Literature
New book offers no optimism for a free Puerto Rico
November 12, 2015Nelson A. Denis looks not at earlier colonial history, but rather measures taken to subdue Nationalists before and after their 1950 uprising.
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“Moby-Dick”: Melville’s masterpiece gets an operatic treatment
November 2, 2015Although it has some fishy alterations, this is a mind-blowing production.
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“Getting Back”: Is revenge enough?
October 16, 2015Sinclair dedicates her book "to those who have been bullied, whether the blows arrived by fists or with words."
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“Lincoln for Beginners”: illustrated biography of a gradualist radical
September 8, 2015Whole libraries are dedicated to the study of Lincoln; Buhle's synopsis, reflecting all the warts and charm of his subject, might a good place to begin.
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Today in history: Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling turns 50
July 31, 2015She's best known as the author of Harry Potter, which has achieved worldwide reknown, won multiple awards, and sold more than 400 million copies.
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