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The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
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Messenger: The Legacy of Mattie J.T. Stepanek and Heartsongs by Jeni Stepanek
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Movie Review: Pirate Radio
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My Prison, My Home: One Woman’s Story of Captivity in Iran by Haleh Esfandiari
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Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
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Under the Dome by Stephen King
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Movie Review: The Men Who Stare at Goats
April 13, 2025Imagine a world in which the military trains soldiers not to kill enemies of the state,...
Death
Cranioklepty: Grave Robbing and the Search for Genius by Colin Dickey
April 13, 2025The 19th century science known as phrenology — which posited that the human skull conforms to...
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The Scarpetta Factor by Patricia Cornwell
April 12, 2025She’s developed an enjoyable way of beginning novels in the middle of a story, letting her...
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Brian Jungen: Strange Comfort at The National Museum of the American Indian
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In My Father’s Shadow by Chris Welles Feder
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Empire of Liberty A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815 by Gordon S. Wood
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Movie Review: The Maid
April 11, 2025It’s in this last third of the film that Catalina Saavedra’s performance as Raquel carries the...
Performing Arts
Nicole Atkins: Femme Noir
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Movie Review: Amelia
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Vanessa and Virginia by Susan Sellers
April 11, 2025As a cultural, literary, and historical icon, Virginia Woolf was celebrated by contemporaries and has continued...
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Movie Review: Paranormal Activity
April 10, 2025The film falls short by arranging a regrettably thin layer of spooky occurrences beneath a thicker...
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May 15, 2026In No Man’s Dog Jon Jackson weaves a curious juxtaposition between his long-time hero “Fang” Mulheisen,...
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