A Regime Party Portrayed: The Weissensee Saga
A discussion of the German TV series Weissensee and what it can tell us about this moment in the U.S. today.
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Rural Lives, Rural Voices
Thoughts on the YA short story collection Rural Voices and depictions of rural life in the U.S. and elsewhere.
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Not the Minor Leagues
Some extra love for small presses in light of PRH’s purchase of Simon & Schuster and the consolidation of the Big 5 into the Big 4.
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Ice Cream Wars
An update on my favorite ice cream shops in the East Village and Lower East Side of NYC and how they’ve fared in the pandemic.
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A Graphic Novel for the Armchair Traveler
A review of a graphic novel/memoir about a South Korean university student’s introduction to resistance against her country’s dictatorship in 1983.
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Winner, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature, 2023!
