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A Jamaican-British Gay Man Makes His Own Way, With Musical Accompaniment

Tuesday, June 8, 2021 - 10:36am
By Aaron Edwards
Paul Mendez’s debut novel, “Rainbow Milk,” traces the legacy of one family’s decision to leave the Caribbean.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


‘Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir,’ by Akwaeke Emezi: An Excerpt

Tuesday, June 8, 2021 - 7:07am
An excerpt from “Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir,” by Akwaeke Emezi
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


‘Animal,’ by Lisa Taddeo: An Excerpt

Tuesday, June 8, 2021 - 6:52am
An excerpt from “Animal,” by Lisa Taddeo
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Why ‘Unwell Women’ Have Gone Misdiagnosed for Centuries

Tuesday, June 8, 2021 - 5:00am
By Janice P. Nimura
The British scholar Elinor Cleghorn’s new history traces medicine’s sexism from Hippocrates to today.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


‘Barcelona Dreaming’ Offers a Nostalgic Trip to Pre-Crisis Europe

Tuesday, June 8, 2021 - 5:00am
By Alex Preston
Three cross-cultural narratives in Rupert Thomson’s new novel paint a picture of Barcelona during the early 2000s.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


The Grindr Advice Column That Became a Memoir of Modern Queer Life

Tuesday, June 8, 2021 - 5:00am
By Matt Wille
In “Hola Papi,” the writer John Paul Brammer mines his own experiences and traumas to deliver wisdom for queer readers.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


In Quantum Physics, Everything Is Relative

Tuesday, June 8, 2021 - 5:00am
By Anil Ananthaswamy
Carlo Rovelli’s “Helgoland” explores the world of the smallest particles and asks what makes them unique.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Bill Bratton Explains His Ideas of Good Policing

Tuesday, June 8, 2021 - 5:00am
By Alan Ehrenhalt
In “The Profession,” Bratton, with his co-author, Peter Knobler, offers an engaging account of his half-century in law enforcement.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Meet the Pandemic’s Newest Doctors, Who Quickly Became Pros

Tuesday, June 8, 2021 - 5:00am
By Sandeep Jauhar
In “Life on the Line,” Emma Goldberg takes readers behind the hospital curtains in New York City at the peak of the pandemic.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Alex DiFrancesco Captures the Fraught Magic of the In-Between

Tuesday, June 8, 2021 - 5:00am
By Patrick Cottrell
The story collection “Transmutation” follows protagonists across the gender spectrum filling their days with TV, Twitter and revenge.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


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