Day: December 24, 2021
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So We Read On: How The Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why It Endures by Maureen Corrigan Review
Let me say right off that this is an amazing addition to the "Fitzgerald" and "Gatsby" canon. ...
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Zona: A Book About a Film About a Journey to a Room by Geoff Dyer Review
Dyer claims that a work of art that changes your DNA can only be experienced at a young age....
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Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell Review
This is his Orwell's first book, a captivating memoir where he experiences poverty and the homeless firsthand.
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Leonardo and the Last Supper by Ross King Review
Leonardo was not religious, and often detested many in the clergy; he thought they were hypocrites, but he seemed to accept the common beliefs...
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Detroit: An American Autopsy by Charlie LeDuff Review
In the title we see that LeDuff suggests Detroit is a dead city. It’s not dead....
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Image of Jesus in Literature and Nonfiction
The NY Times article “Is Fiction Losing it’s Faith,” reminded me of a class I took in college: “The Image of Jesus in Literature.”...
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Just Kids by Patti Smith Review
They saw a Bonnie and Clyde movie poster and Robert admired the tagline: “They’re young. They’re in Love. They rob banks.”...
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Boomerang: : Travels in the New Third World by Michael Lewis Review
In Michael Lewis’s book Boomerang: : Travels in the New Third World he captures the global financial insanity that gripped so many countries. ...