Category Archives: Non-Fiction

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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Mr. Wilson’s Cabinet of Wonder

Posted on November 4, 2011 by

My favorite part of The Walters is generally The Chamber of Wonders. I like to think that my own education in philosophy hasn’t stripped all of the wonder out of my brain and heart, and that particular room always renders … Continue reading →

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Saturday Book (S)hopping in Waverly

Posted on October 9, 2011 by

Could Waverly be Baltimore’s best neighborhood for bookstore shopping?  If it’s not at the top of the list, it’s close.  How we spent our Saturday here at the Baltimore Book Blog is a perfect example. Our good friend Jenn was … Continue reading →

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On Libraries

Posted on September 20, 2011 by

There’s a lengthy and poignant essay by Duke University scholar Ariel Dorfman in the September 18 edition of The Chronicle Review.  Dorfman, who fled Chile for the United States several decades ago, writes about the fate of boxes of books … Continue reading →

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Baltimore ’68 Book Party Tonight at UB

Posted on September 8, 2011 by

It’s been raining non-stop for what seems like forever in Baltimore these days.  It’s the kind of weather that makes you want to hurry home from work, kick off your water-logged shoes and socks, and settle on the couch in … 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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