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Marjorie Kehe

08.21.08

What book got you hooked?

Do you remember your first love – literary, that is?

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Let me know about a good book you've read recently, or about the book that's currently on your bedside table. Why did you pick it up? Are you enjoying it?

Today's book review

08.21.08

The Wrecking Crew

In 2003, historian-journalist Thomas Frank moved from Kansas to the national capital. In 2004, he published a book about his home state, “What’s the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America.” (more…)

Previous Reviews

08.20.08

Ghost Train to the Eastern Star

Paul Theroux retraces his epic railway journey, 30 years later.

08.19.08

What happened to Anna K.

A modern take on a tragic romance.

Yvonne Zipp talks with author Irina Reyn.

08.18.08

The Underneath

A mystical tale even adults will love.

08.16.08

White Heat

The deep and distant friendship of Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson.

08.15.08

The Wild Places

Nature writer Robert Macfarlane takes a modern trek through Britain’s changing lands.

Todd Wilkinson talks with author Robert Macfarlane.

Todd Wilkinson

08.14.08

Dry Storeroom No. 1

The untold stories of London’s Natural History Museum.

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