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Marjorie Kehe

08.28.08

That vampire book

I haven’t read it myself so I don’t have an opinion. But it’s been very interesting to take note some of the commentary on “Breaking Dawn,” the recently released finale of the Twilight series, the light-on-sex-and-violence four-book vampire series penned by stay-at-home Mormon mom Stephenie Meyer.

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Today's book review

08.28.08

The Girl From Foreign

When the author of this exquisite memoir arrives in India to begin her year as a Fulbright Scholar at the Film and TV Institute of India, an officious guard refuses her entrance. Her name is “not on the list.” (more…)

Previous Reviews

08.27.08

Why We Watched

A historian examines the mental landscape that allowed the Holocaust to happen.

08.26.08

We Are Soldiers Still

Former foes from the Vietnam War meet in the middle, 30 years later.

Brad Knickerbocker talks with Harold Moore and Joseph Galloway

08.25.08

City of Refuge

A new novel offers an impassioned take on life in New Orleans in the wake of Katrina.

08.23.08

The Black Tower

A mystery about a lost king and the real-life convict who became the world's first modern detective.

08.22.08

Giordano Bruno: Philosopher/Heretic

Giordano Bruno was a philosopher before his time.

08.21.08

The Wrecking Crew

Thomas Frank takes on the capitol and a legacy of government as business.

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