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"Dawn Pow ell: A Biography" by Tim Page, reviewed by Sylvia Brownrigg
A compelling and sympathetic biography of the brilliant and recently rediscovered satirical novelist of the '30 and '40s (11/13/98)

"King of the World: Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero" by David Remnick, reviewed by Hal Hinson
The new editor of the New Yorker presents a lucid account of how "a gangly kid from Louisville" became "a molder of his age" (11/12/98)

"The Hours" by Michael Cunningham, reviewed by Georgia Jones-Davis
From the author of "A Home at the End of the World," a searching novel that reimagines Virginia Woolf's life and work (11/10/98)



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"Techgnosis," by Erik Davis, reviewed by Andrew Brown

"Totally, Tenderly, Tragically: Essays and Criticism from a Lifelong Love Affair with the Movies," by Phillip Lopate, reviewed by Jonathan Lethem

"Shooting to Kill," by Christine Vachon, reviewed by Steve Kandell

"The Extra Man" by Jonathan Ames, reviewed by Charles Taylor




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