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WFB Bio, James Madison & Post-Harry Potter
Terry Teachout finds the most recent William F. Buckley bio (Buckley: William F. Buckley Jr. and the Rise of American Conservatism) disappointing: Sure enough, Buckley is as fair-minded a study of its subject’s career as you could possibly expect from a contributor to The … Continue reading
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Tagged A.J. Hartley, conservatism, Eloisa James, James Madison, Richard Brookhiser, Terry Teachout, William F. Buckley
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Tarnishing an Icon: the perils of biogrpahy
Jeff Pearlman‘s biography of Walter Payton has stirred some controversy. Shocking, I know, in this culture of celebrity and shock marketing. But I also thinks it raises some interesting questions. Do we really want to know the history of iconic figures? In … Continue reading
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Tagged biography, Football, Jeff Pearlman, National Football League, non-fiction, Peter King, sports, Sports Illustrated, Sweetness, Walter Payton
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Rebecca Stead on Young Adult Lit and Unanswerable Questions
From an interview at Novel Novice, the author of a book I really need to make time to read (When You Reach Me), Rebecca Stead offers this answer to the question “What is the most rewarding thing about writing middle grade/YA … Continue reading
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Moby-Dick, Cain and Joan of Arc in the New York Times
Three iconic figures and three books I want to read covered in the New York Times: Kathryn Harrison reviews Nathaniel Philbrick’s recently released Why Read Moby-Dick? Philbrick, whose “In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex” recounted the real-life … Continue reading
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Tagged Cain, Fiction, Joan of Arc, Kathryn Harrison, Moby-Dick, Nathaniel Philbrick, New York Times, non-fiction, Robert Pinsky
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