“A decade after ‘The Case for Reparations,’ he is ready to take on Israel, Palestine, and the American media.”
Books
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The Nazi of Oak Park
“It was a stunning revelation: A respected high school custodian had been a concentration camp guard. This excerpt of a new book examines how the disclosure of a dark secret in the early ’80s divided a suburb.”
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Against Rereading
“For those who do not reread, a book is like a little life. When it ends, it dies—or it lives on, imperfectly and embellished, in your memories.”
Posted inCuration
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Featuring stories by Willa Köerner, Robyn Ross, Ariel Sabar, Julian Lucas, and Dan Moore.
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An Intoxicating 500-Year-Old Mystery
“The Voynich Manuscript has long baffled scholars—and attracted cranks and conspiracy theorists. Now a prominent medievalist is taking a new approach to unlocking its secrets.”
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Disposable Heroes
“Christine Blasey Ford’s memoir captures the hazards of ‘coming forward.’”
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Shhhh. The Silver Lake Reading Club Has Started
“Begun on the premise that book clubs were too restrictive and too chardonnay-focused, they wanted to provide a space where there was no assigned reading and everyone was welcome.”
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Safety Net
These days, when you work as a librarian in America, there is no lack of emergencies.
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Tasting Indian Creek
“We let the sauce simmer until it is thick. The apparition of my grandmother lingers awhile before it disappears.”
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Days of the Jackal
How Andrew Wylie turned serious literature into big business.