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Aisling Rawle's 'The Compound' follows characters on a semi-dystopian reality TV show
Aisling Rawle's The Compound explores reality television as a kind of dystopia. In the novel, a group of men and women live on a compound in the middle of a desert, where they participate in house co…
Published on 5 months ago
New biographies look at the careers of designers Claire McCardell and Virgil Abloh
Two new books look at the lives and careers of designers who revolutionized American fashion. First, Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson is out with Claire McCardell, a biography of a lesser-known designer wh…
Published on 5 months ago
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'Trailblazer' is a memoir by Carol Moseley Braun, first Black woman elected to Senate
Carol Moseley Braun is a woman of many firsts. She was both the first Black woman and Black Democrat elected to the U.S. Senate, and the first female senator from Illinois. In her new memoir Trailbla…
Published on 5 months ago
Liane Moriarty on her novel 'Here One Moment' and on writing 'women's fiction'
In Liane Moriarty's Here One Moment, a woman on a flight from Tasmania to Sydney, Australia looks around at her fellow passengers and reveals how each of them will die. Moriarty says the idea for the…
Published on 5 months ago
'The Last Sweet Bite' is a cookbook that documents the way conflict changes cuisine
Michael Shaikh's The Last Sweet Bite is filled with recipes, but it's also a document that reflects the way conflict alters cuisine. The project, which blends travel writing, memoir and the tradition…
Published on 5 months ago
In Ann Patchett's latest, a mother tells her daughters about a seminal summer
The author Ann Patchett has talked about her decision to focus on her writing and to forgo entering the world of motherhood. But in her latest book, Tom Lake, the main character Lara made a different…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
New books ask how we can protect threatened land in the Amazon rainforest and Hawaii
Two new books ask how we might protect vulnerable ecosystems in the Amazon rainforest and Hawaii. First, journalist Dom Phillips was reporting in the Amazon when he and a colleague were shot and kill…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
With novel 'Among Friends,' Hal Ebbott says he wanted to take friendship seriously
In Hal Ebbott's debut novel, Among Friends, two wealthy New York families are spending a weekend in the country. They've gotten together for decades – but one act ruptures their close ties. In today'…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
David Litt's new memoir is about finding common ground through surfing
Former Obama speechwriter David Litt and his brother-in-law, Matt, couldn't be more different. But during the pandemic, Matt taught Litt how to surf. The time they spent together out on the water cre…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago