A harrowing memoir of racism, religion and dysfunction in a midwestern Christian family.
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The Passing of a Musician
Foregoing comment on John Lennon's death to mark the passing of a largely unheralded musician from a person's formative years.
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A film novelization showing the different qualities inherent in the written word and the visual form.
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A writer uses her resources and talents to intimately detail and explore personal loss.
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This debut novel's unique voice compellingly tells the story of young African boy pressed into soldierhood in a civil war.
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A wonderfully written exposition on and exploration of the primal experience of hunger.
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The GOP has put a hold on a Senate resolution honoring Bruce Springsteen and "Born to Run."
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A three-episode collection that provides insight into John Lennon and Yoko Ono and their role and life in the early 1970s.
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A satirical look at recent events through the eyes of Bushistotle, the ruler of Athens and history's greatest philosopher-warrior-king.
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Profile of 1950s recordings by saxophone great Sonny Rollins shows a budget-priced compilation CD need not be meaningless.
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