AH! The Morning News unveiled this year’s contenders for the Tournament of Books, a yearly competition that mimics and coincides with NCAA March Madness. The competitors are stellar! Donoghue! Franzen! Bender! Carson! Gordon! Holy crap! The judges are the best (…)
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By this point, if you aren’t ready to stab yourself with a poisoned letter opener if you see one more Year’s Best Books roundup…you’re probably not me. But it’s tradition, so. Vol. 1 Brooklyn’s list is pretty interesting (mad kudos (…)
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