Twice a year, America publishes special literary issues devoted in their entirety to the world of literature. In Fall Books 2020, a variety of authors and genres are explored, from fiction to poetry to biography and more.
Literature
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The must-read novel for quarantine and social distancing is about a 17th-century plague
Published in 2002, ‘Year of Wonders’ is set in a 17th-century English plague town.
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Review: Gentrifying tragedy on intellectual whim
Terry Eagleton’s new book on tragedy can be a difficult read.
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Review: A Bronx tale
John D. Feerick’s memoir engages important chapters in American urban, intellectual and legal history.
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Review: Flannery O’Connor meets Quentin Tarantino in Netflix’s ‘The Devil All the Time’
“The Devil All the Time” is a story of fathers and sons, serial killers, religious frauds and fundamentalist lunatics.
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Review: ‘Personal History of David Copperfield’ takes a micro approach to a classic
“Copperfield” on the page or on the screen is a moral fable, the story of a boy growing into a moral man
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Review: A meditation on dementia and loss
Drawing on her years as a Baptist minister and nursing home chaplain, Lynn Casteel Harper asks the reader to reconsider much of the stigma—and terminology—that we place on people diagnosed with dementia.
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Review: A book that will challenge your views about affirmative action
In his new book, Melvin Urofsky, an emeritus professor of history at Virginia Commonwealth University and the author of numerous books, details the critical issues around affirmative action in the United States.
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Review: A military veteran’s critical (and empathetic) account of the War on Terror
Erik Edstrom, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, tries to explain what our recent wars have meant to the people of Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Bud Selig, baseball and leading with integrity
The behind-the-scenes story of Bud Selig’s tenure as commissioner of Major League Baseball.