Marilynne Robinson’s New Book Explores Love in Segregated America
In “Jack,” the fourth volume in Robinson’s Gilead series, an interracial romance faces perils in a Jim Crow city.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Beyond Nature vs. Nurture, What Makes Us Ourselves?
In “Unique,” David J. Linden distinguishes those traits that are entirely genetic from the murkier category of qualities that are a combination of heredity and experience.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Managing the Bedbugs, Bathroom Shortages and Big Egos at Yalta
“The Daughters of Yalta,” by Catherine Grace Katz, recounts the events of the 1945 conference from the perspective of three daughters of Allied leaders who proved themselves indispensable.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Why We Let White-Collar Criminals Get Away With Their Crimes
In “Big Dirty Money,” Jennifer Taub, a law professor, shows how the justice system caters to wealthy white-collar criminals at the expense of American taxpayers.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
In ‘The End of the Day,’ the Past Is Knocking at the Door
Bill Clegg returns to a fictional small town in this story of big secrets.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
In ‘The Midnight Library,’ Books Offer Transport to Different Lives
Matt Haig provides a fresh literary twist on the “Sliding Doors” phenomenon.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
‘Bestiary’ Offers a Compendium of Creatures, and Generations
K-Ming Chang’s debut novel tells the stories of three generations of Taiwanese women through the beasts, both real and mythical, they encounter.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Mexico’s War on Its Citizens’ Bodies
In “Grieving,” the Mexican writer Cristina Rivera Garza delivers a searing indictment of her country’s epidemic of violence and a poignant meditation on its grief.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Is Socialism Coming to America?
In “The Socialist Awakening,” John B. Judis argues that a new socialism is emerging among the young and educated.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
'All About The Story' Is A History Of Newspapering — And A Primer On Media Ethics
Former Washington Post leader Len Downie is well-placed to offer a look at 50 years in news — but he also writes of times he had to weigh the public's right to know against national security.
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Source: NPR Book Reviews
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