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09 Dec

‘Night Watch’ — Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novel by Jayne Anne Phillips

December 9, 2025
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"Night Watch" by Jayne Anne Phillips is a compelling work of historical fiction that offers a deep, often harrowing, look at the afterm...

26 Sep

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In ‘Born Lucky,’ Leland Vittert Recalls Growing from an Autistic Child into an Accomplished Globetrotting Journalist

October 2, 2025
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Leland Vittert, known to many as a poised, globetrotting journalist and nightly news anchor, strips away his professional facade in his...

24 Sep

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‘Defiant’ by Christina Bobb Examines the Left’s Use of Lawfare to Hold Onto Power

September 24, 2025
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Christina Bobb's Defiant offers a firsthand account of the legal challenges and political landscape following the 2020 presidential ele...

22 Sep

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Actor Charlie Sheen Comes Clean in His Rambling Memoir ‘The Book of Sheen’

September 22, 2025
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When I turned on Rob Schmitt on Newsmax TV on a recent Friday, I was a little surprised to see a getaway to commercials noting that the...

11 Sep

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In ‘Disenlightenment,’ Playwright David Mamet Sheds a Classical Light on Today’s Cultural-Political Rift

September 22, 2025
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One would suspect -- at least I would -- that a playwright with a working-class upbringing in Chicago as a person of Jewish faith (not ...

10 Sep

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‘Typewriter Beach’: A Sun-Drenched Escape with a Writer’s Heart

September 10, 2025
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Meg Waite Clayton's Typewriter Beach is more than just a summer novel; it’s a heartfelt exploration of creativity, second chances, and ...

08 Sep

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‘Trust’ by Hernan Diaz Captures a Pulitzer Prize for Literature with Its Four Nested Novels Inside

September 11, 2025
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Trust is a 2022 novel by Hernan Díaz, published by Riverhead Books and later co-recipient of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction—markin...

08 Sep

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What Critics and Readers Are Saying about ‘Broken Country’ by Clare Leslie Hall

September 8, 2025
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What Reviewers Are Saying: Glowing Praise & Highlights People magazine describes the novel as “layered and lyrical,” laudin...

08 Sep

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Danielle Steele’s ‘For Richer For Poorer’ Explores the Importance of Love and Resilience in the Face of Adversity

September 8, 2025
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For Richer, For Poorer by Danielle Steel is a contemporary romance novel that explores themes of love, loss, wealth, and the complexiti...