Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Book Reviews—Books by Jennifer Egan, Katherine Faw (2), Willy Vlautin, and William Boyle—and the Holocaust Card.

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Amici: Reviews, not necessarily in the order I read them, and certainly not in any other order. I enjoyed them all, except for one, and even...
Sunday, February 18, 2018

Book Reviews … Bad Samaritan (Dana King), Jack Waters (Scott Adlerberg), Nothing Ever Dies (Viet Thanh Nguyen).

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Amici: A set of long overdue reviews ... Bad Samaritan , Dana King … Right in time for the #MeToo movement, this brilliant Nick Forte ...
Thursday, December 14, 2017

It's Bill Crider day ...

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Amici: Bill Crider has been an incredible force of energy for writers everywhere, including those of us condemned to the minor leagues. ...
Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Ken Burns Vietnam … Book Reviews … Hillary’s Perpetual Blame Game … Angelina Jolie’s Gem … President Bozo …

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Amici: Ken Burns Vietnam … I watched the first episode and was hooked. I had assumed I knew most of what went on before, during, and s...
Monday, August 7, 2017

A review of Netflix's Last Chance U … Pay to play college football. Is it time to reverse who pays and for what?

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Amici: This is perhaps the longest post in TK history: a review of the Netflix series, Last Chance U , and a list of questions to conside...
Thursday, July 6, 2017

Book Reviews: The Road to Matewan by William Trent Pancoast and Chango’s Beads and Two-Tone Shoes by William Kennedy … Movie Review: Nate Parker’s Birth of a Nation … Keep it in perspective, please.

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Amici: The Road to Matewan by William Trent Pancoast … imagine communities living the pastoral life, in tune with their environment a...
Saturday, June 3, 2017

Book reviews: Craig McDonald’s The Running Kind … Joseph Haske’s North Dixie Highway … Politics: The AfterBern …

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Amici: The Running Kind by Craig McDonald … crime novelist Hector Lassiter is reunited with an old mate from prior adventures in the La...