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Tag: New York Times Book Review
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Michael Kinsley’s takedown of Double Down is a plea for plain English
You might like the juicy new account of the 2012 presidential campaign if you can cut through its chasmal noisesomeness.
Posted inArts & Culture
The story of the diary of Anne Frank
Rinne Groff’s Compulsion tells the tale of a writer whose evangelical zeal for Anne Frank turned to bitter infatuation.
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Rachel Shteir—cat’s-paw of New York’s cunning plot to make the world despise us?
More thoughts on the DePaul professor and her essay on Chicago
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Not quite Detroit—Chicago as described by a New York Times book critic
Rachel Shteir’s review of three Chicago books is a little over the top.
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On Robert Caro, LBJ, Clinton, editors, and deadlines
I have a personal reason for appreciating Robert Caro
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Never mind Rome in 1960–how about Saint Louis in 1904?
The Olympics as propaganda: Does that actually work?