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In Spite of History, The Tribal Heart Beats On

Wed, 06/12/2019 - 12:57pm
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By
Sheryl Kennedy

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A Modern Love Story by the Young Irish Writer Everyone Is Talking About

Wed, 06/05/2019 - 9:50am
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By
Sophia Kaufman

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Biography and Fiction Merge in ‘Dawson’s Fall’

Wed, 05/29/2019 - 9:52am
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By
Alexander Wilburn

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Marijuana Book Leaves More Questions Than Answers

Wed, 05/22/2019 - 10:01am
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By
Sophia Kaufman

Alex Berenson is a former reporter for The New York Times, for which he covered subjects ranging from Iraq to Hurricane Katrina to the drug industry. His newest book, “Tell Your Children: The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence,” is the culmination of his conclusions on the latter, contextualized with research pulled from multiple disciplines. But while his research seems thorough, and he has clearly made up his own mind, the book itself leaves a lot to be desired for such a controversial topic.

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Curating The Land

Wed, 05/15/2019 - 9:46am
Books: ‘Garden Wild’
By
Anne Day

Rich people (and wannabes) — take note — a landscaping revolution is underway. It is time to reconsider those shocking pink azaleas and blindingly green Zoysia lawns that seemed so right when you were building your first Mc Mansion. 

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Schwartz Discusses ‘Red Daughter’ at The White Hart May 21

Wed, 05/15/2019 - 9:45am
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The White Hart Speakers Series in conjunction with Oblong Books and the Scoville Memorial Library will present Jonathan Burnham Schwartz reading from his new book “The Red Daughter,” a sweeping historical novel and unexpected love story inspired by the remarkable life of Svetlana Alliluyeva, the only daughter of Joseph Stalin.  Novelist John Burnham Schwartz’s father was the young lawyer who escorted Alliluyeva to the United States after she defected in 1967. 

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Passion, Exile, A Father Who’s A Horrific Murderer

Wed, 05/15/2019 - 9:44am
Books: ‘The Red Daughter’
By
Stephanie Koven

I was first introduced to John Burnham Schwartz’s writing 20 years ago when he published the harrowing and beautifully written Reservation Road. It is a woven personal history, told through the eyes of a variety of characters, and centered around the tragic death of child. So, when I was asked to review his new novel, “The Red Daughter,” I was thrilled to find myself back in his narrative world, which has only gained power. I read this novel in two sittings, interrupted only once by a brief phone call from my daughter on Mother’s Day. 

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When Trust Confuses Teens

Wed, 05/08/2019 - 10:44am
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Sophia Kaufman

Sarah and David, the teenage protagonists of Susan Choi’s new novel “Trust Exercise,” have the kind of tumultuous connection that begs recognition, even when they are trying to avoid it themselves. Their unpredictable acting teacher Mr. Kingsley delights in bringing that tension to the forefront of his classes.

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Syrian Cookbook Builds Bridges

Wed, 04/17/2019 - 10:25am
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By
Leila Hawken

Bridges are good things, higher and longer than walls. Bridges bring journeys to mind; walls don’t.
“The Bread and Salt Between Us” by Mayada Anjari provides a true bridge experience, bringing the reader and cook into communion with not only authentic Syrian recipes, but also the Syrian family, Mayada and Ahmad Anjari, who abandoned their battle-ravaged home town in Syria, to walk with their children over countless nights through the desert to the safety of Jordan. 

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Travel to Greece To Learn the Etymology of English

Wed, 04/10/2019 - 9:38am
Books: ‘Greek To Me: Adventures Of The Comma Queen’
By
Divya Symmers

Mary Norris’s new book, “Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen,” takes readers on a personal voyage across the wine-dark seas of Greek history, mythology, geography and especially etymology, a word that derives from the Greek ἐτυµολογία (etumología), itself from ἔτυµον (étumon), meaning “true sense,” and the suffix -logia, denoting “the study of.”

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