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November 24, 2022

Lydia Maria Child by Lydia Moland

November 24, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
Lydia Maria Child by Lydia Moland

A big, generous new biography of abolitionist Lydia Maria Child.

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November 24, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Biography/Memoir
Lydia Maria Child: A Radical American Life, Lydia Moland, biography, American biography, Boston history, abolition, literary biography, Steve Donoghue
November 19, 2022

Sunday Best By John Carey

November 19, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
Sunday Best By John Carey

Veteran book critic collects work spanning thousands of reviews.

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November 19, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Books & Authors, Literary Criticism
literary criticism, John Carey, Yale University Press, Steve Donoghue, publishing industry
November 17, 2022

Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life by Brigitta Olubas

November 17, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life by Brigitta Olubas

An epic and long-awaited biography of the great writer Shirley Hazzard.

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November 17, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Books & Authors, Biography/Memoir
Shirley Hazzard, Brigitta Oloubas, biography, writer biography, Steve Donoghue
November 15, 2022

Weavers, Scribes, and Kings by Amanda Podany

November 15, 2022/ James Holder
Weavers, Scribes, and Kings by Amanda Podany

A new history of the ancient Near East.

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November 15, 2022/ James Holder/
History
Weavers, Weavers Scribes and Kings, Amanda Podany, ancient history, ancient near east history, James Holder
November 12, 2022

Nero by Anthony Everitt & Roddy Ashworth

November 12, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
Nero by Anthony Everitt & Roddy Ashworth

A new biography of the infamous Roman emperor Nero.

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November 12, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
History
Nero: Matricide Music and Murder in Imperial Rome, Anthony Everitt, Roddy Ashworth, ancient Rome, Roman history, Nero, Roman emperors, biographym, Steve Donoghue
November 08, 2022

The Grand Affair by Paul Fisher

November 08, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
The Grand Affair by Paul Fisher

The great artist John Singer Sargent gets a lively new biography.

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November 08, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Biography/Memoir
The Grand Affair, John Singer Sargent, Paul Fisher, biography, artist biography, American art, Isabella Steward Gardner, Steve Donoghue
November 06, 2022

The Library of America Don DeLillo

November 06, 2022/ Tom LeClair
The Library of America Don DeLillo

Three works by the great American novelist Don DeLillo enter the Library of America.

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November 06, 2022/ Tom LeClair/
Anthologies/Short Stories, Literary Criticism
Don DeLillo, Library of America, Mark Osteen, American fiction, anthology, Tom LeClair, 1980's
October 27, 2022

Wild New World by Dan Flores

October 27, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
Wild New World by Dan Flores

A book about prehistoric America by the author of “Coyote America”.

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October 27, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Animals & Nature
Wild New World, Dan Flores, natural history, American nature, Steve Donoghue, evolutionary biology, environmental science
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
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