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May 05, 2024

The Ant Collective

May 05, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
The Ant Collective

A fascinating illustrated look at the world of red ants

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May 05, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Armin Schieb, The Ant Collective, antis, ants, natural history, nature
May 03, 2024

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

May 03, 2024/ Joe Spivey
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

A review of Kaliane Bradley’s touted debut novel about a time-displaced Arctic explorer.

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May 03, 2024/ Joe Spivey/
The Ministry of Time, Kaliane Bradley, fiction, contemporary fiction
May 02, 2024

The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonson

May 02, 2024/ Christina Nellas Acosta
The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonson

Helen Simonson’s new historical novel opens in the immediate aftermath of the First World War

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May 02, 2024/ Christina Nellas Acosta/
April 29, 2024

Shylock's Venice by Harry Freedman

April 29, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
Shylock's Venice by Harry Freedman

A personality-driven history of Venice’s Jewish ghetto

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April 29, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Shylock's Venice, Venice, history, Harry Freedman
April 26, 2024

To Be a Jew Today by Noah Feldman

April 26, 2024/ Hannah Joyner
To Be a Jew Today by Noah Feldman

At a time when all eyes are on Gaza, a scholar considers different ways Jews consider God, religious observance, and the state of Israel.

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April 26, 2024/ Hannah Joyner/
Judaism, To Be a Jew Today, Noah Feldman, religion, Hannah Joyner
April 22, 2024

The Shield of Achilles by W. H. Auden

April 22, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
The Shield of Achilles by W. H. Auden

An annotated reprint of Auden’s great 1955 volume of verse

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April 22, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Alan Jacobs, WH Auden, poetry, poems, The Shield of Achiles, Edward Mendelson
April 21, 2024

Ten Years to Save the West by Liz Truss

April 21, 2024/ Joe Spivey
Ten Years to Save the West by Liz Truss

A memoir by the UK’s blink-and-you-miss-her Prime Minister

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April 21, 2024/ Joe Spivey/
Ten Years to Save the West, Liz Truss, politics, memoir, UK politics
April 20, 2024

Hong Kong by Mikko Takkunen

April 20, 2024/ Tom LeClair
Hong Kong by Mikko Takkunen

An opulent collection of place photos by a NYT photo editor

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April 20, 2024/ Tom LeClair/
Hong Kong, Mikko Takkunen, photos, photography
April 17, 2024

Audubon as Artist by Roberta Olson

April 17, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
Audubon as Artist by Roberta Olson

A gorgeous new book about the artistic influences on John James Audubon

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April 17, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Roberta Olson, John James Audubon, Audubon, Audubon as Artist, American history, American art
April 15, 2024

Silver by Rowan Ricardo Philipps

April 15, 2024/ Eric Bies
Silver by Rowan Ricardo Philipps

A review of Rowan Ricardo Phillips’ slim new volume of poetry

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April 15, 2024/ Eric Bies/
Rowan Ricardo Phillips, Silver, poetry, poems, contemporary poetry
April 13, 2024

Farnsworth's Classical English Argument

April 13, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
Farnsworth's Classical English Argument

An example-driven overview of the nuances and niceties of argument

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April 13, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Farnsworth's Classical English Argument, Ward Farnsworth, argument, rhetoric
April 10, 2024

The Collected Poems of Delmore Schwartz

April 10, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
The Collected Poems of Delmore Schwartz

A lavishly generous new anthology of Delmore Schwartz’s poetry and prose

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April 10, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Delmore Schwartz, Ben Mazer, poetry
April 05, 2024

Tudor Networks of Power by Ruth Ahnert & Sebastian E. Anhert

April 05, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
Tudor Networks of Power by Ruth Ahnert & Sebastian E. Anhert

A quite possibly revolutionary analysis of who wrote letters to whom during the Tudor era

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April 05, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Ruth Ahnert, Sebastian Ahnert, Tudor Networks of Power, Tudor history, history, network analysis
April 02, 2024

Pharmakon by Teju Cole

April 02, 2024/ Tom LeClair
Pharmakon by Teju Cole

A review of Teju Cole’s latest production, a mixture of prose and photos

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April 02, 2024/ Tom LeClair/
Pharmakon, Teju Cole
March 30, 2024

Death of a Spy by MC Beaton (with RW Green)

March 30, 2024/ Ash Caton
Death of a Spy by MC Beaton (with RW Green)

MC Beaton’s beloved character Hamish Macbeth returns, with some help from RW Green

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March 30, 2024/ Ash Caton/
Death of a Spy, MC Beaton, RW Green, Hamish Macbethm, fiction, mystery
March 27, 2024

The Hunter by Tana French

March 27, 2024/ Ryan Davison
The Hunter by Tana French

Tana French’s new novel is lush Irish noir crossed with a Gold Rush Western 

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March 27, 2024/ Ryan Davison/
The Hunter, Tana French, fiction, thriller
March 27, 2024

The Letters of Emily Dickinson, edited by Cristanne Miller & Domhnall Mitchell

March 27, 2024/ Hannah Joyner
The Letters of Emily Dickinson, edited by Cristanne Miller & Domhnall Mitchell

“The Way I read a Letter’s—this—”

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March 27, 2024/ Hannah Joyner/
Christanne Miller, Domhnall Mitchell, Emily DIckinson, letters, Hannah Joyner
March 21, 2024

Keir Starmer by Tom Baldwin

March 21, 2024/ Joe Spivey
Keir Starmer by Tom Baldwin

A biography of the man who might be the next UK Prime Minister

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March 21, 2024/ Joe Spivey/
Keir Starmer, Tom Baldwin, biography, political biography, UK politics
March 20, 2024

The Great Wave by Michiko Kakutani

March 20, 2024/ Douglas Girardot
The Great Wave by Michiko Kakutani

The former New York Times book critic examines the intersections of modern technology, politics, and society

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March 20, 2024/ Douglas Girardot/
Michiko Kakutani, The Great Wave: The Era of Radical Disruption and the Rise of the Outsider, nonfiction
March 19, 2024

The Bullet Swallower by Elizabeth Gonzalez James

March 19, 2024/ Amberlee Venters
The Bullet Swallower by Elizabeth Gonzalez James

A generational historical novel set in the American West

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March 19, 2024/ Amberlee Venters/
The Bullet Swallower, Elizabeth Gonzalez James, fiction, historical fiction
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