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'The Ten Year Affair,' 'Sex of the Midwest' look at the role of sex in domestic life
Two new books examine how sex fits into suburban and small-town life, respectively. First, Erin Somers explores marriage and desire in her novel The …
7 months, 2 weeks ago
'Fire in Every Direction' is a personal work by Palestinian scholar Tareq Baconi
Tareq Baconi is a Palestinian scholar best known for Hamas Contained: The Rise and Pacification of Palestinian Resistance. But in his new memoir Fire…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Kathy Iandoli on Gucci Mane’s memoir and becoming the go-to writer for rappers
Gucci Mane’s new memoir Episodes covers a range of difficult topics: depression, mania, anxiety, drug abuse. There are even pages of the book that ar…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
'Bog Queen' cherishes Earth’s mossy wetlands and the bodies they preserve
You may have heard of a bog — those wet, mucky environments found mostly in the northern temperate pockets of Canada or Europe — but did you know tha…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Margaret Atwood on what finally made her agree to write a memoir
Best-selling author Margaret Atwood says she originally rejected the idea of writing a memoir. But she warmed up to the idea after she began to think…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Revisiting ‘Giovanni's Room’
James Baldwin’s recent centennial birthday allowed us to discuss one of his most celebrated novels, Giovanni’s Room. Andrew Limbong and B. A. Parker …
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Music biographies 'The Cars,' 'Only God Can Judge Me' balance greatness and tragedy
Two new biographies focus on legendary musical acts: the rock band The Cars and rapper Tupac Shakur. First, in the late 1970s, a Boston radio DJ play…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
John Grisham brings a money-hungry lawyer to center stage in 'The Widow'
In The Widow, his 52nd novel and counting, author John Grisham returns to one of his cherished topics: lawyers. But not the type of lawyer one would …
7 months, 4 weeks ago
In 'A Guardian and a Thief,' a mother’s love for her family threatens her own morals
Megha Majumdar’s new novel takes place in a near-future Kolkata struck by climate change. There, one family’s possibility of escape is jeopardized wh…
7 months, 4 weeks ago
Tochi Onyebuchi’s 'Racebook' is a 'personal history' of a less serious time online
Tochi Onyebuchi remembers when the internet was fun. The science fiction and fantasy author says he initially existed online as a “skinless, raceless…
8 months ago