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Maureen Corrigan picks her favorite books from an 'unprecedented' 2024
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Maureen Corrigan picks her favorite books from an 'unprecedented' 2024

NPR  

Maureen Corrigan picks her favorite books from an 'unprecedented' 2024 NPR "Unprecedented" surely was one of the most popular words of 2024 so it's fitting that my best books list begins with an "unprecedented" occurrence: two novels by authors who happen to be married to each other. Purchase BookCreation Lake by Rachel Kushner close overlay Buy Featured Book Your purchase …

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St. Louis was once known as Mound City for its many Native American mounds. Just one remains
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St. Louis was once known as Mound City for its many Native American mounds. Just one remains

LA Times  

Joan Heckenberg and St. Louis Alderman Cara Spencer stand in front of Heckenberg’s home, which sits atop the last remaining Native American mound in St. Louis, on Wednesday. What is now St. Louis was once home to more than 100 mounds constructed by Native Americans — so many that St. Louis was once known as “Mound City.” Settlers tore most …

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In 'Cahokia Jazz,' alternate history mashes up with hardboiled noir
10 months, 1 week ago

In 'Cahokia Jazz,' alternate history mashes up with hardboiled noir

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In 'Cahokia Jazz,' alternate history mashes up with hardboiled noir DAVE DAVIES, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. Novelist Francis Spufford's latest work of alternative historical fiction is called "Cahokia Jazz." MAUREEN CORRIGAN, BYLINE: Much of the action of Frances Spufford's latest novel, "Cahokia Jazz," plays out in the shadows, beginning with its opening scene - at first glance, a classic …

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Cahokia Jazz: Interview with Francis Spufford about his alternate-history mystery.
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Cahokia Jazz: Interview with Francis Spufford about his alternate-history mystery.

Slate  

Cahokia Jazz, British writer Francis Spufford’s third novel, is a smoky, brooding noir set in the 1920s, but not an entirely recognizable 1920s. Spufford’s piano-playing hero, Joe Barrow, an orphan of Black and Native American descent, is a police detective and a newcomer to the city, and when he and his cynical partner catch a particularly gruesome murder case, they’re …

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This alternate version of America’s story is an audacious work of the imagination
10 months, 2 weeks ago

This alternate version of America’s story is an audacious work of the imagination

LA Times  

Book Review Cahokia Jazz By Francis Spufford Scribner: 436 pages, $28 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. This is the premise of Francis Spufford’s dazzling new novel, “Cahokia Jazz.” Spufford, an award-winning British writer, tells an intricate, suspenseful and moving story that rises from the …

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Books of the month: From Melissa Broder’s Death Valley to Madonna’s biography
1 year, 2 months ago

Books of the month: From Melissa Broder’s Death Valley to Madonna’s biography

The Independent  

Madonna, the best-selling female recording artist of all time, turned 65 this year. Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford is published by Faber on 5 October, £12.99 open image in gallery ‘Captain Corelli’s Mandolin’ author Louis de Bernières offers readers a stark view of the state of the modern world in his new novel Light Over Liskeard by Louis de Bernières …

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The US' lost, ancient megacity
3 years, 8 months ago

The US' lost, ancient megacity

BBC  

The US' lost, ancient megacity MattGush/Getty Images The Native American cosmopolis of Cahokia was once bigger than Paris In the ancient Mississippian settlement of Cahokia, vast social events – not trade or the economy – were the founding principle. Michael S Lewis/Getty Images Seventy of Cahokia’s original mounds are protected within the Unesco World Heritage Site It's what Cahokia didn't …

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The enduring allure of lost cities
3 years, 8 months ago

The enduring allure of lost cities

BBC  

The enduring allure of lost cities Luso/Getty Images After Mount Vesuvius' eruption, Pompeiians at once began rebuilding new lives nearby Tales of mysterious ruins have long enchanted travellers from afar, but those stories may hide something even more fascinating – and adverse. "For probably thousands of years, people have been telling adventure stories about dramatic lands beyond our borders – …

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