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What I Am Reading: "A Gun for Sale" by Graham Greene

A thriller set, unintentionally, in the run-up to World War 2.

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WritingTyler WolaninMarch 19, 2021BooksComment
What I Am Reading: "The Rascal King: The Life and Times of James Michael Curley (1874-1958)” by Jack Beatty

A biography of four-time Boston mayor James Michael Curley.

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WritingTyler WolaninMarch 16, 2021Books, Politics, #MApoli Comments
What I Am Reading: "Ocean" by Steve Mentz

A book in the Object Lessons series of brief bites of the “blue humanities.”

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WritingTyler WolaninMarch 11, 2021BooksComment
What I Am Reading: "Dapper Dan: America's Most Corrupt Politician" by Patrick S. Halley

A surprisingly good biography of Daniel H. Coakley, a corrupt power player in the politics of Boston a century ago.

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WritingTyler WolaninMarch 9, 2021Politics, Books, #MApoliComment
What I Am Reading: "The Know-Nothing Party in Massachusetts" by John R. Mulkern

Massachusetts’ brief time as the Know-Nothing Party’s greatest success story, 1854-57.

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WritingTyler WolaninMarch 5, 2021Politics, Books, #MApoliComment
What I Am Reading: "Summer Twilight" by Bridget Smith

The first novel in an epic fantasy trilogy, written by my friend from undergrad.

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WritingTyler WolaninFebruary 28, 2021BooksComment
What I Am Reading: "Lost Colony: The Untold Story of China's First Great Victory Over the West" by Tonio Andrade

A military history of the Chinese invasion of Dutch Formosa, with implications for Military Revolution Theory.

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WritingTyler WolaninFebruary 24, 2021BooksComment
What I Am Reading: "October: The Story of the Russian Revolution" by China Miéville

My favorite overly-political science fiction/fantasy writer also wrote a history book about the Russian Revolution.

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WritingTyler WolaninFebruary 19, 2021BooksComment
What I Am Reading: "Assata: An Autobiography" by Assata Shakur

An autobiography of a Black revolutionary from the ‘70s with a strong condemnation of the US criminal justice system.

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WritingTyler WolaninFebruary 14, 2021Black HistoryComment
What I Am Reading: "The Lobster Coast" by Colin Woodard

The history of the Maine coastline.

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Tyler WolaninFebruary 10, 2021
What I Am Reading: "Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy" by Larry Tye

A new, Trump-era biography of Tailgunner Joe.

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WritingTyler WolaninFebruary 4, 2021Books, PoliticsComment
What I Am Reading: "The Nazi Menace" by Benjamin Carter Hett

The cliffnotes version of the road to war.

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WritingTyler WolaninJanuary 31, 2021Interwar / Rise of Fascism, Books, DaladierComment
What I Am Reading: "Bag Man" by Rachel Maddow and Michael Yarvitz

What? A pundit’s book? Have I lost my mind? Well, it is about Spiro Agnew, an overlooked disgrace.

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WritingTyler WolaninJanuary 26, 2021Politics, BooksComment
What I Am Reading: "The Great Cat Massacre" by Robert Darnton

Cultural micro-histories from 18th century France.

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WritingTyler WolaninJanuary 24, 2021BooksComment
What I Am Reading: "Sinews of War and Trade" by Laleh Khalili

A book about shipping in the Arabian Peninsula.

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WritingTyler WolaninJanuary 19, 2021Books
What I Am Reading: "Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero" by James Romm

An analysis of Seneca the Younger’s years as a statesman.

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WritingTyler WolaninJanuary 14, 2021BooksComment
What I Am Reading: "The Tyrant Baru Cormorant" by Seth Dickinson

My only running fantasy series engages with pandemic.

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WritingTyler WolaninJanuary 12, 2021BooksComment
What I Am Reading: "Strange Creations: Aberrant Ideas of Human Origins from Ancient Astronauts to Aquatic Apes" by Donna Kossy

A specialist on “kooks” tackles human origin theories.

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WritingTyler WolaninJanuary 7, 2021BooksComment
What I Am Reading: "Kennedy Versus Lodge" by Thomas J. Whalen

A “monograph” on the 1952 Massachusetts Senate election between Cabot and Jack.

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WritingTyler WolaninDecember 28, 2020#MApoli, Books
What I Am Reading: "Stranger in a Strange State: The Politics of Carpetbagging from Robert Kennedy to Scott Brown" by Christopher J. Galdieri

A book about modern Senate carpetbaggers.

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WritingTyler WolaninDecember 27, 2020Politics, Elections, Books Comment
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