Tag Archives: Politics and Prose

Politics & Prose: Sarah Huritz- Interviewing Meredith Fineman: ‘Brag Better’

“Do you do a lot of hard work that goes unnoticed? Do you find it difficult to talk about yourself and your accomplishments? If speaking up for yourself and those around you makes you nervous, you are not alone. Professional … Continue reading

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Politics & Prose: Ece Temelkuran: ‘How to Lose a Country’

Source:The New Democrat  “Twice rated one of the ten most influential people in social media, Temelkuran is both an award-winning novelist and Turkey’s most-read political columnist. In her new book she looks at recent political events from around the world— … Continue reading

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Politics & Prose: Glenn Frankel: ‘High Noon: The Hollywood Blacklist & The Making of a Classic’

Source:The Daily Review I don’t have much to offer about the movie High Noon, as least the original one from 1952. I did however see a movie with the same title from the Lifetime Network (of all places) in I … Continue reading

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Mark Lilla: ‘The Shipwrecked Mind’

Source:Politics & Prose– Mark Lilla & Andrew Sullivan at Politics & Prose in Washington. “Expanding on the essays he’s published in The New York Review of Books and The New Republic, Lilla’s seventh book is a rich history of political … Continue reading

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Politics & Prose: John Dean- The Nixon Defense

“What did the president know, and when did he know it? That was the iconic question of the Watergate scandal and Dean, who served as Nixon’s legal counsel, argues that it remains to be answered. Using his own transcripts of … Continue reading

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Politics and Prose: Al From- ‘The New Democrats and the Return to Power’

Source:The New Democrat “From founded the Democratic Leadership Council in 1984. In the twenty-five years he served as its CEO, he achieved his goal of bringing the Democratic Party back to power. In this political memoir he recounts the development … Continue reading

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