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Richard Schickel

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<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="oeOcAyc8Ph"><a href="https://fromthebookshelf.com/podcast/richard-schickel/">Richard Schickel</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://fromthebookshelf.com/podcast/richard-schickel/embed/#?secret=oeOcAyc8Ph" width="500" height="350" title="&#8220;Richard Schickel&#8221; &#8212; From the Bookshelf" data-secret="oeOcAyc8Ph" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://fromthebookshelf.com/wordpress/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>

Film historian Richard Schickel is my guest. His latest work is a film and book on Clint Eastwood. < previous

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Irving Thalberg by Mark A. Vieira

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<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="kCmobBaYum"><a href="https://fromthebookshelf.com/podcast/irving-thalberg-by-mark-a-vieira/">Irving Thalberg by Mark A. Vieira</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://fromthebookshelf.com/podcast/irving-thalberg-by-mark-a-vieira/embed/#?secret=kCmobBaYum" width="500" height="350" title="&#8220;Irving Thalberg by Mark A. Vieira&#8221; &#8212; From the Bookshelf" data-secret="kCmobBaYum" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://fromthebookshelf.com/wordpress/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>

Mark A. Vieira discusses his fine biography of Irving Thalberg, the brilliant Hollywood producer of the 1930’s. < previous

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Ellen Fitzpatrick

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<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="NJmGluKAfp"><a href="https://fromthebookshelf.com/podcast/ellen-fitzpatrick-2/">Ellen Fitzpatrick</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://fromthebookshelf.com/podcast/ellen-fitzpatrick-2/embed/#?secret=NJmGluKAfp" width="500" height="350" title="&#8220;Ellen Fitzpatrick&#8221; &#8212; From the Bookshelf" data-secret="NJmGluKAfp" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://fromthebookshelf.com/wordpress/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>

Ellen Fitzpatrick tells the story behind her moving new book, a collection of letters sent to Jackie Kennedy in the wake of the JFK assassination. < previous

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Peter Ames Carlin’s McCartney

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<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="HDO1adJHCI"><a href="https://fromthebookshelf.com/podcast/peter-ames-carlins-mccartney/">Peter Ames Carlin’s McCartney</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://fromthebookshelf.com/podcast/peter-ames-carlins-mccartney/embed/#?secret=HDO1adJHCI" width="500" height="350" title="&#8220;Peter Ames Carlin’s McCartney&#8221; &#8212; From the Bookshelf" data-secret="HDO1adJHCI" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://fromthebookshelf.com/wordpress/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>

Peter Ames Carlin returns to the Bookshelf to discuss his latest work, a biography of Sir Paul McCartney. < previous

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The Life of Patricia Highsmith

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<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="be4U5MkEMT"><a href="https://fromthebookshelf.com/podcast/the-life-of-patricia-highsmith/">The Life of Patricia Highsmith</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://fromthebookshelf.com/podcast/the-life-of-patricia-highsmith/embed/#?secret=be4U5MkEMT" width="500" height="350" title="&#8220;The Life of Patricia Highsmith&#8221; &#8212; From the Bookshelf" data-secret="be4U5MkEMT" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://fromthebookshelf.com/wordpress/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>

Joan Schenkar’s biography of novelist and crazy person Patricia Highsmith is the topic. < previous

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Radio & TV Personality George Klein on Elvis

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<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="fcjW0wYVRo"><a href="https://fromthebookshelf.com/podcast/radio-tv-personality-george-klein-on-elvis/">Radio &#038; TV Personality George Klein on Elvis</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://fromthebookshelf.com/podcast/radio-tv-personality-george-klein-on-elvis/embed/#?secret=fcjW0wYVRo" width="500" height="350" title="&#8220;Radio &#038; TV Personality George Klein on Elvis&#8221; &#8212; From the Bookshelf" data-secret="fcjW0wYVRo" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://fromthebookshelf.com/wordpress/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>

George Klein knew Elvis Presley from the 8th grade on! Elvis: My Best Man is George Klein’s memoir of his greatest friendship. We talk about the King! < previous

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Marc Eliot on Eastwood

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<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="35MHu2IvBV"><a href="https://fromthebookshelf.com/podcast/marc-eliot-on-eastwood/">Marc Eliot on Eastwood</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://fromthebookshelf.com/podcast/marc-eliot-on-eastwood/embed/#?secret=35MHu2IvBV" width="500" height="350" title="&#8220;Marc Eliot on Eastwood&#8221; &#8212; From the Bookshelf" data-secret="35MHu2IvBV" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://fromthebookshelf.com/wordpress/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>

Controversial biographer Marc Eliot ( Phil Ochs: Death Of A Rebel, Walt Disney :Hollywood’s Dark Prince, etc.) discusses the body of his work and his latest book on Eastwood. < previous

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Thomas Cobb Author of Crazy Heart

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<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="rN8ASeZx1D"><a href="https://fromthebookshelf.com/podcast/thomas-cobb-author-of-crazy-heart/">Thomas Cobb Author of Crazy Heart</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://fromthebookshelf.com/podcast/thomas-cobb-author-of-crazy-heart/embed/#?secret=rN8ASeZx1D" width="500" height="350" title="&#8220;Thomas Cobb Author of Crazy Heart&#8221; &#8212; From the Bookshelf" data-secret="rN8ASeZx1D" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://fromthebookshelf.com/wordpress/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>

One of the year’s best films is Crazy Heart, filmed in the startling 2D process and staring Jeff Bridges and Maggie Gylenhaal.  The movie is based on a 1987 novel by this week’s guest Thomas Cobb . His latest novel is the western Shavetail. < previo

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Cranioklepty

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<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="XTs97FS522"><a href="https://fromthebookshelf.com/podcast/cranioklepty/">Cranioklepty</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://fromthebookshelf.com/podcast/cranioklepty/embed/#?secret=XTs97FS522" width="500" height="350" title="&#8220;Cranioklepty&#8221; &#8212; From the Bookshelf" data-secret="XTs97FS522" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://fromthebookshelf.com/wordpress/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>

The fascinating and gruesome (and sort of funny) story of quest to own the skulls of the famous on this week’s From the Bookshelf. < previous

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Morris Dickstein’s Cultural History of The Great Depression

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Morris Dickstein discusses his new book Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of The Great Depression. It’s not depressing! < previous