Nonfiction: What Is Identity?
Francis Fukuyama’s “Identity” and Kwame Anthony Appiah’s “The Lies That Bind” examine the role of personal identity in our modern age.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Profile: In a New Book of Sketches, Françoise Gilot Clears Her Mind of the Past
Picasso’s former lover and muse has a philosophy formed by nine decades of living. And forgetting.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Nonfiction: Why Arthur Ashe Is the Spiritual Father of Colin Kaepernick
Touré reviews Raymond Arsenault’s major new biography, “Arthur Ashe: A Life,” which tells the story of a remarkable athlete and activist.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Q. & A.: Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: Grief and Laughter Mingle in ‘Tragedy Plus Time’
The comedian and actor Adam Cayton-Holland discusses his new memoir, which recounts his childhood in Denver and the eventual suicide of his younger sister.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
In 'Red, White, Blue,' High Peaks And Low Blows
Lea Carpenter's new novel combines literary sensibility with genre readability, for a dark spy thriller about a young woman finding out all kinds of strange truths about her father's past in the CIA.
(Image credit: Emily Bogle/NPR)
Source: NPR Book Reviews
'Closer You Are' Explores How Robert Pollard Changed The Course Of Indie Rock
Matthew Cutter's entertaining new biography of "Uncle Bob" tells the story of the all-American-boy-turned-alternative-rock-god and the influence he and his band Guided by Voice had on modern rock.
(Image credit: Matt Cowan/Getty Images)
Source: NPR Book Reviews
The Book Review: Interrogating the Change Makers
“This is change that doesn’t necessarily change anything,” Anand Giridharadas says.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
New in Paperback: ‘Real American,’ ‘Touch’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Inside the List: First a Decorated War Vet, Then a Bank Robber, Now a Best-Selling Novelist
Nico Walker’s “Cherry” is selling briskly. When the still-incarcerated author can use the phone again — he’s out of minutes — he may score a film deal, too.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Nonfiction: A Palestinian Responds to His Israeli Neighbor
In “Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor,” Yossi Klein Halevi looks to explain to a hypothetical Palestinian how his people see the conflict.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
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