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9 months ago
'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…
9 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 eac…
9 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, whi…
9 months, 1 week 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, …
9 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…
9 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 …
9 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.…
9 months, 1 week ago
In the new speculative novel 'Weepers,' mourning is outsourced to professionals
In Peter Mendelsund's novel Weepers, many in the world are concerned they'll be replaced by smart machines. But a cowboy poet named Ed has found work…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Ten years later, Ta-Nehisi Coates says 'Between the World and Me' is no longer his
Ten years ago, Ta-Nehisi Coates published Between the World and Me, written as a letter to his then-15-year-old son. The book was released shortly af…
9 months, 2 weeks ago