Washington Monthly Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Congratulations to Andre Pagliarini, @apagliar, finalist for our 2022 Kukula Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Book Reviewing, for his exceptional review of, "Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis," in @newrepublic! #KukulaAward @monthly. /4 https://t.co/qX6GzGyQQB

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.@HardballChris reviews "The White House Plumbers," by Egil "Bud" Krogh and @MattKrogh on how Nixon’s dirty tricksters got their start. /8 https://t.co/6l0suimEkR

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Fascists obsess over children—what they are taught, who teaches them, and how to shape them into loyal supporters, Madeleine Albright cautioned in "Fascism," reviewed here by @lmchervinsky. https://washingtonmonthly.com/2022/05/23/madeleine-albrights-fascism-warning-is-more-pertinent-than-ever/

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In “The Man Who Hated Women,” novelist @amysohn tells misogynist Anthony’s Comstock’s story through the lives of eight women—dubbed “sex radicals” by Sohn—whom Comstock singled out for persecution and prosecution. Reviewed here by @elizabethaustin. https://t.co/TugbgVnaPR

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Congratulations to @MaureenCorrigan, finalist for the Washington Monthly’s 2023 Kukula Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Book Reviewing, for her exceptional review of The Facemaker, by Lindsey Fitzharris, and other reviews, on @nprfreshair. #KukulaAward https://t.co/cXkgjh7wbp

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Congratulations to Deborah Friedell, @debfriedell, finalist for our 2022 Kukula Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Book Reviewing, for her absorbing review of "Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family," in the London Review of Books! #KukulaAward @monthly /2 https://t.co/Su335kIkFb

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Congratulations to @rebeccaonion, finalist for the Washington Monthly’s 2023 Kukula Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Book Reviewing, for her exceptional review of Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber, in @Slate. #KukulaAward https://t.co/EYAKY35EAZ

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Congratulations to Maureen Tkacik, finalist for our 2022 Kukula Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Book Reviewing, for her exceptional review of, "Flying Blind: The 737 MAX Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing," in @TheProspect. #KukulaAward @monthly. /10 https://t.co/CsL2BT90n3

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David Masciotra reassesses the life and career of the senator who kept hope alive in reviewing books on Ted Kennedy by both John A. Farrell and Neal Gabler. /12 https://t.co/XcJSdhmVFr

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Quentin Tarantino’s retro novelization of “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” harkens back to an era when movies were made by men, for men, to take their dim dates to, which led to a lot of mansplaining. Reviewed here by @Janis_Hirsch. https://t.co/Tf7PqeuwPT