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In new memoir, Brooke Shields talks aging, beauty and an unwanted medical procedure
Brooke Shields started in Hollywood at just 11-years-old, starring in films like Pretty Baby and The Blue Lagoon. From that young age, the actress an…
1 year, 3 months ago
In 'Welcome to Pawnee,' Jim O'Heir reflects on his time on 'Parks and Recreation'
Parks and Recreation changed the trajectory of actor Jim O'Heir's career. He landed a small part as Jerry Gergich on the NBC sitcom, ultimately becom…
1 year, 3 months ago
Kate Kennedy's 'Cello' is part memoir, part musical detective story
A new book from writer, BBC broadcaster and cellist Kate Kennedy tackles the stories of four cellists connected by a mutual musical obsession. Cello:…
1 year, 3 months ago
'The Rest Is Memory' is a novel inspired by photos taken at Auschwitz
About 10 years ago, author Lily Tuck was reading obituaries in The New York Times when she came across photos of Czesława Kwoka, a young prisoner at …
1 year, 3 months ago
Mark Lilla's new book explores the psychology and consequences of willful ignorance
Author Mark Lilla is professor of humanities at Columbia University specializing in intellectual history. His new book, Ignorance and Bliss: On Wanti…
1 year, 3 months ago
'No Place to Bury the Dead', 'The Hunter' ask what lengths you'll go for others
Two novels explore the way that violence and loss can ripple across a village, town – or even entire countries. First, in Karina Sainz Borgo's No Pla…
1 year, 3 months ago
Daylight is something to celebrate in 'The Shortest Day'
We've moved past the shortest day of the year – Dec. 21 – and, now, the days are getting longer. For more than 40 years, people have read and perform…
1 year, 3 months ago
'Small Things Like These' draws from the true story of Ireland's Magdalene Laundries
Small Things Like These is a novella by Claire Keegan that centers around Bill Furlong, an Irish coal merchant who discovers exploitation at a local …
1 year, 3 months ago
A new book examines millennial nostalgia and the economic consequences of Y2K
Twenty-five years into the new millennium, Y2K aesthetics and millennial nostalgia are still alive and well in Colette Shade's new book, Y2K: How the…
1 year, 3 months ago
'A Kwanzaa Keepsake and Cookbook' is an updated exploration of Kwanzaa's traditions
A Kwanzaa Keepsake and Cookbook was first published in 1995, a few decades after the seven-day festival was created in 1966. Written by culinary hist…
1 year, 3 months ago