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Seek Treatment), Cohens debut poetry collection God I Feel Modern Tonight: Poems from a Gal About Town (Knopf, 2021) has just been released. Striking a careful balance between the poetic ("I love sex and I love before it—/the double vodka soda leg touch") and the playful ("going swimming is an amazing way/to stop being on your phone"), Cohen never ceases to entertain. I spoke with Catherine shortly after the book was published. Gregg Shapiro: Your book God I Feel Modern Tonight is subtitled...

Feb 25, 2021 8:23 PM EDT NEW YORK (AP) — “Caste,” Isabel Wilkerson’s exploration of racism in the United States, and “The Dead are Arising,” an acclaimed biography of Malcolm X, are among this year’s nominees for awards presented by the J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project. The project announced Thursday that Wilkerson is a finalist for the Lukas Book Prize, along with Becky Cooper’s “We Keep the Dead Close,” Seyward Darby’s “Sisters in Hate,�...

Feb 24, 2021 IRON MOUNTAIN — Dickinson County Library sites in Iron Mountain, Norway and Felch Township continue to offer curbside pickup of library materials and limited appointments inside the building. New materials for checkout are being added all the time at all three locations.  Some recent new adult non-fiction titles include —  — “One Hundred Dogs and Counting” by Cara Sue Achterberg; —“Rome is Burning: Nero and the Fire that Ended a Dynasty” by Anthony A. Barrett;...

Becky Cooper - - - When Becky Cooper was a junior at Harvard, her friends boyfriend told her a story about the murder of a graduate student in the universitys archaeology department. This was in the 1960s, he said. The victim had been having an affair with one of her professors — a romance that began while they were on a dig together in Iran. When he tried to end the relationship, she wouldnt let it go. So he murdered her, then hid her body under his coat and carried her to his office. There,...

Becky Cooper: Harvard Detective Becky Cooper 10 published her new non-fiction book, “We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and Half a Century of Silence" on Nov. 10. The book dives into a story Cooper stumbled upon as an undergrad, which started out as little more than a rumor. The whispers told of a young Anthropology graduate student named Jane Britton. Rebecca “Becky” A. Cooper ’10 actually remembers her freshman convocation speaker. Her voice deepens and her vowels...

Lima Public Library Book Reviews LIBRARY OPEN • The Lima Public Library has reopened. Main library hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Branch hours are noon to 6 p.m. Mondays to Thursdays, except Lafayette is closed Wednesdays. • The main library has curbside pick up. Hours are 2 to 6 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. Call 567-712-5239, contact the library through Facebook Messenger or put a hold on a book through t...

30 Thoughtful Book Choices for Everyone on Your Holiday List On 12/12/20 at 8:00 AM EST Having trouble picking out the perfect gift for everyone on your list? Did you wait till the last minute? Never fear, Newsweek has curated a list of book choices for you, with a selection of photo essays, biographies, novels, thrillers and more—all from 2020, each one proving that something good came out of this year after all. These great reads are avail...

Book World: Harvard students told a lurid tale of a long-ago murder. Was it true? Marin Cogan, The Washington Post Dec. 11, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence Becky Cooper - - - When Becky Cooper was a junior at Harvard, her friends boyfriend told her a story about the murder of a graduate student in the universitys archaeology department. This was in the 1960s, he said. The victim had been having an affair with one of her profes...

These are the big books this holiday season, to read or give Patrick Rapa Peak TV has peaked, movie theaters are no-go zones, the Eagles are painful to watch, and the squirrels outside your window are just lying around looking at their phones. We’re in the doldrums, and all signs point to a long, dull winter. But at least we have books. Books to give as gifts. Books to give ourselves. Good ones are coming out all the time, which is why we’ve assembled a list of some top new titles to help p...