Tag Archives: New York Times
Ross Douthat on Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics
This week’s edition of Coffee & Markets features New York Times columnist Ross Douthat, author of Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics, and a discussion of American religion and its impact on public life. Listen here.
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Tagged Christianity in the United States, faith, New York Times, non-fiction, Religion, Ross Douthat
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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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New York Times on Toward You by Jim Krusoe
Following in my footsteps the NYT has a review of Toward You by Jim Krusoe. Sam Munson doesn’t care much for the parts of the story not in the narrator’s voice buy appreciates Krusoe’s talent and the voice of Bob: That voice is … Continue reading
100 Notable Books of 2010
Wow, I have read exactly two of the 100 Notable Books of 2010 as determined by the New York Times. Here are the two I have read: ANGELOLOGY. By Danielle Trussoni. (Viking, $27.95.) With a smitten art historian at her … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Danielle Trussoni, Fiction, New York Times, Olen Steinhauer
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Colm Toibin on To the End of the Land
This NYT Review of To the End of the Land by David Grossman makes me want to pick up the ARC I have in the TBR pile and start reading. But to be frank, I am not sure I have … Continue reading