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“The Light Years,” a memoir by the artist Chris Rush, evokes his troubled youth in a wealthy Catholic family in New Jersey and his search for acceptance in the mountains of the Southwest.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Graphic Content: A Graphic Novel That Answers a Child’s Question About Being Biracial

Thursday, May 2, 2019 - 12:13pm

By ED PARK

In his Graphic Content column, Ed Park looks at Mira Jacob’s “Good Talk,” about her American identity, as well as Bill Griffith’s “Nobody’s Fool,” an origin story set on the freak show circuit.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

'Hacking Darwin' Explores Genetic Engineering — And What It Means To Be Human

Thursday, May 2, 2019 - 11:45am

By Marcelo Gleiser

The waters of genetic meddling are murky; in a new book, technology futurist Jamie Metzl reviews where we've been in the past as a guideline for where we might be headed.

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Source: NPR Book Reviews

Nonfiction: She Entered the U.S. Illegally as a Child. She Was Stabbed Nearly to Death After Being Deported.

Thursday, May 2, 2019 - 10:41am

By MICHELLE GOLDBERG

“The Death and Life of Aida Hernandez,” by Aaron Bobrow-Strain, captures the plight of an undocumented Mexican immigrant in harrowing, novelistic detail.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

By the Book: By the Book: Ruth Reichl

Thursday, May 2, 2019 - 10:00am

The food writer and author, most recently, of the memoir “Save Me the Plums” was 10 when she read Henry Miller. “If it’s over her head, she simply won’t understand it,” her mother said.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

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