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Footnotes in Gaza by Joe Sacco

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Current Picks

Footnotes in Gaza by Joe Sacco (2009) How can we take time to learn from the past during a dire and urgent emergency? As both war journalist and cartoonist, Sacco depicts the bleak existence of Palestinians living in the Gaza … Continue reading →

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Road to Perdition by Max Allan Collins

Posted on June 11, 2009 by Current Picks

Road to Perdition by Max Allan Collins (1998) Michael O’ Sullivan is a soldier who served in the U.S. Army during WWI. During Prohibition, O’Sullivan provides for his family by working as a ruthless but honorable enforcer for the Looney … Continue reading →

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Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Current Picks

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi (2003) Marjane’s memoir of her years in Tehran from ages six to fourteen is a page-turning history of the events she witnesses. Her upper class liberal parents (she is the great-granddaughter … Continue reading →

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