Category Archives: Memoir

Review: All the President’s Men (1974)

Posted on January 8, 2012 by

It’s a new year, but I still had some unfinished business from 2011 — namely, finishing All the President’s Men (1974).  I got the idea to read this iconic account of investigative journalism by Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein and … Continue reading →

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Full Circle, by Sepúlveda

Posted on September 6, 2011 by

This July we were fortunate enough to travel for a week — with a one-year-old.  This added extra adventure to an already interesting trip, but I was still thirsty for travel literature when we got back — sprinting through a … Continue reading →

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So Long, Summer (And a Haiku for Frank McCourt)

Posted on September 5, 2011 by

It’s Labor Day, which brings with it the unofficial end of summer.  For those of us in Baltimore, it is inevitably joined by another blast of humidity to remember it by during those apple-crisp October nights. Labor Day weekend is … Continue reading →

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