Featured Reviews

The Work of Evil (story) (1963) - William Croft Dickinson  (Grade:B)

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A Good Death (essay) (2024) - Neko Case  (Grade:B+)

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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (story) (1890) - Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce  (Grade:B)

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The King of the Ferret Leggers (essay) (1983) - Donald R. Katz  (Grade:A+)

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The Bottle Imp (story) (1891) - Robert Louis Stevenson  (Grade:A)

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Leiningen Versus the Ants (story) (1938) - Carl Stephenson  (Grade:B)

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Bullet Proof (1951) - Frank Kane  (Grade:B)

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Monotheism in Kentucky, Present Time (poem) (2014) - Maurice Manning  (Grade:A-)

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Who Goes There? (short story) (1938) - John W. Capbell  (Grade:B)

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Baseball (Poem) (1978) - Gail Mazur  (Grade:A+)

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Train (2012) - Alice Munro  (Grade:A)

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America’s Philosopher: John Locke in American Intellectual Life (2022) - Claire Rydell Arcenas  (Grade:A)

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Hillbilly Elegy (2016) - J. D. Vance  (Grade:B)

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MOVIE REVIEWS:

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The Man Who Would Be King (1975) - John Huston  (Grade:A)

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Metropolitian (1990) - Whit Stillman  (Grade:A+)

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The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) - Michael Curtiz  (Grade:A+)

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Unbreakable (2000) - M. Night Shyamalan  (Grade:A-)

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Brothers Judd Daily

Brothers Judd QuasiDaily Bookmarks:
09/08/24:

Ann Beattie (1947-) was born in Washington, D.C., on September 8, 1947. Read Orrin's review of Love Always (1985)(Grade: A)

Sid Caesar (1922-) was born in Yonkers, NY on September 8, 1922. Brothers Judd recommends his fine autobiography, Where Have I Been?

Jimmie Rodgers "The Singing Brakeman" (1897-1933) was born in Meridian, MS on September 8, 1897. Brothers Judd recommends The Essential Jimmie Rodgers.

Marilyn Durham (1930-) was born in Evansville, IN on September 8, 1930. Read Orrin's review of The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1972) (Marilyn Durham 1930-) (Grade: B+)

Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (1828-1914) was born on September 8, 1828. He was perhaps the greatest non-professional soldier in U.S. history, he won the Congressional Medal of Honor at the Battle of Gettysburg. Read Orrin's review of The Killer Angels (1974)(Michael Shaara) (Grade: A+)

Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) was born in Greenwich, ENG on September 7, 1533. Daughter of Henry VIII & Anne Boleyn, she ruled from 1558 to 1603.

Grandma "Anna Maria" Moses (1860-1961) was born in Greenwich, NY on September 7, 1860.

Elia Kazan (1909-) was born in Constaninople, Turkey on September 7, 1909. His great movie On the Waterfront (1954) is an allegory for his own decision to fight evil by testifying against fellow communists.

Sonny Rollins (1930-) was born in New York City, NY on September 7, 1930. Dryfoos recommends Saxophone Colossus

Charles Harden "Buddy" Holly (1936-59) was born in Lubbock, TX on September 7, 1936. Of course, February 2, 1959 was "the Day the Music Died". Brothers Judd recommends The Buddy Holly Collection, which has just about everything they ever did.

Joe Klein (1946-) was born in New York, NY on September 7, 1946. Read Orrin's review of Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics (1996)(Anonymous aka Joe Klein) (Grade: A-)

Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834), proof that all rules have exceptions, was born in France on September 6, 1757.

On September 6, 1936, Beryl Markham became the first person to fly the Atlantic solo from East to West. Read Orrin's review of her great memoir, West With the Night (1941) (Beryl Markham 1902-1986) (Grade: A+)

On September 6, 1901, PRESIDENT WILLIAM McKINLEY was shot by an anarchist named Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. Theodore Roosevelt assumed the presidency upon McKinley's death 8 days later.

Richard Wright (1908-60) was born in Natchez, MS on September 4, 1908. Read Orrin's review of Native Son (1940)(Grade: C+).

Alan Ladd (1913-64) was born in Hot Springs, AR on September 3, 1913. Of course, his great iconic role was in Shane (1953)(read Orrin's review of the novel), but check out the two films he made with Veronica Lake, The Glass Key (1942) and This Gun for Hire (1942).

Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909) was born in South Berwick, ME on September 3, 1849. Read Orrin's review of The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896)

Allen Drury (1918-98) was born in Houston, TX on September 2, 1918. Read Orrin's review of Advise and Consent (1959) (Grade: A)

Joseph Roth (1894-1939) was born in Brody, Galicia, Austria-Hungary on September 2, 1894. Read Orrin's review of The Radetzky March (1932) and The Emperor's Tomb (1938) (Grade: A+)