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Books Will Survive The 'Use And Abuse of Literature'


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By Jessa Crispin
Marjorie Garber says books are labeled as dangerous "precisely because [they] can enrich the mind, challenge, disturb, and change one's thinking." In her new book, she traces the historical tendency to label new literary phenomena as 'trash', only to later see it become a revered classic.
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Forced Together, Nazis And Victims Bear 'Witness'


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By Jessa Crispin
During the Nuremberg Trials, a collection of key witnesses -- including former Nazis and resistance fighters -- lived together in a single house. In The Witness House, Christiane Kohl turns a potentially melodramatic historical moment into a moving and suspenseful portrait of reconciliation.

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