Banned Books: ‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings’

19 Thursday Apr 2012

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American Literature, Autobiography, Banned Books, For Books' Sake, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou

I consider the enduring appeal – and surrounding controversy – of I Know What the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou‘s 1969 memoir of her childhood in the Deep South of America, over at For Books’ Sake

Enchantments

29 Thursday Mar 2012

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Enchantments, For Books' Sake, Historical Fiction, Kathryn Harrison, Rasputin, Romanovs, Russia

My review of Enchantments, Kathryn Harrison’s novel about the fall of the Russian royal family, is published today at For Books’ Sake.

The House on Paradise Street

06 Tuesday Mar 2012

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Athens, For Books' Sake, Greece, Sofka Zinovieff, The House on Paradise Street

The House on Paradise Street is a wonderful new novel by Sofka Zinovieff, looking at love, politics and war in Greece, past and present, through the contrasting viewpoints of two women from the same Athenian family. You can read my review at For Books’ Sake.