Benjamin Hollander reviews Radical Poetics and Secular Jewish Culture (The University of Alabama Press), edited by Daniel Morris and Stephen Paul Miller.
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- Tommy OrangeOne of the best books of 2018, Oakland-based Tommy Orange's debut novel "There There" reached number one on the SF Chronicle bestseller list and is one of three titles shortlisted for the 2019 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence. The book asks readers to examine their assumptions about who Native Americans are and how and where […]
- Marlon JamesBookshop Santa Cruz hosts the Booker Prize and American Book Award-winning author of "A Brief History of Seven Killings" for his anticipated new novel "Black Leopard, Red Wolf," which NPR has already said "will come to be seen as a classic of our times." James reads from and discusses the book, which is the first […]