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Author: Kevin Holtsberry

I work in communications and public affairs. I try to squeeze in as much reading as I can while still spending time with my wife and two kids (and cheering on the Pittsburgh Steelers and Michigan Wolverines during football season).
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Death Is Not the End by Ian Rankin

Posted on August 16, 2004 by Kevin Holtsberry

How much credence do you give to a dust jacket description of a book? Allow me to quote the cover flap description from Death Is Not the End: For readers unfami...

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Me Elsewhere

Posted on August 16, 2004 by Kevin Holtsberry

Lest readers of this blog think I am simply a book geek, let me assure you I am a geek in a whole range of subjects. When I am not sitting at home reading books...

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Say it ain't so C-Span!

Posted on August 11, 2004 by Kevin Holtsberry

I am very sad this morning as I just found out C-Span is canceling Booknotes: In announcing the cancellation of “Booknotes” — C-SPAN’s p...

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Just how gay is "Death in Venice"?

Posted on August 10, 2004 by Kevin Holtsberry

Back in May I received a review copy of the Michael Henry Heim translation of Death in Venice by Thomas Mann. After finishing the short work, I didn’t pos...

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Why Lit Blogs Are Useful

Posted on August 10, 2004 by Kevin Holtsberry

I don’t have anything particularly profound to add to the discussion of Checkpoint, NYTBR under Tanenhaus, and Leon Wieseltier’s review, etc (see he...

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Collected Interviews

Posted on August 9, 2004 by Kevin Holtsberry

Here are a few interviews I have run into as I attempt to catch up on my surfing after having been out of town for a few days. Some you might have already noted...

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