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Review | How Griffin Dunne’s fairy-tale upbringing unraveled
Washington Post· 3 days agoGriffin Dunne’s new book, “The Friday Afternoon Club,” opens with a terrifying scene: Dunne’s...
Review | Four books to read for Pride Month
Washington Post· 6 days agoIt’s summer, it’s Pride Month, and there are more good books to choose from than there are sequins at a drag race. Miranda July’s “All Fours,” out last...
Book Review: ‘Miss May Does Not Exist’ is an engaging study of enigmatic Hollywood figure Elaine May
Associated Press· 4 days agoGroundbreaking comedian, writer and filmmaker Elaine May charted her own fearlessly original path in Hollywood and the theater world over the decades. Shunning the spotlight and reluctant to ...
Book Review: 'Swole' explores what masculinity could be in a hyperconnected, TikTok-imaged world
The News-Times· 2 days agoAuthor Michael Brodeur takes the gym too seriously, and not seriously at all at the same time, in his book “Swole: The Making of Men and the Meaning of Muscles” in an effort ...
Naomi Klein and V. V. Ganeshananthan win Women's Prize literary awards
Euronews via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoKlein thanked the prize for “not shying away from controversy” and continues to back calls for book...
Book Review: Katie Ledecky dishes on what makes an Olympic legend in ‘Just Add Water’ - WTOP News
WTOP Washington· 4 days agoThis is the story that forms the basis of Ledecky’s memoir, “Just Add Water: My Swimming Life.” Fifteen years old and in London, Ledecky became the youngest athlete ever to win the women’s 800-meter freestyle at the Olympics.
Ron Kovic releases new book; talks past, present, personal and national
Easy Reader· 17 hours agoA story of a man who has fought to live, mentally and physically, Ron Kovic’s newly-published third ...
Book Reviews: The Demon of Unrest: Erik Larson
The Valdosta Daily Times· 7 days agoErik Larson writes narrative history. The book chronicles the developments and the people involved leading to the early 1861 siege of Fort Sumter in...
Award-winning Author Mark D. Walker Announces Bestseller Status For His New Travel E-Book, The...
Digital Journal· 2 days agoHis reviews can also be found on the Midwest Review Book Shelf, GoodReads and his website. "Hugs not Walls, Returning the Children" was ...
Book Review: Truth and Consequences for Medical Whistleblowers | naked capitalism
Naked Capitalism· 4 days agoIn “The Occasional Human Sacrifice,” Carl Elliott notes that those who expose medical wrongdoings are hardly heroes.
