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'House Of Sticks' Is An Immigrant Success Story With Filial Bonds At The Core

Tuesday, June 1, 2021 - 11:53am

By Thuy Dinh

Ly Tran's narrative power lies in its nuanced celebration of family devotion that withstands the enormous cost of the American dream.

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Source: NPR Book Reviews

A Book About Absorbing What We Love Until It Transforms Us

Tuesday, June 1, 2021 - 10:07am

By Nina Maclaughlin

“A Ghost in the Throat,” by Doireann Ni Ghriofa, is part memoir, part literary investigation of a 250-year-old poem.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Three New Memoirs Reveal the ‘Vertigo’ of Life in the Diaspora

Tuesday, June 1, 2021 - 10:04am

By Dan-El Padilla Peralta

Reflections on the languages of migration, from Claudio Lomnitz, Michelle Zauner and Quiara Alegría Hudes.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

New & Noteworthy, From Hidden Treasure to a Relic of Slavery

Tuesday, June 1, 2021 - 8:39am

A selection of recent titles of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Tom Lin Makes His Debut With ‘The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu’

Tuesday, June 1, 2021 - 5:39am

By Alexandra Alter

Tom Lin is making his debut with “The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu,” a novel that has drawn comparisons to Cormac McCarthy and “True Grit.”

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

How America Remembers— and Distorts — Its Slavery Past

Tuesday, June 1, 2021 - 5:00am

By Julian Lucas

In “How the Word Is Passed,” the poet and journalist Clint Smith visits nine places to assess how we are reckoning with our racial history and its legacy.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Pulling Back the Curtain on the Lincolns’ Marriage

Tuesday, June 1, 2021 - 5:00am

By Amy S. Greenberg

In “An American Marriage,” Michael Burlingame portrays Abraham and Mary as being constantly at each other’s throat.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

In César Aira’s World, Life Is a Series of Chance Encounters

Tuesday, June 1, 2021 - 5:00am

By Sheila Glaser

“The Divorce,” Aira’s newly translated novel, presents as many riddles as answers.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

All the World Needs Is a Glowing Blue Supermetal From Space

Tuesday, June 1, 2021 - 5:00am

By Ben H. Winters

Benjamin Percy’s novel “The Ninth Metal” imagines a cutthroat race for meteor deposits with extraordinary properties.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Nicola Yoon’s New Book Is a Romance About a Teenager Who Doesn’t Believe in Love

Tuesday, June 1, 2021 - 5:00am

By Aliza Weinberger

In Nicola Yoon’s book “Instructions for Dancing,” a teenager who doesn’t believe in love rediscovers romance through dance classes.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews