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"Deliberate Cruelty" Reviewed by Pat Sainz
“Deliberate Cruelty,” by Roseanne Montillo, is the captivating true story about two well-known people involved in three murders. One was...
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- Nov 17
- 2 min
"Song of the Cell" | Reviewed by William Winkler
Wisconsin senator William Proxmire, the champion of Earth Day, was also known for his “Golden Fleece Awards,” citations of “wasteful”...
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- Nov 16
- 2 min
"The Lindberg Nanny" | Reviewed by Pat Sainz
In 1932, Charles Lindbergh, Jr., 20-month-old son of the famous aviator Charles Lindbergh and his author wife Anne Morrow Lindbergh, was...
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- Nov 14
- 2 min
"Afterlives" | Reviewed by Bill Schwab
“Afterlives” is a historical novel about German East Africa and the last days of the “scramble for Africa.” The story explores the...
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- Nov 13
- 1 min
"And Yet, Poems" | Reviewed by Carson Mowery
Following the publication of her first collection of poems, “What Kind of Woman,” Kate Baer has become a beloved poet whose writing...
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- Nov 11
- 2 min
"How it Went" | Reviewed by William Winkler
Ernest Hemingway had Nick Adams. Wendell Berry has Andy Catlett. Both are fictional characters with autobiographical roots in their...
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- Nov 8
- 2 min
"Profiles in Ignorance" | Reviewed by Bill Schwab
Former “Harvard Lampoon” president and current “New Yorker” contributor Andy Borowitz has written a jibe-filled, but well-documented,...
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- Nov 4
- 2 min
"Anywhere You Run" | Reviewed by Susan Ferguson
“Anywhere You Run,” by Wanda M. Morris, is a suspenseful, historical fiction novel about two Black sisters trying to escape Jackson,...
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- Oct 31
- 3 min
"Wild: The Life of Peter Beard..." | Reviewed by Pat Sainz
Wildlife photographer Peter Beard died in Montauk, New York, in March, the same month the 2020 pandemic was announced. Ironically, Beard,...
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- Oct 27
- 2 min
"The Passenger" | Reviewed by William Winkler
Eighty-nine-year-old American writer Cormac McCarthy is the author of 12 novels as well as screenplays, short stories, and plays. His...
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- Oct 25
- 2 min
"Babel" | Reviewed by Nelson Appell
“Babel” by R.F. Kuang is an immersive and ambitious alternate-history fantasy of the Victorian era British Empire that should be...
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- Oct 23
- 3 min
"The Forerunner" | Reviewed by Bill Schwab
St. Louis congresswoman Cori Bush believes she was sent to Washington in 2020 to disrupt a political order that had long ago stopped...
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- Oct 19
- 2 min
"The Last Chairlift" | Reviewed by William Winkler
John Irving is one of America’s most prolific late 20th and early 21st century authors. His latest novel, “The Last Chairlift,” like many...
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- Oct 17
- 2 min
"The Frederich Sisters Are Living the Dream" | Reviewed by Susan Ferguson
The quirky novel, “The Frederick Sisters Are Living the Dream, by Jeane Suzy, is about sisters growing up together and growing apart....
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- Oct 12
- 2 min
"The Furrows: An Elegy" | Reviewed by Pat Sainz
In the opening pages of “The Furrows,” Cee Williams, age 12, is watching her 7-year-old brother Wayne, as she usually does, while her...
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- Oct 10
- 3 min
"Path Lit by Lightning" | Reviewed by Bill Schwab
David Maraniss’ definitive biography of Jim Thorpe chronicles the life of this superstar of the Sac and Fox Nation from his birth in...
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- Oct 7
- 2 min
"A Scatter of Light" | Reviewed by Carson Mowery
Malinda Lo’s 2021 novel “Last Night at the Telegraph Club” swept the nation as one of the most beloved and important books of the year,...
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- Oct 4
- 2 min
"The First to Die at the End" | Reviewed by Jade Kresse
“The First to Die at the End,” by Adam Silvera, is an exciting rollercoaster of a novel—I loved it. The characters are entertaining and...
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- Oct 1
- 2 min
"The Codebreaker's Secret" | Reviewed by Pat Sainz
In Sara Ackerman’s book, ‘The Codebreaker’s Secret,” Isabel Cooper is a college graduate working in Hawaii, the only female codebreaker...
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- Sep 29
- 2 min
"Less is Lost" Reviewed by William Winkler
William Faulkner is reported to have once said about Ernest Hemingway, "He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to...
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