Writing & Books
Michelangelo: The Sculptor Who Reshaped the Art World Forever
Ross King's *Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling* shows how an antisocial sculptor with little fresco experience reshaped Western art forever.
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Book Review: Brothers
Alex Van Halen's memoir is a tribute to the unbreakable bond between two brothers who chased a sound, not fame — and whose shared love of music became the bedrock of rock-and-roll history.
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Book Review: Love and Ruin
Paula McLain's novel reveals Martha Gellhorn — war correspondent, D-Day witness, and Hemingway's third wife — as far more than a footnote to someone else's life.
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Book Review: The Alice Network
Kate Quinn's raw, vivid novel about a WWI spy and a young American searching for her lost cousin sent me on a journey through wartime courage, female resilience, and the redemptive truth that we don't need to stay broken.
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