“It is too difficult for me to constantly switch back and forth between the pictures and the text bubbles,” says the animal behaviorist and advocate for autistic people, whose new book (with Betsy Lerner) is “Visual Thinking.” “I like technical and scientific books with lots of illustrations.”
The 1976 book (and its 1980 film adaptation) helped the world see the country star’s remarkable resilience. The writer who worked by her side remembers his one-of-a-kind collaborator.
A recluse plagued by yearning and existential loneliness, the count found new life, and new readers, during the pandemic when the novel was serialized.
“Half American,” by the historian Matthew F. Delmont, provides a fresh account of the war, stressing the particular challenges — from segregation to racist violence — confronted by Black service members.
For “Konin: A Quest,” Mr. Richmond, a filmmaker, conducted 200 interviews to memorialize the culture of his forebears that vanished once the Nazis arrived.
Twenty five books, spread across five categories, were named on Tuesday, including fiction, nonfiction and poetry. The winners will be announced next month.
In “Late Summer Ode,” Olena Kalytiak Davis describes the period after ambition has waned and the kids have moved out, leaving plenty of time to reflect on your mistakes.
Adam Hochschild’s new book, “American Midnight,” offers a vivid account of the country during the years 1917-21, when extremism reached levels rarely rivaled in our history.
The Viennese Jewish family at the heart of this new Broadway production thinks it is too assimilated to be in danger when the Nazis arrive. They are wrong.
