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October 23, 2022

Grace by Cody Keegan

October 23, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
Grace by Cody Keegan

A new memoir by President Obama’s chief White House speechwriter.

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October 23, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Politics & Economics, Biography/Memoir
Grace, Cody Keegan, White House memoir, President Obama, Barack Obama, Steve Donoghue, politics
October 22, 2022

Cold Spell by Todd Nelson

October 22, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
Cold Spell by Todd Nelson

A collection of columns about a family that moves from Chicago to small-town Maine.

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October 22, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Animals & Nature
Cold Spell, Maine, Todd Nelson, travel writing, nature writing, Steve Donoghue
October 21, 2022

Pandemic Politics by Gadarian, Goodman, and Pepinsky

October 21, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
Pandemic Politics by Gadarian, Goodman, and Pepinsky

A highly detailed new history of the deadly combination of COVID-19 and politics.

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October 21, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Health & Psychology, Politics & Economics
Pandemic Politics, COVID-19, Shana Kushner Gadarian, Sara Wallace Goodman, Thomas Pepinsky, Donald Trump, US history, US Politics, Steve Donoghue
October 20, 2022

Divided We Fall by Alice Rivlin

October 20, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
Divided We Fall by Alice Rivlin

A posthumous call for bi-partisanism from a long-time economic policymaker.

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October 20, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Politics & Economics
Divided We Fall: Why Consensus Matters, American history, American economics, economics, Sheri Rivlin, Allan Rivlin, Steve Donoghue
October 19, 2022

Theater Review: Blues for an Alabama Sky at the National Theatre

October 19, 2022/ Christopher Day
Theater Review: Blues for an Alabama Sky at the National Theatre

Pearl Cleage’s 1995 play gets a winning revival at the National Theatre.

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October 19, 2022/ Christopher Day/
Film & Theatre; Adaptations
National Theatre, theatre review
October 17, 2022

To Sanctify the World by George Weigel

October 17, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
To Sanctify the World by George Weigel

A new history of the roots, events, and impacts of the Second Vatican Council.

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October 17, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Religion
George Weigel, To Sanctify the World, Vatican II, Catholic history, Catholic Church, Steve Donoghue
October 16, 2022

Theater Review: Handbagged at the Kiln Theatre

October 16, 2022/ Christopher Day
Theater Review: Handbagged at the Kiln Theatre

A new staging of Moira Buffina’s play about audiences with the Queen.

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October 16, 2022/ Christopher Day/
Film & Theatre; Adaptations
Kiln Theatre, theatre review
October 13, 2022

Waterloo Sunrise by John Davis

October 13, 2022/ James Holder
Waterloo Sunrise by John Davis

A series of studies of London at the end of the 20th century

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October 13, 2022/ James Holder/
Waterloo Sunrise, John Davis, London, London history
October 10, 2022

Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

October 10, 2022/ Amberlee Venters
Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

The next book in the author’s “Locked Tomb” series

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October 10, 2022/ Amberlee Venters/
Nona the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir, Locked Tomb, fantasy, science fiction
October 08, 2022

The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk

October 08, 2022/ Tom LeClair
The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk

A review of Olga Tokarczuk’s monumental novel

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October 08, 2022/ Tom LeClair/
The Books of Jacob, Olga Tokarczuk, Jennifer Croft, fiction, translated fiction
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
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