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Michael Barrington
Nov 13, 20211 min read
Woman last seen in her thirties. 11/11/21
I have just finished reading this book by Camille Pagan and it was one of those that I did not want to put down. The story is not new, a...
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Michael Barrington
Oct 25, 20211 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20214 min read
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, 20214 min read
“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, 20211 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20211 min read
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, 20211 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20212 min read
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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