Goldsboro News-Argus Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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The Lottery

Shirley Jackson

Goldsboro News-Argus

Reading in the New York Times that June 26 marked the 75th anniversary of the publication of Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” has inspired me to read again this classic short story that generated controversy in 1948. North Bennington, Vermont, where … https://t.co/zuLgPgK3kH

Hardcover, 2008

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The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way

Bill Bryson

Goldsboro News-Argus

Though its copyright year is 1990, Bill Bryson’s “The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way” never fails to entertain and inform about the vagaries of language. In 16 chapters, Bryson explores several aspects of English like “Where Words Co… https://t.co/xZHE3vMdvt

Paperback, 1991

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