Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Al Franken: Giant of the Senate - Al Franken (2017)

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This is the second post about politics in as many months.  Perhaps it being 2017 has something to do with that.  People have their ways ...
Friday, August 18, 2017

The Days of Abandonment - Elena Ferrante (2002) (Transl. Ann Goldstein)

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About a year ago, after seeing Suicide Squad , my longest-time friend started talking about this Italian author who wrote under a pseudon...
Thursday, August 3, 2017

Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011 - Lizzy Goodman (2017)

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Meet Me in the Bathroom is an oral history of the NYC rock scene in the early 2000's.  It is about the Strokes, Interpol, the Yeah Ye...
Tuesday, July 25, 2017

This Fight is Our Fight: The Battle to Save America's Middle Class - Elizabeth Warren (2017)

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I've written a fair amount about Elizabeth Warren already in the review for A Fighting Chance .   So I will direct you there for back...
Thursday, July 13, 2017

Fires - Raymond Carver (1983)

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Fires , a collection of essays, poems, and short stories by Raymond Carver, was published in 1983, the year I was born.  Sometimes, I use...
Friday, June 23, 2017

The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness - Jill Filipovic (2017)

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I need to start out this review with a confession.  In the past I've exhibited a few misogynistic tendencies, perhaps in part as a to...
Monday, June 19, 2017

Flaneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice, and London - Lauren Elkin

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            I picked up Flâneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice, and London by Lauren Elkin shortly after it wa...