Where the pandemic is central to The Pull of the Stars, in Hamnet it is a dark presence looming over the book, just as the bubonic plague hung over England throughout Shakespeare’s life, beginning in the fourteenth century as the ‘Black Death’. But it strikes the Agnes family like lightning, …
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Donald Trump “cannot jail Michael Cohen for writing a book,” a senior official with the American Civil Liberties Union said Monday night as the organization filed a lawsuit against the federal government. In a July 2 tweet, Cohen said he was “near the end of my book, the planned release …
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President Trump criticized his niece’s revealing book on family as “stupid and cruel,” and said he was more hurt by the allegations against his parents. “She was not exactly one of the family favorites. We didn’t have much respect or liking for her. I would never have said that, except …
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President Trump’s very public family enmity continues. Niece Mary Trump pokes fun at her notoriously aware of the ratings on Twitter, promoting the large number of viewers who watched her appearance on MSNBC. “5.23 million v. 5.11 million,” Mary tweeted Friday night, comparing ratings from her interview with Rachel Maddow …
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – In the past two weeks, Hong Kong editor Raymond Yeung has hastily made changes to a draft of a book titled “To Freedom,” replacing the word “revolution” with “protests.” modifying a prohibited slogan. and cut passages that advocate for the independence of the Chinese-ruled city. The …
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