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         <title><![CDATA[Marshall John Fisher's 'A Backhanded Gift': Writing about not writing]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[In this new novel by West Stockbridge author Marshall Jon Fisher, the principal character is an American-Jewish novelist living in the 1980s without any idea of how to write his novel. ]]></description>
         <dc:creator>Reviewed by J. Peter Bergman, Special to The Eagle</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 07:33:29 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[ Book review: An encore against foodies]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[An academic book about the evolution of restaurants sheds new light on the moral bankruptcy of foodie-ism.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By L.V. Anderson, Slate</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 6 May 2013 12:30:23 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Book review: In 'Equilateral' by Ken Kalfus, Earth welcomes Mars]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Ken Kalfus, author of the new novel "Equilateral," has woven a tale that is both fantastical and believable.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Tucker Shaw, The Denver Post</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:18:43 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Berkshire Bird Sanctuary: Eagle rescue mission]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[War victim stories can be uplifting, as is the case with "Saving Eagle Mitch." Like the film "Saving Private Ryan," this adventure has its limitations, but like the movie  it also opens the mind to the possibilities of what a concerted human effort can bring about over the long run. ]]></description>
         <dc:creator>Reviewed by J. Peter Bergman, Special to The Eagle</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 23 Apr 2013 05:09:47 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA['A Place for Us'      Legal disappearing act]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Sunday April 7, 2013    Special to The Eagle



Towards the final chapters of "A Place For Us,"  the compelling new novel by Liza Gyllenhaal,]]></description>
         <dc:creator>Reviewed by J. Peter Bergman,</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 7 Apr 2013 00:26:07 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Radio host brings out   novel driven by rumors]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA["Rumors," a novel by first-time fiction writer Stephanie Abrams, better known in the Berkshires for her radio travelogues, presents itself in two very different ways. ]]></description>
         <dc:creator>Reviewed by J. Peter Bergman, Special to The Eagle</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:06:39 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA['After Visiting Friends' resolves mystery of a father's sudden death (book review)]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.berkshireeagle.com/books/ci_22734024/after-visiting-friends-resolves-mystery-fathers-sudden-death?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[While careful not to muddy his methods or cloud his conclusions with emotional vapor, author Michael Hainey solves the mystery of his dad's unexpected death convincingly, but still makes the story immediate and personal and human.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Tucker Shaw, The Denver Post</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 7 Mar 2013 06:46:40 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA['Wise Men': A son who can't escape his father's shadow (book review)]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA["Wise Men" sets itself admirable goals. Author Stuart Nadler seeks to address American racism and the corrosive effects of money via two characters, Hilly and Arthur, who are both, for different reasons, unlikable.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Craig Seligman, Bloomberg News</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:41:09 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Book review: "Benediction," by Kent Haruf, a masterful look at end of life]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Colorado author Kent Haruf has an extraordinary grasp of quiet. You'll find proof in his masterful new novel, "Benediction," a gentle but forceful rendering of  protagonist "Dad" Lewis' last days in the high plains town of Holt.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;By Tucker Shaw&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Denver Post&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:36:30 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Would you judge a bookstore by its cover charge?]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Would you pay to page through novels in a book showroom? People Ron Charles spoke with in the industry saw no hope in that direction.
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         <dc:creator>By Ron Charles, The Washington Post</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 13 Feb 2013 07:48:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Book review: "The Aviator's Wife" by Melanie Benjamin imagines life through Anna Morrow Lindbergh's eyes]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Anne Morrow Lindbergh and her aviator husband, Charles, attracted attention on an order comparable to that garnered by Princess Diana.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;By Robin Vidimos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt; The Denver Post&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 8 Feb 2013 18:02:32 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Book review: "How To Choose a Husband: And Make Peace With Marriage"]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[This literary work by Suzanne Venker, WND Books, is a 12-step guide for women seeking a lasting union.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Molly Fischer, Slate</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 6 Feb 2013 17:16:02 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Mount to host novel reading by Peter Filkins]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div class=pub_info>Monday, April 13</div>  
 
 LENOX &#151; Peter Filkins reads from his translation of Holocaust novel "The Journey" at The Mount.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>Community</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:28:18 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Father, daughter to sign books]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div class=pub_info>Friday, March 27</div>  
 
 Danny and Samara Klein will read from and sign copies of their books at The Bookstore, 11 Housatonic St., today from 3 to 5 p.m.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>Community</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:05:46 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Dance in Russia topic of talk]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div class=pub_info>Thursday, February 12</div> 
 
 WILLIAMSTOWN &#151; Stanley J. Rabinowitz, the Henry Steele Commager Professor of Russian at Amherst College, will discuss the book, "Ballet's Magic Kingdom: Selected Writings on Dance in Russia, 1911-1925," at 7:30 tonight, in Griffin Hall, room 2, at Williams College.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>Community</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:13:30 EST]]></pubDate>
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