“We All Are Beefin”: A Treatise on the Current International Difficulties and...
I found this on the floor of my classroom; I’m assuming it’s a student’s response to a prompt given by the social studies teacher who has my classroom while I’m on my planning period. I don’t know the...
View ArticleBook Acquired, 4.14.2012
Adapt by Tim Harford. New from Picador. Their description: In this groundbreaking book, Tim Harford, the Undercover Economist, shows us a new and inspiring approach to solving the most pressing...
View ArticleThe World Without You (Book Acquired, 4.19.2012)
The World Without You is forthcoming this summer from Joshua Henkin (Pantheon). Write up from Publisher’s Weekly: Like a more bittersweet version of Jonathan Tropper’s This Is Where I Leave You or a...
View ArticleAntónio Lobo Antunes (Book Acquired, 5.15.2012)
I’ve never read anything by Portuguese author António Lobo Antunes, so I was psyched when his novel The Land at the End of the World showed up in paperback. Here’s an excerpt from Larry Rohter’s...
View ArticleJosh Henkin Talks to Biblioklept About His New Novel, The World Without You
Joshua Henkin’s new novel, The World Without You, tells the story of the Frankels, a large Jewish American family who gather over the Fourth of July weekend to mourn the death of their son Leo, a...
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