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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Too Beautiful for Words
Monique W. Morris, 2001 “A few years ago a rhyme came out that started out with this man talkin’ about how in most countries, jail is where they send their failures, but out here, it’s America that’s failed. I made … Continue reading
Mumbo Jumbo
Ishmael Reed, 1972 This felt like a great short story idea that became over-bloated with extraneous tangents. Reed is clearly a very smart and well-educated author with a lot to say about culture and race, but this reader felt that … Continue reading
Playing the Enemy
John Carlin, 2008 I’ll admit that after having watched Invictus I didn’t feel the drive to read the story that inspired the movie. Despite many of the over-the-top cheesy Disneyesque feel-good sports moments dramatically overplayed in the movie, Invictus was … Continue reading
The Emperor of All Maladies
A Biography of Cancer Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010 This broadly encompassing masterful work illuminates with insight and inspiration a dark subject matter that has certainly touched us all: cancer. Truly the emperor of all maladies, cancer is a frightening diagnosis. With … Continue reading
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