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Constant Reader

Dorothy Parker
Interwar American Journalism Literature Non-Fiction

Constant Reader

If you’ve never read Dorothy Parker, you are in for a real treat with this book. She’s a writer that was known just as much for the sharpness of her wit as for the products of her pen, and she is delightfully funny in that very special, dry, sarcastic way that I always love.

March 3, 2025March 3, 2025 by S. Hargrave — 1 comment on %s

Hiroshima

John Hersey
Contemporary American Journalism

Hiroshima

Hiroshima follows the stories of six individuals who lived through the bomb — a clerk, a seamstress, a doctor, a minister, a surgeon, and a Catholic priest initially from Germany. There are five chapters each with six sections — one for each person.

June 6, 2022June 5, 2022 by S. Hargrave — Comment on Hiroshima

All the President’s Men & Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail

Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein, Hunter S. Thompson
Contemporary American Gonzo Journalism Journalism

All the President’s Men & Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail

I often read as much about American politics as I do about the politics about my own country. Though it feels like I’m on the outside looking in when I read books like this, it to some extent feels closer than is comfortable as well.

July 26, 2021January 12, 2025 by S. Hargrave — 1 comment on %s
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