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   The American Dream has always included the idea of satisfying employment and upward mobility, but a new book by Deepak Singh sketches out a less rosy reality.

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Owls and Other Fantasies

Mary Oliver’s collection of poems and essays offers us a walk into the kingdom of birds


A Fine Example of Street Realism

“It was all Necessary,” Yvette Battle’s first book is a fine example of street realism.


NOTES FROM THE WORKING-CLASS: Alicat Bookshop Blues

Patricia Vaccarino writes about the legendary Alicat Bookshop in Yonkers, New York.  


Books We Love: The Country Girls

I first discovered Edna O’Brien in a New Yorker article written by Emily Stokes February 26, 2018, covering her recent trip to New York City. (As distinguished from the controversial 2019 article written by Ian Parker.) 


The Skillman Branch Library, Detroit, Michigan

Libraries We Love – The Skillman Branch Library, Detroit, Michigan – The key to understanding people and the world around us begins with education. One way to learn about the world is by developing a love of books. Each month, we profile a library. Large, small, urban, rural, post-modern, quaint or neo-classic; do you have a library that you love? Tell us about it. This month, Patricia Vaccarino writes about the Skillman Branch Library in Detroit, Michigan.