The Guardian has posted its third excerpt from Anna Politkovskaya's forthcoming book A Russian Diary (to be published May 22). Politkovskaya was a crusading Russian investigative journalist who was gunned down on the stairs of her Moscow apartment building in October 2006. Today, radio stations around the world are broadcasting her reports from Chechnya to … Continue reading Inside the Dragon’s Lair
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The End is Just Beginning
Joshua Ferris' new book Then We Came to the End got a great review in the New York Times Book Review this weekend. It's a rave; they call the book "expansive, great-hearted and acidly funny." The NYTRB also posted the book's first chapter online.There's also a posting at Gawker.com in which Ferris takes a swipe … Continue reading The End is Just Beginning
Saint Who?
In honor of teatotalers and abstainers everywhere, I post this link to NPR's interview with Michael Lerner, author of Dry Manhattan, a history of the dark impulses behind Prohibition in New York City. Turns out, it wasn't just a move against alcohol.And in the interest of balance, I'll point out two titles on our shelves: … Continue reading Saint Who?
Musings from Magers and Quinn 