THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW |
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RHYMING WITH THE GREEK GODS |
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In 1976 James Baldwin reviewed this book that "begins in Gambia West Africa in 1750 with the birth of... Kunta Kinte" |
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It's said that he wrote the 2003 hit "Cry Me A River" about an ex, Britney Spears |
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When 2 light nuclei combine to form a single heavier nucleus, it's called this process |
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A prohibition on the horned god of shepherds & flocks |
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Its present building was erected under Pope Sixtus V |
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From the name of a British army officer, it's fragments from an exploded bomb, mine or shell |
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In 1911 this author made news when he attended a birthday party for a dog named Fluffy Ruffles, not White Fang |
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In her first solo No. 1 hit after leaving The Supremes, she sang, "Ain't no river wide enough to keep me from you" |
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Each particle in this Greek letter type of radiation used safely in home smoke detectors is identical to a helium nucleus |
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A whole geologic time period centered on the queen of the Olympians |
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You don't have to work in government to use the main reading room here, but you do need an appointment |
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According to its website, this international is a fraternity based on fun, fellowship & masonic principles |
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Begun as a Saturday supplement in 1896, the first review included an update on this writer, incarcerated in Reading Gaol |
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Jerome Kern wrote this standard about the Mississippi River for the musical "Show Boat" |
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The first people to use the term "atom" were the ancient Greeks & in their language, it refers to this quality |
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To walk behind the major god whose twin was Artemis |
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Mayor La Guardia named the 2 marble lions outside the NYPL this & Fortitude, qualities needed to survive the depression |
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Once considered a rare breed, this dog was originally used for hunting & guarding in China |
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Offering "very good advice on bad assumptions" is what the reviewer had to say about "How to Win Friends and" do this |
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Big Mouth Billy Bass, a fish mounted on a plaque, lip-synched "Don't Worry, Be Happy" & this apt Al Green tune |
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From their position on the periodic table, elements with atomic numbers greater than 92 are labeled with this term |
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An unexpected extra father of Zeus |
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The National Library of Medicine is maintained by the National Institutes of Health in this unincorporated Maryland community |
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One of the earliest written mentions of this Native American people that included Sacagawea is in the journals of Lewis & Clark |
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In an interview, this author said he prepared for writing "The Lincoln Highway" by reading many works set in the 1950s |
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It's the river that's "chilly & cold" as well as "deep & wide" in "Michael, Row The Boat Ashore" |
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This fertile word is the "B" in FBR, a reactor that produces more nuclear fuel than it consumes while generating power |
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Deception practiced by the muse of dance |
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The archives of this "Father of Existentialism" are housed at the Royal Library in Copenhagen |
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It's a Middle Eastern sandwich in a pita or wrap with lamb or chicken, shaved from a rotating spit |
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