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A review of
Freedom
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Since Thanksgiving I've been reading Jonathan Franzen's
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Reviewed by Rebecca - Monroe Street on January 24, 2011 | 0 comments
Reviewed by Rebecca - Monroe Street on January 24, 2011 | 0 comments
A review of
Important Artifacts And Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry
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Relationships have their key moments. There’s the first kiss, the first night, meeting the parents, and if things go sour, the getting rid of each others stuff. But what if the love letters and toothbrush holders didn’t have to go to the cardboard box or bonfire? Instead, say, Sotheby’s?
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Reviewed by Rebecca - Monroe Street on July 23, 2009 | 0 comments
Reviewed by Rebecca - Monroe Street on July 23, 2009 | 0 comments
A review of
Clumsy
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Do you develop crushes on your favorite authors? I suppose it’s hard not to, especially if they write the kind of intimate memoirs of graphic novelist Jeffrey Brown. I’ve been a fan of Brown’s stories since I picked up his first novel,
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Reviewed by Rebecca - Monroe Street on June 18, 2009 | 0 comments
Reviewed by Rebecca - Monroe Street on June 18, 2009 | 0 comments
A review of
Outliers
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Outliers is the latest book from pop social scientist Malcolm Gladwell, author of
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Reviewed by Rebecca - Monroe Street on February 27, 2009 | 1 comment
Reviewed by Rebecca - Monroe Street on February 27, 2009 | 1 comment
A review of
The Wordy Shipmates
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Sarah Vowell would be a perfect pick for a hypothetical celebrity dinner party guest list. She’d regale you with quirky facts about presidents and revolutions in her trademark nasal voice, but would probably have a lot to say about Britney’s recent “comeback” too. Vowell’s mix of history, pop
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Reviewed by Rebecca - Monroe Street on January 7, 2009 | 0 comments
Reviewed by Rebecca - Monroe Street on January 7, 2009 | 0 comments
A review of
Handmade Nation
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Grab your glue guns and seam rippers because craft is back! In Handmade Nation: The Rise of DIY, Art, Craft, and Design artists Faythe Levine and Courtney Heimerl chronicle the boom of the
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Reviewed by Rebecca - Monroe Street on October 6, 2008 | 0 comments
Reviewed by Rebecca - Monroe Street on October 6, 2008 | 0 comments

