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October 26, 2022

House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson

October 26, 2022/ Amberlee Venters
House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson

Social commentary takes center stage in the novel about a young woman taking a mysterious new job.

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October 26, 2022/ Amberlee Venters/
Fiction-Sci-Fi & Fantasy
House of Hunger, Alexis Henderson, fiction, Amberlee Venters, LGBTQ, fantasy
October 23, 2022

The New Annotated Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

October 23, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
The New Annotated Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

A sumptuously annotated and illustrated edition of the Robert Louis Stevenson classic.

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October 23, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Classic Literature
New Annotated Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson, Leslie S. Klinger, Joe Hill, fiction, Victorian fiction, classic literature, Steve Donoghue
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
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