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'What Will People Think?' and 'Climbing in Heels' star women trying to make it big
New novels by Sara Hamdan and Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas follow women in the entertainment industry who must balance ambition with the pressures of fami…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
'Theater Kid' is a memoir from the producer of 'Rent,' 'Avenue Q,' and 'Hamilton'
Jeffrey Seller says he found his home on stage from an early age. He grew up in the suburbs of Detroit as an adopted, gay, Jewish kid in a low-income…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
'Freedom Season' argues the events of 1963 transformed the civil rights movement
The year 1963 was a landmark one for the civil rights movement – and it's the subject of Peniel Joseph's new book Freedom Season. In the book, the Un…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
In new memoir, women's college basketball coach Dawn Staley says she's a 'sore loser'
There's a statue of Dawn Staley in Columbia, South Carolina, where she's coached the University of South Carolina women's basketball team to three na…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
In debut novel 'Food Person,' a food writer ghostwrites a celebrity cookbook
In Adam Roberts' debut novel, a food writer named Isabella loses her job after fumbling a chocolate souffle demonstration on Instagram Live. But soon…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Two authors consider how being a daughter shaped their relationship to motherhood
New books by Joy Harjo and Ruthie Ackerman focus on very different moments in the life cycle of motherhood. First, Harjo's new book Washing My Mother…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
In 'Anima Rising,' Gustav Klimt encounters a young woman under strange circumstances
In 1911 Vienna, a man on his way home spots the figure of a woman at the edge of the river. She is still, beautiful and nude, framed by tendrils of y…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
'Lost Marvels No. 1: Tower of Shadows' restores a lost chapter of comic book history
In the 1950s, horror comic books – featuring at times gory depictions of violence – were rising in popularity. But these comics triggered a moral pan…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Honor Jones' 'Sleep' explores how our childhoods influence who we are as parents
In Honor Jones' new novel Sleep, the protagonist Margaret grows up in a verdant suburban world with her family and a best friend who follows her thro…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Karen Hao's new book is a skeptical look at Sam Altman and Elon Musk's AI empire
OpenAI was founded as a nonprofit meant to conduct artificial intelligence research that would benefit the general public. In the company's early day…
10 months, 3 weeks ago