National Public Radio’s All Things Considered has a review of Marcus Sakey’s The Blade Itself.
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Dirty Books
The Washington Post has a review of Elisabeth Ladenson’s Dirt for Art’s Sake: Books on Trial from Madame Bovary to Lolita.
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Tagged book review, censorship, elisabeth ladenson, washington post
Number9Dream by David Mitchell
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Recommended.
Posted in Read in 2007
Tagged david mitchell, random house, recommended, uk
Mao Now
The Wilson Quarterly has an article by Ross Terrill, author of Mao: A Biography, on the willingness of modern Chinese to embrace Mao the cultural icon and forget Mao the totalitarian.
Posted in Reading
Tagged biography, china, history, mao zedong, ross terrill, wilson quarterly
Spheres of Influence
This year’s Taipei Book Fair focuses on Russian literature and culture.
Posted in Reading
Tagged culture, literature, russia, taiwan
The Play's the Thing
The New York Times has an article explaining the sudden popularity of Isaiah Berlin’s Russian Thinkers in New York.
Posted in Reading
Tagged isaiah berlin, new york, new york times, russia, theater
The Threat Against Pamuk
The man who confessed to inciting the murder of journalist Hrant Dink shouted a threat against Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk on the way into court.
Posted in Reading
Tagged guardian, hrant dink, orhan pamuk, turkey
On the Inside
National Public Radio’s Weekend Edition has an interview with Jane Poynter about her book The Human Experiment: Two Years and Twenty Minutes inside Biosphere Two.
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Tagged interview, jane poynter, npr