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E-Books, Change and the Reading Experience

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

When the text is the primary focus (as it is for most of the books I read), I actually prefer my Kindle. It is easier to read for those of us with tired eyes a...

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New York Times on ‘My Bright Abyss,’ by Christian Wiman

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

‘My Bright Abyss,’ by Christian Wiman reviewed at the NYT: This is a daring and urgent book, written after the author learned he had a rare, incurable and unpre...

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Ross Douthat on Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Kevin Holtsberry / 2 Comments

This week’s edition of Coffee & Markets features New York Times columnist Ross Douthat, author of Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics, an...

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Moby-Dick, Cain and Joan of Arc in the New York Times

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

Three iconic figures and three books I want to read covered in the New York Times: Kathryn Harrison reviews Nathaniel Philbrick’s recently released Why Re...

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New York Times on Toward You by Jim Krusoe

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

Following in my footsteps the NYT has a review of Toward You by Jim Krusoe.  Sam Munson doesn’t care much for the parts of the story not in the narrator&#...

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100 Notable Books of 2010

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

Wow, I have read exactly two of the 100 Notable Books of 2010 as determined by the New York Times. Here are the two I have read: ANGELOLOGY. By Danielle Trusson...

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