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Newsletter #229

April 22, 2019

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3 books featured in this issue

Cover of Satan Is Real: The Ballad of the Louvin Brothers

Satan Is Real: The Ballad of the Louvin Brothers

by Charlie Louvin

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Any expectations that a memoir by a member of a legendary gospel country duo might be squeaky clean ends on its first pages, with Charlie's foul-mouthed account of kicking his older brother Ira's ass... (Tom)

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When Spring Comes to the DMZ

by Uk-Bae Lee

MADE-UP

A picture book about the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea? Despite its unusual setting, When Spring Comes to the DMZ has the makings of a classic. Originally published in 2010 as part... (Tom)

Cover of Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing

Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing

by Robert Caro

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This is absolute candy for me. Caro, the buttoned-up, indefatigable biographer of Robert Moses and—in five volumes—Lyndon Johnson, has, in his 80s, become a cultural hero weighted with some of the sam... (Tom)

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