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'What If We Get It Right?' envisions new possibilities for our climate future
It can be difficult to feel optimistic when faced with the existential threat of climate change. But a new book from marine biologist and writer Ayan…
1 year, 9 months ago
In the new book 'Want,' Gillian Anderson collects other women's sexual fantasies
The actress Gillian Anderson plays a sex therapist on Netflix's Sex Education. Now, in her off-screen life, Anderson has taken on a similar role: gat…
1 year, 9 months ago
'City in Ruins' is the finale of the Danny Ryan trilogy–and of Don Winslow's career
Novelist Don Winslow says City in Ruins is his last book. The third novel in the author's Danny Ryan trilogy completes the series, a contemporary cri…
1 year, 9 months ago
In 'Who's That Girl?' Eve reflects on her time in a male-dominated hip-hop industry
With songs like "Let Me Blow Ya Mind," "Satisfaction" and "Tambourine," Eve's music was a staple of early 2000s hip-hop. In her new memoir, Who's Tha…
1 year, 9 months ago
James McBride on music, writing and 'The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store'
James McBride, the literary giant and author of books like The Color of Water and Deacon King Kong, was awarded this year's Library of Congress Prize…
1 year, 9 months ago
'Represent' charts the United States' long struggle for the right to vote
Election denialism and myths of voter fraud have long been part of the history of the United States. In their new book, Represent: The Unfinished Fig…
1 year, 9 months ago
In 'Entitlement,' a young woman helps an elderly billionaire give away his fortune
In Rumaan Alam's new novel, Entitlement, Brooke, a former teacher, is given a rare opportunity. She takes a job with an 83-year-old billionaire and i…
1 year, 9 months ago
Venus Williams' new book 'Strive' is a personal guide to physical and mental health
Tennis legend Venus Williams has a lot on her plate. There's her tennis career, of course, but also business pursuits in fashion, interior design, na…
1 year, 9 months ago
Rachel Kushner's new novel 'Creation Lake' is inspired by real-life espionage
Rachel Kushner's new novel, Creation Lake, has all the makings of a great spy thriller: a cool and unknowable secret agent, a mysterious figure who c…
1 year, 9 months ago
'At War with Ourselves' and 'Broken Open' are memoirs chronicling internal conflict
New memoirs by former National Security Adviser H. R. McMaster and recovery advocate William Cope Moyers document conflicts of different kinds. In At…
1 year, 9 months ago