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Popular Culture January 2019
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Help! : The Beatles, Duke Ellington, and the Magic of Collaboration
by Thomas David Brothers
What it's about: This Duke Professor of Music reveals how the cooperative method inspired the history-changing achievements of The Beatles and Duke Ellington's Orchestra.
Don't Miss: The author's clarification of the historical record of who wrote what, with whom, and how. Brothers brings the past to life with a lifetime of musical knowledge that reverberates through every page, and analyses of songs from Lennon and McCartney's Strawberry Fields Forever to Billy Strayhorn's Chelsea Bridge.
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| Beastie Boys Book by Michael Diamond and Adam HorovitzCh-Check it out: This sweeping, laugh-out-loud memoir charts the meteoric rise of the influential hip-hop group Beastie Boys, offering an experience "as innovative and raucous as the band's music" (Publishers Weekly).
Featuring: Photographs, playlists, and recipes; guest essays from Spike Jonze, Amy Poehler, Colson Whitehead, and more.
Don't miss: The authors’ moving tributes to bandmate Adam Yauch, who died in 2012. |
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Power, Prime Ministers, and the Press : An Intimate History of the Parliamentary Press Gallery
by Robert Lewis
What it is: Mining the archives and his own interviews, former Maclean's editor-in-chief Robert Lewis turns the spotlight on the watchers, including reporters who got too close to Sir John A. Macdonald and Wilfrid Laurier, and others who kept their distance from Pierre Trudeau and Stephen Harper.
What to look for: The Riel Rebellion, the Pacific Scandal, two world wars, the Depression, women's liberation, Quebec separatism, and terrorism are all part of the sweeping background to this lively account of how the news gets made, manipulated, and, sometimes mangled.
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Post-Truth
by Lee Mcintyre
What it's about: In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Lee McIntyre traces the development of the post-truth phenomenon from science denial through the rise of "fake news," from our psychological blind spots to the public's retreat into "information silos."
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| She Wants It: Desire, Power, and Toppling the Patriarchy by Jill SolowayWhat it's about: In this candid and eye-opening memoir, Transparent creator Jill Soloway (who is nonbinary) reckons with their place in male-dominated Hollywood, offering insights on gender, sexuality, and the #metoo movement.
Did you know? Soloway was inspired to create Transparent after their own parent came out as transgender.
Book buzz: She Wants It is a New York Times Editors' Choice pick. |
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| Adnan's Story: The Search for Truth and Justice After Serial by Rabia ChaudryWhat it is: A gripping examination of then-teenager Adnan Syed's involvement in the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee, a story that will be familiar to listeners of the wildly popular Serial podcast.
What sets it apart: Written by attorney and Undisclosed podcast host Rabia Chaudry, Adnan's Story offers legal perspectives missing from Serial, revealing how police misconduct, inconsistent evidence, and Syed's incompetent lawyer (who was later disbarred) marred the investigation. |
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Dirty John and Other True Stories of Outlaws and Outsiders
by Christopher Goffard
What it is: A collection of newspaper stories by Pulitzer Prize-winning Los Angeles Times reporter Christopher Goffard—including the story “Dirty John,” the basis for the hit podcast and the upcoming Bravo scripted series starring Connie Britton and Eric Bana.
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| Waiting for the Punch: Words to Live by from the WTF Podcast by Marc Maron & Brendan McDonaldWhat it is: A revealing collection of interviews from comedian Marc Maron's WTF podcast, which has aired biweekly since 2009.
Notable guests: Mel Brooks, Bruce Springsteen, Barack Obama, Robin Williams, Terry Gross, Leslie Jones, and Sarah Silverman.
Why you might like it: Forgoing a standard transcript format, Waiting for the Punch organizes interviews by theme (such as Growing Up, Identity, and Mental Health) to give the collection an intimate narrative quality. |
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