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Featured Review American Statesman This Week's Book World American Statesman: 'The Gentleman From New York: Daniel Patrick Moynihan: A Biography' by Godfrey Hodgson (Post, Aug. 13, 2000)
Young Turks: 'Gang of Five: Leaders at the Center of the Conservative Crusade' by Nina Easton (Post, Aug. 13, 2000)
Defender of Privilege: 'Ben Tillman and the Reconstruction of White Supremacy' by Stephen Kantrowitz (Post, Aug. 13, 2000)
New Fiction: Tales of fractured language, gender anxiety, ghostly kidnapping and humor in the face of wrenching loss. (Post, Aug. 13, 2000)
Hearts and Minds: 'Like Normal People' by Karen E. Bender (Post, Aug. 13, 2000)
Buzz Words: 'Bee Season' by Myla Goldberg (Post, Aug. 13, 2000)
Being Geniuses Together: 'Trading Twelves: The Selected Letters of Ralph Ellison and Albert Murray' edited by Albert Murray and John F. Callahan (Post, Aug. 13, 2000)
As the Romans Did: 'A World Full of Gods: The Strange Triumph of Christianity' by Keith Hopkins (Post, Aug. 13, 2000)
Sound and Fury: 'The Language War' by Robin Tolmach Lakoff (Post, Aug. 13, 2000)
The Writing Life (Post, Aug. 13, 2000)
Carol Shields (Post, Aug. 13, 2000)
Tasmanian Devils: 'English Passengers' by Matthew Kneale (Post, Aug. 13, 2000)
Desert Dreams: 'The Waters of Babylon: A Novel About Lawrence After Arabia' by David Stevens (Post, Aug. 13, 2000)
Paperbacks: Fiction about family ties, intimations of mortality and a suspicious death in wartime Sarajevo. (Post, Aug. 13, 2000)
In Brief (Post, Aug. 13, 2000)
Bestsellers (Post, Aug. 13, 2000)
LETTERS (Post, Aug. 13, 2000)
POET'S CHOICE (Post, Aug. 13, 2000)
BOOK REPORT: Capital sex, the image of a moral leader, Latin rhythms, and a tsunami of sea stories. (Post, Aug. 13, 2000)
Literary Calendar: August 15-19, 2000 (Post, Aug. 13, 2000)
Picture Shows (Post, Aug. 13, 2000)
Book Reviews in Style Twilight of the Gods: 'The End of War: A Novel of the Race for Berlin' by David L. Robbins (Post, Aug. 14, 2000)
The Scheme Rising to the Top: 'Her Infinite Variety' by Louis Auchincloss (Post, Aug. 11, 2000)
Welcome to Jazzland: 'Jazz 101: A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Jazz' by John F. Szwed (Post, Aug. 10, 2000)
Woman of Letters: 'Day of the Bees' by Thomas Sanchez (Post, Aug. 9, 2000)
The Strivers Row Sleuth: 'Do or Die' by Grace F. Edwards (Post, Aug. 8, 2000)
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