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New books by Carl Hiaasen and John Seabrook tell distinctly American stories
Carl Hiaasen and John Seabrook are out with new books that draw from their personal experiences in order to tell distinctly American stories. First, …
10 months ago
Evan Osnos' 'The Haves and Have-Yachts' is a book of essays about the new Gilded Age
Following Donald Trump's election in 2016, New Yorker reporter Evan Osnos wanted to understand what the president's wealth and status represented in …
10 months ago
Leisha Hailey and Kate Moennig reflect on 'The L Word' in memoir 'So Gay For You'
By the early 2000s, only a handful of queer female characters had ever been featured on television. Then, The L Word entered the scene in 2004, explo…
10 months ago
For a novel on the first women astronauts, Taylor Jenkins Reid studied old NASA PDFs
Joan Goodwin, an astronomer who has been in love with the stars since childhood, learns one day in 1980 that NASA is seeking the first women astronau…
10 months ago
As prime minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern juggled leadership and motherhood
In 2017, Jacinda Ardern was sitting in a bathroom waiting to learn two things: whether she was going to be the prime minister of New Zealand – and wh…
10 months ago
In 'The Dry Season,' Melissa Febos chronicles a transformative year of celibacy
Writer and professor Melissa Febos had been in a series of consecutive relationships for decades. Then, one particularly devastating experience led h…
10 months, 1 week ago
Susan Choi's 'Flashlight' is about an alternate-universe version of her own family
A 10-year-old girl, Louisa, and her father take a walk on breakwater in Japan, where her family is living. Louisa is later found on a beach – her fat…
10 months, 1 week ago
'Sea of Grass' chronicles the disappearance of the North American prairie
The North American prairie is home to bison, elk, wolves and bald eagles – and it's disappearing at a rapid rate. In their new book Sea of Grass, wri…
10 months, 1 week ago
In 'The Catch,' estranged sisters confront a mystery surrounding their mother's death
Yrsa Daley-Ward's new novel The Catch has a mind-bending premise. Clara and Dempsey are twin sisters raised separately after their mother's mysteriou…
10 months, 1 week ago
Madeleine Thien's new novel 'The Book of Records' is a story that traverses centuries
It took author Madeleine Thien nearly a decade to write her new novel The Book of Records. In the story, 7-year-old Lina and her father take refuge a…
10 months, 1 week ago