By Art Edwards, LA Review of Books I USED TO THINK novels contained immensities, which came from reading the great works during my college years and the resulting expansion of my mind. I assumed the novels themselves contained huge portions of the world. It took decades for me to understand that novels did not contain the […]
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For The ‘Nickel Boys,’ Life Isn’t Worth 5 Cents | NPR
Michael Schaub, NPR [dropcap]The[/dropcap] long string of horrors that took place at the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys wasn’t a secret, but it might as well have been. Former students of the Florida reform school had spoken out for years about the brutal beatings that they endured at the hands of sadistic employees, but […]
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Oprah’s book club pick: ‘The Underground Railroad,’ by Colson Whitehead
Nobody could wait for Colson Whitehead’s new book — including Oprah, so here it is, a month early.
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