18 Tuesday Dec 2012
Donna Tartt, author of The Secret History and The Little Friend, is one of the most talented (and elusive) novelists of our time. As she prepares to celebrate her birthday on December 23rd, read my tribute over at For Books’ Sake.
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21 Wednesday Nov 2012
Posted in Books, History, Non-Fiction
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Dana Frank, For Books' Sake, Haymarket Books, Labour History, Occupy Wall Street, Strke, The 1937 Woolworth's Sit-Down
The 1937 Woolworth’s Sit-Down: Women Strikers Occupy Chain Store, Win Big, a new pamphlet by Dana Frank, takes a fresh, feminist look at American labour history, with lessons for today’s Occupy movement. You can read my review at For Books’ Sake.
16 Friday Nov 2012
Posted in Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction
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Bury Me Standing, For Books' Sake, Gypsies, Isabel Fonseca, Little Gypsy, Louise Doughty, My 3 Favourite, Roma, Roxy Freeman, Stone Cradle, Travellers
Over at For Books’ Sake today, I examine three books that each take a very different look at the lives of Gypsies and Travellers.
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20 Thursday Sep 2012
My review of The Cutting Season, crime writer Attica Locke’s new novel, set on a former slave plantation in Louisiana, is posted today at For Books’ Sake.
02 Thursday Aug 2012
My review of M.G. Lord’s The Accidental Feminist: How Elizabeth Taylor Raised Our Consciousness (And We Were Too Distracted by Her Beauty to Notice) is published today at For Books’ Sake.
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