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'Moral Agents' dissects the critics who shaped mid-20th-century literatureOne of today鈥檚 most trenchant literary critics digs into some of the voices who defined American letters for their generation.
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How to best enjoy National Poetry MonthPoetry isn't doing it for you? Maybe you need to find a new poet.
'American Warlord' struggles to tell an important story about West AfricaThe stories of former Liberian president and warlord Charles Taylor and his son Chucky highlight the suffering of the Liberian people.
Reader recommendation: All the Light We Cannot SeeMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
Why everyone is talking about the new book by David BrooksReaders have been fascinated by Brooks's contention that external success 鈥� or what he calls 'r茅sum茅' success 鈥� is less essential than inner goodness.
5 tributes to Abraham Lincoln from literary greats Here, in honor of the 150th anniversary of the death of Abraham Lincoln, are comments from five literary greats found in 鈥淭he Lincoln Anthology: Great Writers on His Life and Legacy from 1860 to Now,鈥� published by The Library of America.
'Target Tokyo' offers a gripping retelling of the Doolittle raid, complete with new detailJames Scott has written the definitive account of the 1942 Doolittle raid on Tokyo.
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Bestselling books the week of 4/12/15, according to IndieBound* What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
Most challenged books: what do they say about us?The American Library Association's 2014 list of most banned books may be indicative of contemporary concerns.
'Odysseus Abroad' views 'heroism' in the Age of Thatcher with gentle ironyA 22-year-old Indian-born man wakes up on an average day in his 1985 London studio apartment and sets off on a journey to see his uncle.
Reader recommendation: Just MercyMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
J.K. Rowling: why failure is essential to success'You will fail,' says 'Harry Potter' author J.K. Rowling, talking about her new book 'Very Good Lives.' 'That's inevitable. It's what you do with it.'
John Wilkes Booth: history's most charming assassin?鈥楩ortune鈥檚 Fool,鈥� the first-ever biography of John Wilkes Booth, portrays Lincoln's assassin as charismatic, talented, and overcome with hatred and rage.
Guenther Grass remembered for Nobel-winning Nazi-era literature, his own pastA trained sculptor, Grass made his literary reputation with "The Tin Drum," published in 1959.
'The Discreet Hero' spins extortion, arson, adultery, and mysticism into literary fictionMaster of political intrigue and Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa crafts a thriller of extortion and revenge on Peru鈥檚 northern coast.
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'Dead Wake鈥� author Erik Larson talks about history, hubris, and the LusitaniaIn an interview with the Monitor, Larson says history has taught him that 'any time we find ourselves expressing smug confidence about things that will or will not happen, we need to take warning.'
'The Harder They Come' is T. Coraghessan Boyle's latest foray into the wild and weirdA troubled young man heads off the grid in the California woods 鈥� but has he gone wild or gone mad?
