Sally Rooney’s ‘Beautiful World, Where Are You’: On loving, making art on the brink of societal rupture
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The novel excels in the way it shifts focus from the individual and onto the relationship.
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Books to get you out of a reading slump
As anyone who reads regularly knows, there comes a time where you just can’t pick up another book. Here are some books that yanked me from my slump.
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Summer in book form: An ode to the beach read
Beach reads can get a bad rap for not having any depth, but that doesn’t make beach reads any less worthwhile. The beach read is like summer in a book.
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Paul Dano speaks on his directorial debut, ‘Wildlife’
After almost two decades of working in front of the camera, Dano made the jump from actor to co-writer and director in his latest film, “Wildlife.”
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Author Renee Linnell talks self-love, bringing memoir to life
With her freshly published memoir named “The Burn Zone,” it would be easy to interpret Renee Linnell at the surface level: author and cult survivor, a woman still burning the bridges connecting her the University of Mysticism.
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The Clog’s book recommendations for Read a Book Day
We think we should read something new and pick a book up before midterm season inevitably comes around and everything else picks up instead.
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Stephen Markley’s ‘Ohio’ grimly examines horrors of reality
Stephen Markley’s debut novel “Ohio” is an unforgiving portrayal of post-9/11 life in the small Midwestern town of New Canaan.
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Andy Weir discusses ‘Artemis,’ algae, Asimov in book talk
Tuesday’s talk covered everything from the nutritional value of algae to Weir’s hobbies of mixology, woodworking and board games.
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Do androids dream of Berkeley? The electrifying city of Philip K. Dick’s youth
It makes sense, perhaps, that the first short story Dick ever sold in 1953 was entirely based on the utterly mundane situation of a Berkeley neighbor’s dog barking at the garbage man.
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Chris Harrison: A weary god among all bachelors
If you’ve ever watched “The Bachelor” or “The Bachelorette,” then you’ve probably had the absolute honor of seeing Chris Harrison, host of the franchise.
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