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Set in 1962 Los Angeles, “Red Sheet” follows the murder and mayhem behind a “mini Red Scare.” By William T. Vollmann In his memoir, Simon Paré-Poupart recounts the highs and lows of hauling trash for ...

In a Pulitzer-winning book, “The Radicalism of the American Revolution,” he wrote that the colonists rose up against an entire worldview, not just against taxation. By David Stout In this satisfyingly ...