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‘Forsaken Country’ by Allen Eskens. Mulholland, 304 pages, $28 Redemption has been a recurring theme in crime fiction since the genre was created. Allen Eskens exquisitely tackles this motif in “Forsaken Country,” his fourth novel about former Minneapolis homicide detective Max Rupert. More than three years ago, Max gave up his career as a respected …
House of the Dragon‘s latest episode, “The Princess and the Queen,” featured a shocking, fiery death. It featured multiple, but where one solved a long-standing Game of Thrones mystery, the other went a bit different than what the books relayed. House of the Dragon is based on George RR Martin’s novel Fire & Blood, which …
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Bill Bryson has come out of retirement to write a new book about Christmas traditions. The Secret History of Christmas is a novella-length audiobook, which will be released by Audible in November as an Audible Original. In it, Bryson – who also narrates – will explore the stories behind Christmas traditions and topics including mince …
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When we connect by phone for this interview, New York-based writer Hua Hsu is visiting his parents in the San Francisco Bay Area. He’s in his childhood bedroom, which is still filled with items from his past, such as band posters that date back to the 1990s. He’s looking at a stack of old rave …
The release of the film “Moonage Daydream,” which takes an innovative approach to chronicle the creative evolution of music icon David Bowie, could not be timelier for Cal State Fullerton musicology professor Katherine Reed. The two-hour, 14-minute documentary is reaping overwhelmingly positive reviews and is described by Rotten Tomatoes as a “cinematic odyssey” exploring Bowie’s …
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A candid approach. Kelly Ripa did not hold back about her personal or professional life in her new book, Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories. Before the memoir hit shelves on Tuesday, September 27, the actress opened up about the challenges of joining a live talk show. “I want people to understand that joining Live, from …
Hesitant to check out Vampire Academy on Peacock, book lovers? Been burned before? Never fear, Julie Plec is here! The shapes The Vampire Diaries showrunner teamed up with Marguerite MacIntyre, who played Sheriff Forbes on TVD and was a staff writer on The Originals, to adapt Richelle Mead’s novel series for Peacock. But even though …
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Lisa McNair will be at the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Civil Rights Memorial Center at 6 pm for a book reading and panel discussion. Doors open at 5 pm and there is no cost of admission. Books will be on sale at the memorial. Denise McNair was one of four Black girls killed by members …
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Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) questions Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young during a House Committee on the Budget hearing in March. (Photo by Rod Lamkey – Pool/Getty Images) Getty Images The campaign for Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) has placed advertisements directing supporters to buy her new memoir from retailers, an arrangement that may …
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Textbook and Instructional Materials Quality Commission is tasked with providing guidance on a new state law on age-appropriate materials in school libraries. The panel’s chair says limited staffing is making their task more difficult. Tennessee’s textbook commission may need additional staff and its own attorney to deal with the aftermath of a new, controversial state …
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