Review | ‘Kleptopia: How Dirty Money Is Conquering the World’ by Tom Burgis
An investigative journalist’s take on dirty money and its impact upon us all.
Brian Tanguay
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Book Review | ‘Chilean Poet’ by Alejandro Zambra, Translated by Megan McDowell
The bonds of poetry make for an entertaining work of fiction in “Chilean Poet.”
Review | David W. Blight’s ‘Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom’
The author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning biography sharpens our understanding of the orator’s life and influence on the nation.
Review | Masha Gessen’s ‘Surviving Autocracy’
Author examines how Donald Trump has come close to ruling America like an autocrat.
Review | Bakari Sellers’ ‘My Vanishing Country’
The author recounts what it means to be Civil Rights activist Cleveland Sellers’ son.
Essay | The Echoes of America’s Past in America’s Present
Ibram X. Kendi’s Stamped from the Beginning is essential reading.
Review | Sameer Pandya’s ‘Members Only’
Sameer Pandya skillfully uses elements of the immigrant experience, mid-life crisis, and university life to weave a fictional spell.
Review | The Wizard of Sacramento: Governor Jerry Brown
While the book usefully illustrates the difference between Jerry Brown’s reputation and his actions, one would be hard-pressed to find a political leader of whom the same can’t be said.
Tom Ball Interviewed
Beloved Santa Barbara musician pens his first novel.
Review | Nels Fredrickson’s ‘Itza’s Garden’
John Iwerks illustrates this clever story about a hen who escapes the factory farm.