Columbia Daily Spectator Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Columbia University Players’ “Sense and Sensibility: 1976” takes a groovy spin on Jane Austen's classic Regency tale, exploring themes of grief, love, and social change. https://t.co/4VGj510kJt

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From 409 Edgecombe Ave., home to Aaron Douglas, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Thurgood Marshall, to the “Invisible Man” sculpture that honors novelist Ralph Ellison, here’s a walking tour of West Harlem’s history. https://t.co/ezyMEfJUmY

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Adapted from the novel written by Ottessa Moshfegh, BC ’02, the upcoming film “Eileen” is a portrait of a perverse woman trapped in a banal life. Allanah Elster gives a first-look review of this buzzy period piece and speaks with Moshfegh at the premiere. https://t.co/3l6bLavYj8

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Malcolm X’s journey in Spike Lee’s “Malcolm X” is a long road filled with exploration of identity and faith. Lee expertly utilizes every second to showcase a close observation of the evolution of X’s character, ideologies, and relationships. https://t.co/JlffIHH6H9

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Columbia University Players’ “Sense and Sensibility: 1976” takes a groovy spin on Jane Austen's classic Regency tale, exploring themes of grief, love, and social change. https://t.co/4VGj510kJt

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In an exclusive interview with Spectator, University President Lee Bollinger discussed his recent book, “A Legacy of Discrimination,” and the future of affirmative action as it faces the threat of being overturned. https://t.co/krN8gZrt0h

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Former Attorney General Eric Holder, CC ’73, Law ’76, spoke on Thursday about his new book, “Our Unfinished March: The Violent Past and Imperiled Future of the Vote” with history and African American studies professor Frank Guridy. https://t.co/SyB4ABDFVV

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Amid 1972 Columbia demonstrations against the Vietnam War, THE SERPENT PAPERS, a novel, features ’70s counterculture, riots & murder JAN 2023 is 50th Anniversary of Paris Peace Accords "SCHNADER'S WRITING IS MULTI-SENSUAL & POWERFUL"-NY JOURNAL OF BOOKS https://t.co/xCXwAG8bI4 https://t.co/JaCVU06EpW

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The writing of Ottessa Moshfegh, BC ’02, is riddled with dissections of the human body and graphic depictions of self-induced pain. In her latest novel, “Lapvona,” Moshfegh’s affair with the grotesque takes center stage. https://t.co/XtYwP54yIT

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Susan Hartman, an adjunct associate professor at School of the Arts, talked about her book “City of Refugees” on Thursday at the Manhattanville campus. Her writing process closely mirrors what she asks of her students in her class, Writing About Communit… https://t.co/NI1AmMTaA8