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Book Review: ‘Solito,’ by Javier Zamora

Thursday, September 8, 2022 - 10:00am
By Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
In his new memoir, “Solito,” the poet Javier Zamora recounts his experience traveling from El Salvador to the United States, by himself, when he was a young boy.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


William Kent Krueger is BFF With His Most Famous Character

Thursday, September 8, 2022 - 5:00am
By Elisabeth Egan
The best-selling author of 19 novels starring Cork O’Connor opens up about their relationship.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


The Novel That Made Karen Armstrong Quit Her Reading Group

Thursday, September 8, 2022 - 5:00am
“There was an upsetting aura of righteousness in the room” when the group read Iris Murdoch’s “A Fairly Honourable Defeat,” says the religious scholar, whose latest book is “Sacred Nature.” “It did not deserve this response. I have never returned.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Review: ‘Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne,’ by Katherine Rundell

Thursday, September 8, 2022 - 5:00am
By James Shapiro
In “Super-Infinite,” Katherine Rundell describes a man who was both munificent and misogynistic.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Review: ‘Meet Us by the Roaring Sea,’ by Akil Kumarasamy; ‘The Last Karankawas,’ by Kimberly Garza; ‘Mother in the Dark,’ by Kayla Maiuri

Wednesday, September 7, 2022 - 1:53pm
By Melissa Chadburn
Debut novels by Akil Kumarasamy, Kimberly Garza and Kayla Maiuri feature lonely women, looking for a mother’s love.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: “The Undercurrents,” by Kirsty Bell

Wednesday, September 7, 2022 - 9:00am
By Casey Schwartz
In “The Undercurrents,” the end of Kirsty Bell’s marriage starts her on a highly personal investigation of her adopted home.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


5 new YA reads to check out this fall

Wednesday, September 7, 2022 - 8:48am
By Caitlyn Paxson

As autumn's chill creeps in, we look to five new YA releases that will both haunt you and bewitch your heart, including books by the authors of Last Night at the Telegraph Club and The City Beautiful.

(Image credit: Meghan Collins Sullivan/NPR)

Source: NPR Book Reviews


'Surveillance State' explores China's tech and social media control systems

Wednesday, September 7, 2022 - 5:42am
By Emily Feng

Veteran Wall Street Journal reporters Josh Chin and Liza Lin spent years covering China. In a new book, they untangle how China built its formidable digital surveillance apparatus.

(Image credit: St. Martin's Press)

Source: NPR Book Reviews


In Angie Cruz’s New Novel, There’s No Such Thing as T.M.I.

Wednesday, September 7, 2022 - 5:00am
By Zakiya Dalila Harris
“How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water” takes place in a career counselor’s office in Upper Manhattan, where a Dominican immigrant bares all.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Review: “In Search of Mary Seacole” by Helen Rappaport

Wednesday, September 7, 2022 - 5:00am
By Linda Villarosa
Helen Rappaport’s “In Search of Mary Seacole” gives a Black nursing legend her due.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


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