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In 'Solitary,' determination and humanity win over injustice

In 'Solitary,' determination and humanity win over injustice

Albert Woodfox's timely account of his wrongful conviction and time in solitary confinement shows that some spirits are unbreakable; it should be required reading in an age of Black Lives Matter.
by Gabino Iglesias

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'Survival Math' is a spellbinding narrative in essays

'Survival Math' is a spellbinding narrative in essays

Author Mitchell S. Jackson trains his formidable linguistic skills on his turbulent youth growing up in a poor black community in Portland, Ore., one of the whitest cities in the country.
by Ericka Taylor

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What makes Duluth Duluth?

What makes Duluth Duluth?

Host Angela Davis is on the road. She invited three guests to talk about Duluth, its economy, its thriving music scene -- and its great lake.
by Manda Lillie and Angela Davis

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Good Day Sunshine: 1968 Beatles 'Life' magazine finally returned to library

Good Day Sunshine: 1968 Beatles 'Life' magazine finally returned to library

A spokesperson for Ohio's Cuyahoga County Public Library said there are no hard feelings about the extreme delay and the return sets a good example. "We just want our stuff back," Robert Rua said.
by Amy Held

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'Say Nothing': Murder, memory and a masterful history of the Troubles

'Say Nothing': Murder, memory and a masterful history of the Troubles

Patrick Radden Keefe's new book begins with the 1972 disappearance of a 38-year-old widowed mother in Belfast, then spins into an epic account of Northern Ireland's bloody sectarian conflict.
by Maureen Corrigan

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'The Border' is Shakespeare for our times -- seriously

'The Border' is Shakespeare for our times -- seriously

Don Winslow's sprawling, operatic epic about the War on Drugs has some flaws, but it does the same thing Shakespeare's histories did: It simplifies current events into messy, bloody, gripping theater.
by Jason Sheehan

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'To Kill a Mockingbird' compromise offered to small theaters

'To Kill a Mockingbird' compromise offered to small theaters

The dozens of community and nonprofit theaters across the U.S. forced to abandon productions of "To Kill a Mockingbird" under legal threat have been offered an olive branch in the form of Aaron Sorkin's script for the Broadway version.
by Associated Press

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