Sunday Books and Culture
It's Sunday, March 23. Today, reviews of a new romantic thriller & a WWII novel; Drew's pitch for inclusion in his high school Sports Hall of Fame; a Clay Jones cartoon, and obituaries.
Sunday Books and Culture
Edited by Vanessa Sekinger
This week’s reviews include Colleen Oakley’s romantic thriller “Jane and Dan at the End of the World” and Jack Wang’s WWII novel of star-crossed lovers “The Riveter.”
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Keeping Up with the Tyroneses
By Drew Gallagher
I don’t think that I am better looking than Grant Hill, but I do wonder why I am not in my own high school’s Hall of Fame.
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Clay Jones: “Don’t Leave Us”
This week’s cartoon reflects on President Trump’s executive order dismantling the U.S. Department of Education.
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Obituaries
Obituaries for the week of March 15-21.
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