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Comic journalist Joe Sacco on his portrait of deadly riots in Uttar Pradesh, India
In 2013, two young Hindu cousins killed a Muslim man in a rural part of Uttar Pradesh, India. What followed was a series of alternating violence in t…
10 months, 1 week ago
Justinian Huang’s new novel follows a Taiwanese-American family intent on a male heir
Justinian Huang’s new novel Lucky Seed is about a single, gay son pressured by his Taiwanese-American family to produce a male heir. In an interview …
10 months, 1 week ago
Revisiting ‘Gone Girl’
Amy and Nick Dunn have the perfect life and are the perfect couple until they reach a breaking point, revealing their true selves. The book that spaw…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
'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 …
10 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…
10 months, 2 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…
10 months, 2 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…
10 months, 2 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…
10 months, 2 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 …
10 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…
10 months, 3 weeks ago