It's finally here: my latest book.
I think it was Sam Cook who sang "It's been a long time coming" and that's just how I feel about my latest book, "Becoming Anya." I had...
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Michael Barrington
- Oct 9, 2021
- 3 min
Some Books Never Get Old: John Masters
I have just finished reading for the second time (courtesy of blocks of time provided by Covid 19) the three volumes of John Masters...
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Michael Barrington
- Aug 10, 2021
- 4 min
Nigerian Writers: A Treasury of Riches. August 8. 2021
Michael Barrington It was while teaching in Nigeria, that I first was exposed to the African Writer Series, novels published by Heineman....
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Michael Barrington
- Jun 7, 2021
- 4 min
“CASTE: The Origins of Our Discontent," by Isabel Wilkerson.(Random House, New York, 2020)
06/06 Isabel Wilkerson's book Caste The Origins of Our Discontents, published last year, was received with great acclaim. A review in the...
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Michael Barrington
- May 8, 2021
- 1 min
AROUND THE WORLD IN TWELVE PORTRAITS
Annie Jacquemet, who lives in Concord, closed her psychotherapy practice in 2008 and began watercolor classes right away. Some of her...
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Michael Barrington
- Apr 13, 2021
- 2 min
COVID 19 Some Not so Serious Reflections
And so, we face another month of lockdown. It’s been almost a year now. And it certainly feels like a year. Even as I struggle with cabin...
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Michael Barrington
- Mar 26, 2021
- 1 min
One of my favorite books
This has got be my favorite travel book of all time. I like all of Theroux's travel books but this one is in my backpack in paperback...
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Michael Barrington
- Mar 20, 2021
- 1 min
The Armchair Traveler
Last year due to Covid19 I had to cancel a long trip I had planned to visit Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia; the South Caucus. As a...
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Michael Barrington
- Mar 14, 2021
- 3 min
The Fake News of the British Tabloids.
The Fake News of the British Tabloids. “Is the Royal family a racist family, sir?” a reporter asked the Duke of Cambridge as he toured a...
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Michael Barrington
- Mar 10, 2021
- 2 min
Meghan & Harry: We're happy you're here.
After the block blockbuster interview with Oprah the polemic has only just begun. As a Brit. now exiled to living in California I see the...
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