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Syndicated columnist Or a race against time to foil a terrorist plot. Or a zombie apocalypse. A zombie apocalypse would definitely hit the spot. As some of you will recall, I gave up those and other literary pleasures a year ago, bidding farewell to the likes of Robert B. Parker, Tom Clancy and Stephen King. Before we knew all the awful things that 2020 would be — The Year of Pandemic, The Year of Racial Reckoning, The Year of Endless Election — I stood at this podium and put my own stamp on it: 2020 would be The Year of Reading Women, I said. This, after realizing that I, avowed feminist...

Leonard Pitts Or a race against time to foil a terrorist plot. Or a zombie apocalypse. A zombie apocalypse would definitely hit the spot. As some of you will recall, I gave up those and other literary pleasures a year ago, bidding farewell to the likes of Robert B. Parker, Tom Clancy and Stephen King. Before we knew all the awful things that 2020 would be — The Year of Pandemic, The Year of Racial Reckoning, The Year of Endless Election — I stood at this podium and put my own stamp on it: 2020 would be The Year of Reading Women, I said. This, after realizing that I, avowed feminist and vo...

increase font size Leonard Pitts: After a year of reading books only by women, I’m a richer man for it My bias had deprived me of whole vistas of discovery. And if you choose to see in that a broader lesson, I won’t argue. By Leonard Pitts Jr.The Miami Herald Or a race against time to foil a terrorist plot. Or a zombie apocalypse. A zombie apocalypse would definitely hit the spot. As some of you will recall, I gave up those and other literary pleasures a year ago, bidding farewell to the likes of Robert B. Parker, Tom Clancy and Stephen King. Before we knew all the awful things that 202...

“A Promised Land,” out Tuesday in a worldwide release, eloquently and ruefully documents the first two and a half years of Obama’s presidency. Book with a title that was disproved shortly after publication: “Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us” by Donald Trump Jr. When Don Jr.’s book tour came to UCLA his speech was disrupted — but not by leftists, as promised in the subtitle. Instead, it was a right-wing group that took credit for the sustained yelling and booing that led Don Jr. to end his time on stage after only 35 minutes of what had been promote...