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'Becoming Dr. Seuss,' Reveals Theodor Geisel As A Complicated Icon

Tuesday, May 7, 2019 - 11:38am
By Gabino Iglesias

Using personal papers, telegrams, biographies, unpublished interviews and letters, author Brian Jay Jones gives readers a comprehensive view of the complex, multifaceted creator who became a giant.

(Image credit: Bettmann Archive)

Source: NPR Book Reviews


'Revenge Of The She-Punks' Sets Out To Rectify A Gender Imbalance

Tuesday, May 7, 2019 - 6:01am
By Marissa Lorusso

In a new book, punk scholar Vivien Goldman traces the formation, rise and global reach of punk rock — demonstrating women's central place within it.

(Image credit: Medios y Media/Getty Images)

Source: NPR Book Reviews


Fiction: A Novel About Surrogacy, Set at a ‘Farm’ Where the Crop Is Human Babies

Tuesday, May 7, 2019 - 5:00am
By JEN McDONALD
In Joanne Ramos’s “The Farm,” the bodies of the less privileged “host” the unborn babies of the ultrarich.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Fiction: ‘Boy Swallows Universe’ Follows a Gritty Coming-of-Age in 1980s Australia

Tuesday, May 7, 2019 - 5:00am
By AMELIA LESTER
Trent Dalton used his own biography as inspiration for his debut novel.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Fiction: Spring Cleaning, Ali Smith Style

Monday, May 6, 2019 - 12:19pm
By REBECCA MAKKAI
The third novel in her seasonal quartet — consumed with Brexit, refugee detention, social media — suggests we’re hurtling toward the horrific.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


'Ladysitting' Offers Candor And A Singular Take On A Tale Familiar To Many

Monday, May 6, 2019 - 7:36am
By Martha Anne Toll

As Lorene Cary tells the story of her Nana and the stress and sadness all too common for caregivers, it's her recounting of her upbringing and ancestry that is most engaging and captivating.

(Image credit: W.W.Norton & Co. )

Source: NPR Book Reviews


Belonging And Betrayal Drive The Action In 'Storm Of Locusts'

Monday, May 6, 2019 - 7:00am
By Arkady Martine

The second book in Rebecca Roanhorse's Navajo-influenced Sixth World series pits monsterslayer Maggie Hoskie against a villain whose sense of betrayal drives his plan to drown the world he knows.

(Image credit: Gallery/Saga Press)

Source: NPR Book Reviews


Nonfiction: The True-Crime Story That Harper Lee Tried and Failed to Write

Monday, May 6, 2019 - 5:00am
By MICHAEL LEWIS
In “Furious Hours,” Casey Cep investigates the Alabama murder case that was to have been the focus of Lee’s second book — as well as the famously reclusive writer herself, plumbing the mystery of her 50-year silence.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Falling In Love With Love In 'Brief Chronicle Of Another Stupid Heartbreak'

Sunday, May 5, 2019 - 7:00am
By Alethea Kontis

Adi Alsaid's new novel follows a teen romance columnist whose senior-year breakup has resulted in a raging case of writer's block. It's a beautiful illustration of the raw nerves that come with love.

(Image credit: Inkyard Press)

Source: NPR Book Reviews


Fiction: Relive the ’60s Counterculture in ‘Revolutionaries’

Sunday, May 5, 2019 - 5:00am
By GREG JACKSON
Joshua Furst’s second novel tells the story of a radical from the perspective of his son.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


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