Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Nonfiction: A Brutal Heritage Finally Revealed
Krystal Sital’s memoir, “Secrets We Kept,” recounts the violence and poverty endured by her mother and grandmother in rural Trinidad.
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Sketchbook: The Literati: Going Wilde in America
A graphic retelling of the Irish fin-de-siècle aesthete’s whirlwind 1881 overseas tour.
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Nonfiction: A Corporeal History of the 19th Century
From baby bumps to facial hair, Kathryn Hughes’s “Victorians Undone” asks what we can learn about a culture by studying the human bodies it produces.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Children’s Books: Picture Books to Help Kids Weather Our Age of Anxiety
Bullying, scary news and the need for kindness are at the center of new books by Kerascoët, Jessica Love and others.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
The Shortlist: How Language Came to Be — and How We Use It Today
Three new books tackle various mysteries from the world of linguistics: why we swear, why we say “mm-hmm” all the time and how conversation arose.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Nonfiction: A Matter of Life and Death
A boisterous, loving Irish wake is “the best guide to life you could ever have,” Kevin Toolis writes in his new memoir, “My Father’s Wake.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Nonfiction: The Beauty and Mystery of How a Building Is ‘Built’
Roma Agrawal, a pioneering structural engineer for some of the world’s tallest towers, explains the history and beauty of her craft.
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Nonfiction: ‘The Stowaway’ Appeals to the Thrillseeker in All of Us
Laurie Gwen Shapiro’s tale of a young man’s journey to Antarctica symbolizes our wanderlust and the power of imagination over expectation.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Crime: Hustles, Hoaxes and Heinous Crimes
Marilyn Stasio’s mystery column visits the canals of Venice and the cliffs of southern Britain, with American pit stops at a mortuary and a motel.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
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