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Sunday, March 30, 2008

The Prophet

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This review appeared today in the Houston Chronicle : SONG YET SUNG By James McBride Riverhead, 368 pp., $25.95 This a novel in which pe...
Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Words Fail Me

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Damn the New York Times! They just made my work harder.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Lies, Damn Lies, and Politics

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I don't get it. Less than a week after Barack Obama's candid speech about race, both Hillary Clinton and John McCain have been caugh...
Monday, March 24, 2008

Speak the Speech, I Pray Thee...

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Interesting. According to this quiz, I'm from the Northeast. What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Northeast Judging by h...
Saturday, March 22, 2008

Words of Wisdom

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"Immediate rest is the best remedy for a bad idea insisting to be blogged." -- James Wolcott

What I Meant to Say Was ...

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I was doing some research online this week... Okay, I was Googling my own name. Like you haven't done that. Anyway, I ran across some qu...
Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Murder Most French

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The following review ran today in the San Francisco Chronicle : MURDER IN THE RUE DE PARADIS By Cara Black Soho , 312 pp. $24 Cara...
Tuesday, March 18, 2008

The Thin Line

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Obama's comments today about his respect for the Rev. Wright and love of his own white grandmother, despite their racial attitudes, remi...

The Speech

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Does anything else really need to be said?
Monday, March 17, 2008

Oops

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Why is it that newspapers are better edited than books? No, seriously. As a reviewer, I’m constantly startled by the typos, misspellings, ...