'What Doesn't Kill You' Is A Humorous, Authentic Take On Growing Up Black
In his new book of essays, Damon Young, co-founder of the blog Very Smart Brothas, sticks it to his high school bully — while also offering insights into race, power and how to be a modern man.
Source: NPR Book Reviews
From Family Drama To Global Apocalypse, These Two Novels Keep You Riveted
Sarah Blake's The Guest Book is a multi-generational drama set against a backdrop of war and social upheaval. The Last, by Hanna Jameson, centers on the survivors of a nuclear holocaust.
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Source: NPR Book Reviews
The Book Review Podcast: Laila Lalami on ‘The Other Americans’
Lalami discusses her new novel, and Jenny Odell talks about “How to Do Nothing.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Children’s Books: Short Books for Kids That Make a Big Impact
In refreshingly brief new novels, kids solve family mysteries, save younger siblings and help a grandparent break out of a hospital.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Inside the List: ‘Call Me a Science Fiction Writer. I’ll Come to Your House and Nail Your Pet’s Head to a Coffee Table.’
That quote from Harlan Ellison illustrates — quite colorfully — the long-smoldering genre snobbery debate that Ian McEwan recently entered.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
The Shortlist: The Future of A.I., According to Three New Books
“The Creativity Code,” “Deep Medicine” and “Talk to Me” together reveal the wide range of influence technology does, should and will have on the human condition.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Sketchbook | Graphic Review: A Graphic Reimagining of ‘Robinson Crusoe’
The illustrator Sergio García Sánchez takes on Daniel Defoe’s classic, capturing the narrative’s range in a single image.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Crime: Marilyn Stasio Gets Cozy With Some Unlikely Heroines — and a Hit Man
This week’s Crime column features a mom who runs a spy operation and a female medical student in 19th-century Edinburgh. Also a hit man turned P.I.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Fiction: Repercussions From a Political Murder Play Out in a Spanish Village
In Fernando Aramburu’s novel “Homeland,” the Basque separatist movement spawns violence that shatters two families.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Fiction: Cynthia Ozick Reviews Julie Orringer’s ‘The Flight Portfolio’
The novel is based on the real-life journalist Varian Fry, who helped thousands of Jews escape from the Nazis during World War II.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
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