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Movie review: Flesh-and-blood portrayals add poetry to “Young Goethe”
Movie review: Flesh-and-blood portrayals add poetry to "Young Goethe"

Hitting the Shelves: “LIfe Inside the Madoff Family” and other new releases
Hitting the Shelves: "LIfe Inside the Madoff Family" and other new releases

Book review: Recalling legend Ahmet Ertegun, at home with Kissinger or Zappa
Book review: Recalling legend Ahmet Ertegun, at home with Kissinger or Zappa

Book review: In Haruki Murakami’s world, it’s like 1984 — almost
Book review: In Haruki Murakami's world, it's like 1984 -- almost

Movie review: “Blackthorn” paints a reflective look at Butch Cassidy
Movie review: "Blackthorn" paints a reflective look at Butch Cassidy

Jim Jones’ deception and despair
Jim Jones' deception and despair

A lifetime of “being Mark Twain”
A lifetime of "being Mark Twain"

“Hemingway’s Boat,” turns with the tides by Paul Hendrickson
"Hemingway's Boat," turns with the tides by Paul Hendrickson

Movie review: “Machine Gun Preacher” takes religion — and mean streak — to Africa
Movie review: "Machine Gun Preacher" takes religion — and mean streak — to Africa

Perceptions and realities of black women in U.S.
Perceptions and realities of black women in U.S.