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Mar 29, 2002

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Folk icon Nanci Griffith is a gifted songwriter, an insightful interpreter, and a wonderful performer. But is she really so talented that an...

Feb 1, 2005

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An old Marxist maxim holds that a capitalist will sell the rope with which to hang him. Baffler guru Thomas Frank has argued, however, that...

Nov 23, 2005

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Who knew that Alan Alda had such a strange upbringing? Only Alda, apparently.

May 31, 2005

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Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro

Like his brilliant Booker Prize winner The Remains Of The Day, Kazuo Ishiguro's new novel Never Let Me Go is at heart about missed...

Mar 29, 2002

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Neverwhere
Neil Gaiman

Richard Mayhew, Neil Gaiman's cleverly conceived hero in Neverwhere, is everyone's idea of a dull, milquetoast Englishman. He has a...

Aug 16, 2007

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New England White
Stephen L. Carter

A a sophomore mystery novel from a Yale law professor wraps a whodunit in East Coast privilege and the African-American upper class.

Mar 29, 2002

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New York September 11

Even assuming the creators were only motivated by pure journalistic zeal and artistic fervor, the recent deluge of Sept. 11 books can be a bit...

Mar 29, 2002

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Newjack
Ted Conover

Despite any number of exposés, articles, and essays, American prisons remain mysterious places. Many stories that reach the public have an...

Dec 28, 2006

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Michael Crichton

Michael Crichton read a lot of articles about genetic engineering before writing this book. But that doesn't make it a novel.

Mar 29, 2002

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Thirty years ago, grad student Roger Fouts took on the task of teaching a chimpanzee to use American Sign Language, an assignment he considered...

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