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Book Report — The Correspondents; No One Belongs Here More Than You

October 8, 2024 Dan Seeger

Featuring: a stirring history of women journalists during World War II and a collection of precise short stories. Continue reading Book Report — The Correspondents; No One Belongs Here More Than You

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Book Report — Voting Day; Miss May Does Not Exist

July 24, 2024 Dan Seeger

Featuring: A moving novel from Clare O’Dea and a snappingly great biography by Carrie Courogen. Continue reading Book Report — Voting Day; Miss May Does Not Exist

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Outside Reading — Kidnapped edition

July 20, 2024July 20, 2024 Dan Seeger

This week featuring articles by Taffy Brodesser-Akner and Casey Niccoli. Continue reading Outside Reading — Kidnapped edition

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Book Report — Swamplandia!; Thirteen Days in September

July 2, 2024July 22, 2024 Dan Seeger

Featuring: A colorful family saga imagined up by Karen Russell and deeply impressive historical reporting by Lawrence Wright. Continue reading Book Report — Swamplandia!; Thirteen Days in September

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Book Report — Sex Object: A Memoir; A Rift in the Earth: Art, Memory, and the Fight for a Vietnam War Memorial

April 3, 2024April 3, 2024 Dan Seeger

Featuring: A messy memoir from Jessica Valenti, and a powerful history lesson from James Reston, Jr. Continue reading Book Report — Sex Object: A Memoir; A Rift in the Earth: Art, Memory, and the Fight for a Vietnam War Memorial

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Book Report — A Life of Barbara Stanwyck: Steel-True 1907-1940; The Phoenix and the Mirror

March 13, 2024 Dan Seeger

A Life of Barbara Stanwyck: Steel-True 1907-1940 by Victoria Wilson Nonfiction, 2013 She had so many dogs that she had to take up carpets and get rid of various chairs. A visitor walked into her house, looked around at the … Continue reading Book Report — A Life of Barbara Stanwyck: Steel-True 1907-1940; The Phoenix and the Mirror

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Book Report — Bel Canto; Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever

February 1, 2024 Dan Seeger

Bel Canto by Ann Patchett Fiction, 2001 There were deep white bathtubs with an endless supply of hot water pouring out of the curved spigots. There were stacks of soft white towels and pillows and blankets trimmed in satin and … Continue reading Book Report — Bel Canto; Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever

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Outside Reading — The Spinning Spinner Rack edition

December 16, 2023 Dan Seeger

Comics aren’t dying, but they are changing – and that’s got people scared by Heidi MacDonald There are no kerfuffles quite as tedious and toxic as those that churn up around the culture of comic books, at least when they … Continue reading Outside Reading — The Spinning Spinner Rack edition

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Book Report — The Stone Sky; Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

November 29, 2023December 18, 2023 Dan Seeger

The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin Fiction, 2017 But there are none so frightened, or so strange in their fear, as conquerors. They conjure phantoms endlessly, terrified that their victims will someday do back what was done to them—even if, … Continue reading Book Report — The Stone Sky; Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

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Book Report — Independent People; Ten Steps to Nanette

October 4, 2023 Dan Seeger

Independent People by Halldór Laxness (translated from the Icelandic by J.A. Thompson) Fiction, 1934 and 1935 There are few things that fill the soul of man with greater disappointment than to wake up when everyone else is asleep, especially if it … Continue reading Book Report — Independent People; Ten Steps to Nanette

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