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Book Notes

‘I Am a Beautiful Monster,’ by Francis Picabia

By Sharon Anderson

“Picabia has destroyed ‘beauty’ and built his work with the leftovers.” — Tristan Tzara A self-declared poet, painter, idiot, failure, pickpocket, and anti-a... Read More
Gore Vidal at age 23 (photo: Carl Van Vechten)
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Meeting Gore Vidal

By Sharon Anderson

Gore Vidal died on July 31, 2012, and much has been written about him since. Some have retold the story of his infamous on-air argument with William F. Buckley Jr., while others ha... Read More
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Kemal Kayankaya: A summer Frankfurter everyone can enjoy

By John Zipperer

Mystery novels about Germany that show up on our shores tend to be either reprints of World War II-era books or new novels set in that time. It’s an interesting milieu, but i... Read More
Wild, by Cheryl Strayed, 336 pages, Knopf Doubleday, $25.95
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‘Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail’ by Cheryl Strayed

Finding herself on the trail
By Sharon Anderson

“What if I forgave myself?” I thought. “What if I forgave myself even though I’d done something I shouldn’t have?” – Cheryl Strayed Cheryl Strayed... Read More
Woolgathering, by Patti Smith, 80 pages, New Directions, $18.95
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‘Woolgathering’ by Patti Smith enjoys a second life

By Sharon Anderson

Is this a fairy tale? Are the stories true? These were the questions Patti Smith had to answer when Woolgathering was first published in 1992. New Directions recently published an ... Read More

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