The City of Angels, Viewed Through a Prism
In “City at the Edge of Forever,” Peter Lunenfeld explores Los Angeles in a series of essays about the idiosyncrasies of a place that defies categories.
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Former Rep. Katie Hill Aims To Encourage Women To Run For Office In 'She Will Rise'
Hill's election to Congress in 2018 seemed like a sign of progress. A year later, she resigned after admitting to an affair with a young staffer, documented by her husband, and leaked to the press.
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Edward P. Jones’s Carefully Quantified Literary World
In the second installment of "The Americans," his series on overlooked or under-read writers, A.O. Scott considers the scrupulously documented, meticulously observed fiction of Edward P. Jones.
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New & Noteworthy, From Corruption to Male Privilege
A selection of recent titles of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
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Boundary-Pushing Books for Fans of Narrative Experiments
“Natural History,” “Avoid the Day,” “Crossings” and “Little Scratch” offer literary puzzle boxes and formal feats.
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In This Novel, a Grisly Discovery Leads to Self-Discovery
The three siblings at the center of “The Boy in the Field,” by Margot Livesey, find an unconscious child. Their lives are never the same.
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Tear Down That Will: An East German Guide to Breaking the Spirit
In Jennifer Hofmann’s debut novel, “The Standardization of Demoralization Procedures,” an aging Berliner loses his sense of self.
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Disaster May Upend Reality, but What Is ‘Real’ Anyway?
In “The Unreality of Memory,” the poet and essayist Elisa Gabbert considers our psychological relationship to calamity.
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'Caste' Argues Its Most Violent Manifestation Is In Treatment Of Black Americans
Isabel Wilkerson's second book is a masterwork of writing — a profound achievement of scholarship and research that stands, also, as a triumph of both visceral storytelling and cogent analysis.
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Source: NPR Book Reviews
'The First Sister' Is Stylish, Substantial — And Very Cool — Space Opera
Linden A. Lewis's debut novel — first in a trilogy — mixes swashbuckling, social commentary and compelling queer characters in its tale of three warring factions in a spacefaring society.
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Source: NPR Book Reviews
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