9 Books About the Spanish Civil War

If you’ve read only one book about the Spanish Civil War, chances are it’s either Ernest Hemingway’s novel For Whom the Bell Tolls or George Orwell’s memoir Homage to Catalonia. And if you’ve read only two, as to what they might be, I’d confidently push all my chips into the center of the table.  Many […] The post 9 Books About the Spanish Civil War appeared first on Electric Literature. Continue reading at 'Electric Literature'

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Better titles for ex-Trump staffers’ memoirs.

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An Unconventional Love Story, Told In Trinidadian Dialect

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In ‘Memorial Drive,’ Natasha Trethewey reclaims her mother’s life from the man who took it

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