Rodgers, Guettel, Shy, Freaky Friday, Theater, Broadway, Review
October 03, 2022

Seeing Like An Artist by Lincoln Perry

October 03, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
Seeing Like An Artist by Lincoln Perry

An artist looks at several famous works of art and opines on what they’re doing

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October 03, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Seeing Like an Artist, Lincoln Perry, art, art history, art & artists
October 02, 2022

Two Degrees by Alan Gratz

October 02, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
Two Degrees by Alan Gratz

A middle grade novel in which a group of young people face the many dangers of catastrophic climate change.

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October 02, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Two Degrees, Alan Gratz, fiction, middle grade fiction, climate crisis
October 02, 2022

Feral City by Jeremiah Moss

October 02, 2022/ Micah Cummins
Feral City by Jeremiah Moss

A memoir of being gay in a New York City changed by COVID-19.

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October 02, 2022/ Micah Cummins/
History
Feral City, Jeremiah Moss, nonfiction, memoir, New York City, COVID-19, Micah Cummins
October 01, 2022

A Minor Chorus by Billy-Ray Belcourt

October 01, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
A Minor Chorus by Billy-Ray Belcourt

A slim debut about a man going through a quarter-life crisis at college.

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October 01, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Literary Fiction
A Minor Chorus, Billy-Ray Belcourt, fiction, debut fiction, Steve Donoghue, LGBTQ
September 30, 2022

Slouching Towards Utopia by J. Bradford DeLong

September 30, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
Slouching Towards Utopia by J. Bradford DeLong

A sprawling economic history in which we’ve met the enemy, and they ain’t us.

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September 30, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
History, Politics & Economics
Slouching Towards Utopia, J. Bradford DeLong, history, American history, economics, economic history, Steve Donoghue
September 29, 2022

Ruin by Leigh Seippel

September 29, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
Ruin by Leigh Seippel

A novel in which a pair of ruined 30-somethings repair to the Hudson Valley to retrench.

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September 29, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Ruin, Leigh Seippel, fly fishing, fishing, fiction, contemporary fiction
September 28, 2022

The Ransomware Hunting Team by Renee Dudley & Daniel Golden

September 28, 2022/ Micah Cummins
The Ransomware Hunting Team by Renee Dudley & Daniel Golden

The world of cybercrime and the stories of the people fighting it.

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September 28, 2022/ Micah Cummins/
Science/Technology
The Ransomware Hunting Team, Renee Dudley, Daniel Golden, cyber warfare, cyber security, Micah Cummins
September 27, 2022

Like, Comment, Subscribe by Mark Bergen

September 27, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
Like, Comment, Subscribe by Mark Bergen

An authoritative history of YouTube.

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September 27, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Science/Technology, Society & Culture
Like Comment Subscribe, YouTube, Mark Bergen, social media, Google, Steve Donoghue
September 23, 2022

Theater Review: The Southbury Child

September 23, 2022/ Christopher Day
Theater Review: The Southbury Child

A triumphant new play about a troubled priest in a small Dartmouth town.

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September 23, 2022/ Christopher Day/
Film & Theatre; Adaptations
The Southbury Child, Nicholas Hytner, theater, theater review, Stephen Beresford, Christopher Day
September 22, 2022

Magnificent Rebels by Andrea Wulf

September 22, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
Magnificent Rebels by Andrea Wulf

A fascinating look at a group of thinkers and writers in 1790s Jena.

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September 22, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
History, Philosophy
Andrea Wulf, Steve Donoghue, German History, philosophy
September 18, 2022

Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris

September 18, 2022/ Micah Cummins
Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris

A historical novel in which the killers of King Charles I are ruthlessly hunted.

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September 18, 2022/ Micah Cummins/
Historical Fiction
Act of Oblivion, Robert Harris, King Charles II, historical fiction, Micah Cummins
September 15, 2022

Catholicism by John T. McGreevy

September 15, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
Catholicism by John T. McGreevy

A broad-ranging history of the Catholic Church in the last three centuries.

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September 15, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Catholicism, John T. McGreevy, Catholic Church, Catholic history, history
September 14, 2022

Boy with the Bullhorn by Ron Goldberg

September 14, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
Boy with the Bullhorn by Ron Goldberg

A memoir of activism during the AIDS crisis of the 1980s.

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September 14, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Society & Culture, History
Ron Goldberg, Boy with the Bullhorn, AIDS, ACT UP, AIDS activism, gay history, US history, Steve Donoghue
September 08, 2022

A Man of Iron by Troy Senik

September 08, 2022/ Micah Cummins
A Man of Iron by Troy Senik

A new biography touting the merits of Grover Cleveland.

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September 08, 2022/ Micah Cummins/
Biography/Memoir, History
A Man of Iron, Grover Cleveland, Troy Senik, politics, US presidents, US presidential biography, biography, Micah Cummins
September 06, 2022

The First Binding by R. R. Virdi

September 06, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
The First Binding by R. R. Virdi

The first book in a new epic fantasy series.

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September 06, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Fiction-Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The First Binding, R. R. Virdi, fantasy, Steve Donoghue
September 04, 2022

Eliot After "The Waste Land" by Robert Crawford

September 04, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
Eliot After "The Waste Land" by Robert Crawford

The concluding volume of a great two-volume biography of TS Eliot.

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September 04, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Biography/Memoir, Poetry
Eliot after the Waste Land, TS Eliot, Robert Crawford, biography, poets, literary biography, Steve Donoghue
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