Book Review: ‘The Acid Queen,’ by Susannah Cahalan
Susannah Cahalan traces the life of Rosemary Woodruff Leary, who made her husband’s coffee, tripped with him and helped break him out of jail.
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Supreme Court Seems Set to Allow Opt-Outs From L.G.B.T.Q. Stories in Schools
In a lively and sometimes heated argument, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared poised to rule for parents with religious objections to storybooks with gay and transgender characters.
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Tina Knowles, Mother of Superstars, Owns Her Own Story
“Matriarch,” a memoir out Tuesday, explores the trials and hard-worn triumphs that shaped Beyoncé and Solange Knowles’s mom.
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Exhibitions Mark “The Great Gatsby’s” 100th Anniversary
The book by F. Scott Fitzgerald is the subject of exhibitions in New York, Minnesota, New Jersey and South Carolina.
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Joan Didion leaves one more piece of writing to faithful fans
Didion's book is an intimate chronicle of the author's struggle to help her daughter, even if it meant digging into her own long-unexamined neuroses.
Source: NPR Book Reviews
Book Review: ‘Fair Play,’ by Louise Hegarty
Louise Hegarty’s novel, “Fair Play,” nods to classic 1920s detective fiction, with a twist.
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Book Review: ‘Gabriele,’ by Anne Berest and Claire Berest
“Gabriële” considers a writer and pivotal figure of the 20th-century avant-garde who nurtured the talents of others.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Book Review: “Sister, Sinner,” a Biography of Aimee Semple McPherson, by Claire Hoffman
In “Sister, Sinner,” Claire Hoffman tells the stranger-than-fiction story of Aimee Semple McPherson, whose mysterious life made headlines in the 1920s.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Herbert J. Gans, 97, Dies; Upended Myths on Urban and Suburban Life
A leading sociologist, he explored American society up close — living in a Levittown at one point — to gain insight into issues of race, class, the media and even the Yankees.
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These 2 funny books give readers a reason to smile in tough times
Dorothy Parker's posthumously published collection is Poems; Camilla Barnes' debut novel is The Usual Desire to Kill. Both affirm: sharp humor can be grounded in pain.
Source: NPR Book Reviews
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