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...
Friday, June 9, 2017

Letters to Felice - Franz Kafka (1973)

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Oeuvre rule: I have read "Metamorphosis" and The Trial by Kafka.  As a liberal arts student at NYU, I was somewhat heavily expo...
Monday, May 1, 2017

Pissed Jeans - 4/28/17 @ Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL

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I haven't been on Facebook as often over the past couple weeks, but I still managed to notice a new concert meme.  I felt like partic...
Saturday, April 22, 2017

The Paris Architect - Charles Belfoure (2013)

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I recently changed jobs.  My former boss's wife worked in the office with us and served as our personnel manager (on top of another ...