Nonfiction: A Predatory Congressman, His Jilted Lover and a Gilded Age Lawsuit That Foreshadowed #MeToo
“Bringing Down the Colonel,” by Patricia Miller, casts timely light on a forgotten 19th-century saga in which a powerful man was held accountable for his exploitative treatment of a young woman.
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'The Disasters' Could Be The Beginning Of A Great Story
M.K. England's new novel starts with a bang: A group of space-school rejects must save the universe. It never quite delivers on that premise, but the characters are so appealing, you'll want more.
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Fiction: A Silicon Valley Start-Up Offers Hints of Alternate Lives
In Helen Schulman’s latest novel, “Come With Me,” a California family’s bonds are frayed by infidelities both virtual and actual.
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Nonfiction: Chasing Down a Decades-Old Family Tragedy
In “The Day That Went Missing,” Richard Beard, gutted by memories and grief, investigates his brother’s death on a Cornwall beach in 1978.
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'Fresh Air' Favorites: Our Critics Pick 2018's Best Books, Movies, Music And TV
Find everything our critics loved this year, all in one place: Maureen Corrigan's book list, movie pairings from Justin Chang, music recommended by Ken Tucker and David Bianculli's must-see TV list.
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New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
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Nonfiction: Explaining Trump, Brexit and Other Expressions of Nationalism
John B. Judis’s “The Nationalist Revival” explores the worries and resentments of those who feel left behind.
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2018 'Ghost List' Revisits The TV, Books And Movies A Critic Wishes He Covered
Each year, Fresh Air critic-at-large John Powers finds himself haunted by the books, movies and shows that he loved but wasn't able to review on the air.
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Poetry: In These New Essays, John McPhee Finds Poetry in the Material at Hand
“The Patch,” his seventh collection, probes landscapes from New Jersey to Alaska and profiles a vast cast of characters, from Joan Baez to Thomas Wolfe.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Tracking the Opioid Epidemic Through the Books That Warned Us
In a new column, Prescribed Reading, Abigail Zuger looks at past books that dealt with opioid abuse in order to understand better how we got here.
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