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    A curious word comes to mind in describing Margaret Atwood’s new novel Hag-Seed.

    That word is effective.

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    The oevre of Charles Bukowski, American cult poet of the latter half of the 20th century, is something akin to an Antarctic ice sheet that mysteriously keeps growing while you would expect it to me

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    “for anyone with a true interest in Star Wars, Ian Doescher’s adaptation is a treat.”

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    “Mphanza’s poetry is for sure African; it is also international, speaking to all continents and peoples. Good poetry transcends geographical borders.”

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    New York Times arts journalist Eric Grode’s The Book of Broadway is a lavishly illustrated coffee-table book with capsule histories of each show.

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    “To this latest book (a collection of good-sized pieces for The New York Review of Books and quite a few, well, bad-sized ones, little nuggets he wrote as speeches or trib

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    “As a suicide attempt survivor, I found this book most enlightening.”

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    "Perhaps Mr. Klein can get paid for this book in goods with an excellent reputation for traditional value . . . like goats."

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    When reading the other reviews of Barnett’s Human Hours, one begins to wonder if the reviewers actually read it.

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     Author John Caird is an impressively credentialed theater man.

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    “Walton has a knack for presenting unexpected and very human glimpses of both historical and fictional figures, and her delight with the city of Florence may inspire many to visit.”

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    The Dream of Perpetual Motion is a steampunk fairytale set in an alternative twentieth century.

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    The genre of epic fantasy fiction is filled with characters called Zorg and Byorg and places with names like Narnia and Ambrosia and Farsala and Tigana—all of which can be quite daunting when start

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    “Colorful” is the first word that springs to mind with authors Frank M. Ahearn and Eileen C.

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    The topic is intriguing: a young woman is trapped in Paris during the Nazi occupation. The publicity blurbs promise everything: youth, war, sex, and intrigue.

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    Primates is a single-season sensation that does little more than titillate.”

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    “It’s a foregone conclusion that adults picking up The Golden Tresses of the Dead are sneakily opening up the book on their own, under the covers at night.”

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    “Interesting, intriguing, and informative, Fools and Mortals is highly recommended.”

    Interesting, Intriguing, Informative

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    “I was born into the century in which novels lost their stories . . .”

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