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Mar 23, 2020 · Book Review: Jeffrey Alexander, ... Article first published online: March 23, 2020. Issue published: October 2020. ... Book Reviews. Show details Hide ...
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Sep 27, 2023 · Jeffrey Alexander is one of the leading sociologists in the world. There are many reasons for this. 25 books, and as many edited collections; and thereby hangs a tale, to which I shall return. A long and productive career, mentoring and encouraging at UCLA, and then at Yale. Foundational work: a manifesto; an institute; and a journal.
Interview: “ From Journalism to Cultural Sociology (and back via Parsons). An Interview with Jeffrey Alexander,” Frédéric Vandenberghe, Sociologia & Antropologia 9 (1): 15–40. Jan./Apr. 2019. Frontlash/Backlash: The Crisis of Solidarity and the Threat to Civil Institutions, Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews: Vol. 48 (1).
Dec 21, 2020 · The word “best” is always a misnomer, but these are my personal favorite book reviews of 2020. Nate Marshall on Barack Obama’s A Promised Land (Chicago Tribune) A book review rarely leads to a segment on The 11th Hour with Brian Williams, but that’s what happened to Nate Marshall last month. I love how he combines a traditional review ...
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A book review is not a summary. It’s not a report. It’s a conversation. “And it should make a pleasurable reading experience even if the reader isn’t interested in the book,” says Tom Zoellner, politics editor of Los Angeles Review of Books. Just because an author has reached their end destination for a book doesn’t mean they successfully brought y...
When you give a book the careful attention required by a review, the process behind its construction grows more transparent. “Reviewing makes me read deeply and think about the writers’ choices,” says Liz Harmer, Chapman University MFA graduate and book reviewer for TAB: The Journal of Poetry & Poetics. “I have come to stronger beliefs about what I...
“Book reviews were a great way to gain early publishing experience,” says Chapman MFA student and Tab Journal reviewer Jason Thornberry. You don’t need fancy credentials or connections. (In fact, if you do have a connection to the writer you are reviewing, that can be an issue that gets in the way.) For the most part, all you need is persistence. “...
It is a fantasy, but the book draws inspiration from the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Rape of Nanking. Crime Fiction Lover reviews Jessica Barry’s Freefall, a crime novel: In some crime novels, the wrongdoing hits you between the eyes from page one. With others it’s a more subtle process, and that’s OK too.
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Jul 8, 2019 · Heads You Win contains many of the familiar elements that made up the Clifton Chronicles, but it also draws on elements from earlier works such as Kane and Abel. But it is still a gripping page-turner and makes for engaging reading. However, the ending seems rushed. The conclusion is a little contentious and a little confusing and disappointing.
