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“Wake, Siren” by Nina MacLaughlin. (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

Books Greg CookNovember 18, 2019 0

Nina MacLaughlin’s ‘Wake, Siren’: A MeToo Retelling Of Ancient Greek And Roman Tales

Nina MacLaughlin says that she began her brilliant, lyrical, painful new book “Wake, Siren” when she took a stab at rewriting the ancient Greek and Roman tale of Callisto from…Continue Reading →

Books Greg CookJanuary 15, 2018 0

In ‘How Democracies Die,’ Harvard Professors Diagnose Just How Doomed We Are

“Is our democracy in danger?” Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt write at the beginning of their new book “How Democracies Die” (Crown). “It’s a question we never thought we’d be…Continue Reading →