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In 'Romantic Friction,' 'The Fact Checker' the publishing world is fodder for fiction
In their new novels, authors Lori Gold and Austin Kelley draw from personal experiences in the publishing and magazine industries. First, Gold's Roma…
11 months, 1 week ago
'Personhood' argues fetal rights are the next frontier of the anti-abortion movement
Mary Ziegler is a law professor at UC Davis and a leading scholar on the abortion debate. In her new book Personhood, she argues that the anti-aborti…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
The new novel 'Fair Play' is a self-aware take on the golden age of detective fiction
In the new novel Fair Play, Abigail is hosting a murder mystery party at an Irish country house on New Year's Eve. She's also in deep mourning for he…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Loryn Brantz's 'Poems of Parenting' gives parents permission to laugh out loud
Parenting young children can be extremely taxing, but also beautiful – and hilarious. That nuance is at the core of Loryn Brantz's new poetry collect…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
In her new memoir, Tina Knowles, mother of Beyoncé and Solange, tells her own story
Tina Knowles intended to write a behind-the-scenes look at her career in the music business. But she says that when she began writing, her own story …
11 months, 2 weeks ago
New cookbooks from Sarah Ahn and Roy Choi take different approaches to Korean cuisine
Two new cookbooks take different approaches – one modern and one more traditional – to Korean cuisine. First, Roy Choi is the co-founder of Los Angel…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
With 'Rabbit Moon,' Jennifer Haigh chooses Shanghai as the backdrop to family tragedy
Jennifer Haigh's latest novel Rabbit Moon opens with a hit and run accident in pre-dawn Shanghai. The victim is a 22-year-old American woman named Li…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
In 'Putin's Revenge,' Lucian Kim traces the lead-up to Russia's invasion of Ukraine
For more than 20 years, Lucian Kim covered Russia and Ukraine as a journalist. Now, the former NPR reporter is out with a new book that aims to expla…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Katie Kitamura's 'Audition' is a puzzle, but she says it's not meant to be solved
In a Manhattan restaurant, the narrator of Audition meets a young man for lunch. Everyone has a different understanding of the pair's relationship, i…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Emily Henry's latest novel 'Great Big Beautiful Life' explores love beyond romance
Known for books like Beach Read and People We Meet on Vacation, Emily Henry is the patron saint of millennial romance. But for her latest novel, the …
11 months, 3 weeks ago