Grace Lichtenstein

Richard Goldstein on the Front Lines With Janis Joplin, Andy Warhol, Abby Hoffman and More
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Richard Goldstein on the Front Lines With Janis Joplin, Andy Warhol, Abby Hoffman and More

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 / 22 May 2015
Richard Goldstein's journey is a closely observed, fervently lived “I was there” account of the music, the politics, the sex, the drugs, and the poetry in rock lyrics.
Novelist Richard Price Doesn’t Need a Pseudonym
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Novelist Richard Price Doesn’t Need a Pseudonym

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 / 5 May 2015

The language and dialogue in Richard White’s latest novel, The Whites, gives away his identity, and that’s a good thing.

Erik Larson’s Latest Is a Gripping Tale of a Sinking Luxury Ship Not Named Titanic
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Erik Larson’s Latest Is a Gripping Tale of a Sinking Luxury Ship Not Named Titanic

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 / 24 March 2015
Larson's description of the torpedoing of the Lusitania churns like an angry sea, full of detail gleaned from memoirs and letters of survivors and rescuers.
What if an Astronaut Was Stranded on Mars?
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What if an Astronaut Was Stranded on Mars?

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 / 7 May 2014
Andy Weir's sci-fi novel is a rocket ride of page-turning suspense and survival -- it's Gravity meets the red planet.
Must One Wear Out Nine Pairs of Shoes in Order to Truly Appreciate New York?
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Must One Wear Out Nine Pairs of Shoes in Order to Truly Appreciate New York?

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 / 10 February 2014
Sociologist William B. Helmreich tramps through every neighborhood on foot to record New York City's density and diversity for The New York Nobody Knows.
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How Amazon Became the Behemoth of the E-Commerce Jungle

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 / 2 December 2013
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Roughneck Literature Queen of Prairie and Sagebrush ‘The Selected Letters of Willa Cather’

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 / 10 July 2013
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Nukes! Violence! Commies! ‘The Noir Forties’

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 / 20 March 2013
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The Marriage of Art and Commerce: ‘360 Sound: The Columbia Records Story’

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 / 3 January 2013
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Listening to Bach, Hearing the World: Paul Elie’s ‘Reinventing Bach’

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 / 20 November 2012
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She’s Still Unusual: ‘Cyndi Lauper: A Memoir’

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 / 30 October 2012