Literature
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Review: The satirical absurdity of Chou's 'Disorientation'
Mar 25, 2022 7:00 am - 'œDisorientation'ť by Elaine Hsieh Chou (Penguin Press) Ingrid Yang's future is laid out cleanly before her: Get her Ph.D., marry her fiancé, get a tenure-track teachin...
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League of Women Voters hosts virtual and in-person book discussions on 'A Most Beautiful Thing'Mar 24, 2022 11:00 pm - In April, the League of Women Voters of Roselle-Bloomingdale will host book discussions on "A Most Beautiful Thing: The True Story of America's First All-Black High Scho...
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Review: Another side of paradise in Melchor's 'Paradais'
Mar 23, 2022 7:00 am - 'œParadais,'ť by Fernanda Melchor (New Directions) The fantasies that distort reality slither through Paradais, the gated community that sets Fernanda Melchor's garden o...
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Book review: 'One Italian Summer' is a magical trip worth taking
Mar 22, 2022 6:00 am - "One Italian Summer" by Rebecca Serle (Atria Books) Readers of Rebecca Serle are well-aware she often infuses her novels with touches of magic. In her last novel, "...
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Reese Witherspoon acquires film rights to Dolly Parton novel
Mar 21, 2022 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - With some support from her friend Reese Witherspoon, Dolly Parton is looking to be a movie star again. Parton is teaming with Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine med...
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Review: Humanity crystallized in 'Letter to a Stranger'
Mar 21, 2022 7:00 am - 'œLetter to a Stranger: Essays to the Ones Who Haunt Us'ť edited by Colleen Kinder (Algonquin) If you've ever purposely gone down the Craigslist Missed Connections rabbi...
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Book review: Laugh-out-loud essays in Jill Gutowitz's 'Girls Can Kiss Now'
Mar 20, 2022 7:15 am - “Girls Can Kiss Now” by Jill Gutowitz (Atria) In “Girls Can Kiss Now,” Jill Gutowitz, the “self-proclaimed overlord of lesbian Twitter,” takes readers on...
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Review: 'A Novel Obsession' is alluring, unsettling, meta
Mar 18, 2022 7:00 am - 'œA Novel Obsession'ť by Caitlin Barasch (Dutton) Friendship, love, jealousy, obsession. They seem distinct enough, but what happens when these experiences begin to blen...
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Review: 'The Cartographers' explores land of math and magic
Mar 16, 2022 7:00 am - 'œThe Cartographers," by Peng Shepherd (William Morrow) Nell Young has lived with maps her entire life, first as the only child of eminent cartographers and later as an ...
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Book review: 'Nine Lives' a well-written riff on a mystery classic
Mar 15, 2022 6:00 am - "Nine Lives" by Peter Swanson (William Morrow) The elderly owner of a decaying hotel in Kennewick, Maine, is shoved to the ground, dragged to a tidal poo...