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Marjorie Kehe

10.15.08

National Book Award Finalists

Awards season is now in full swing. Last night from London came the news that Aravind Adiga had won the 2008 Booker Prize for his novel “The White Tiger.” Today in the US the nominees for the National Book Award were announced. (The winners will be named on November 19.)

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Today's book review

10.15.08

‘Amarcord: Marcella Remembers’

If your family enjoys a home-cooked “Italian night” at least once a week, you can probably thank Marcella Hazan. And if you are going to thank Hazan, be sure to thank her husband, too. (more…)

Assistant Books editor Kendra Nordin talks with Marcella Hazan.

Previous Reviews

10.14.08

Playing the Enemy

How rugby helped to unite South Africa.

10.13.08

‘Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency’

Dick Cheney became the most influential vice president in US history.

10.11.08

‘Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World’

How a stray kitten helped a Midwestern town through its darkest days.

10.10.08

‘The Forever War’

Chilling on-the-ground accounts of war in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

10.09.08

‘The Forsaken: An American Tragedy in Stalin’s Russia’

The tragic story of a group of Americans who sought a better life in 1930s Russia.

10.08.08

‘To Siberia’

A young girl dreams of Siberia and of skies that are "cold and clear."

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