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Autobiography and MemoirDecember 7, 2020
Roberto Lovato’s Journalism of the Soul
In his memoir Unforgetting, he shows how reportage that is rooted in personal biography and inner turmoil can unveil a more powerful kind of truth.
Kyle Paoletta
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CultureApril 30, 2020
A Hilarious Critique of Cosmopolitanism, Conceptual Art, and All Things Bourgeois
In María Sonia Cristoff’s Include Me Out, a member of the global elite leaves behind her life for small town anonymity.
Kyle Paoletta
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Books and IdeasMay 13, 2019
There Are Rasputins Everywhere You Look
A new book looks at a wide-ranging set of manipulative Rasputin-like figures in culture, sports, and politics to understand who chases power and why.
Kyle Paoletta
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Books and IdeasFebruary 11, 2019
A Style Guide for the 1 Percent
The new grammar and usage handbook by Benjamin Dreyer, Twitter’s premier grammarian, reinforces an elitist view of writing and language.
Kyle Paoletta
