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Ethics and morality are explored in three very different novels that span place and time, from 16th-century London to a southern plantation on the verge of the Civil War to contemporary Saudi Arabia.
Fred Haefele discusses his connection with Ken Kesey, author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
Warmer weather brings out Washington’s blossoms, and also its writers and readers. Mark your calendar for three literary festivals this season.
Sarah Vogelsong writes about the new ownership of independent bookstore and Washington institution Politics & Prose
An astonishing debut novel and a biography of an eminent figure, the former filled with life and the later filled with facts — these are today’s Snapshots.
Selected by Lisa Smilan, Associate Editor, The Washington Independent Review of Books.
Jambalaya best describes this mix of Snapshots, a tasty concoction that ranges from Ralph Peters’ fictional rendering of the three-day battle at Gettysburg to the cultural battles depicted in Eleni Gage’s debut Other Waters.
A feature, by Becky Meloan, evaluating likely choices of books for book clubs.
