An Overdue Set of Reviews

From Russia to Ireland to Pakistan to London and Jamestown ... good reading for unnerving times

May 20 • Peter Vaughn

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March 2026

Why Read Short Stories

A review of Lauren Groff's BRAWLER and an often overlooked art ...

Mar 15 • Peter Vaughn

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January 2026

A Tardy 2025 List

A different list about the best READS of the year ...

Jan 15 • Peter Vaughn

4

America as an Aberration

An end of the year discussion of "American Exceptionalism" ...

Jan 2 • Peter Vaughn

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November 2025

Review of What We Can Know

Ian McEwan steps up and writes a big imperfect novel that matters ...

Nov 5, 2025 • Peter Vaughn

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October 2025

Why Read ... the Irish

A refuge once again ... this time for serious fiction.

Oct 4, 2025 • Peter Vaughn

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August 2025

Review: WAR & PUNISHMENT

A window into the dense intersection where Russian history, Ukraine, Putin & Trump meet ...

Aug 30, 2025 • Peter Vaughn

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Newsletter: Doris and Presidential Legacies

Doris Kearns Goodwin's electrifying presence at the SVWC triggered this reflection on several of our recent Presidents and the Office's current…

Aug 13, 2025 • Peter Vaughn

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July 2025

"Cheat" Sheet of THE FATE OF THE DAY

Atkinson's brilliant second volume meets ChatGPT!

Jul 13, 2025 • Peter Vaughn

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May 2025

Review of TWO "100" (see below) Books

I did not anticipate reading either. Thank God I did.

May 30, 2025 • Peter Vaughn

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Newsletter: a bit of history goes a long ways ...

Some of the lessons embedded in 227 pages of German history ...

May 23, 2025 • Peter Vaughn

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April 2025

NOT a Newsletter

Rather, a personal political outreach ...

Apr 28, 2025 • Peter Vaughn