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Book Review: Jesus Land
A harrowing memoir of racism, religion and dysfunction in a midwestern Christian family.
Read More »Book Review: Clapton’s Guitar Allen St. John
"Well you get a pile of really nice wood and a sharp whittling knife...carve away everything that isn't a guitar"
Read More »Steve Goodman Biography To Be Published
Steve Goodman: Face The Music: new biography of the man who wrote "City Of New Orleans"
Read More »Book Review: The Year of Magical Thinking
A writer uses her resources and talents to intimately detail and explore personal loss.
Read More »Book Review: Women Latin Poets – a Revolutionary Text
A distinguished feminist historian says there were 300 learned women up until 1700. Stevenson multiplies that figure by ten.
Read More »Book Review: Discovering Dorothea
If you come across information your subject would not have wanted known to posterity, what should you do with it?
Read More »Book Review: Time Was Soft There by Jeremy Mercer
Time Was Soft There leaves you feeling that you're not getting the complete picture.
Read More »Book Review: How to Talk to Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere – The Secrets of Good Communication
I know my flaws - one-on-one, face-to-face communication is one, so this paperback was very interesting...
Read More »A Lady of Quality Tells a Ghost Story
The figure stalked once round the table, and then disappeared through the closet door, pulling it after him.
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