An American Poet Shaped by the Futility and Sadism of War
In “The Beauty of Living,” the scholar J. Alison Rosenblitt delves into E.E. Cummings’s formative experiences as an ambulance driver and prisoner during World War I.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Remembering the Time Meat Fell From the Sky
In “The Unidentified,” Colin Dickey looks at phenomena that science seems unable to explain, and at the cults that have developed around them.
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The Consolations of Jane Austen
Through the trials of new motherhood and the loss of a parent, Rachel Cohen read the English novelist exclusively. “Austen Years” is her memoir of the experience.
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Where the Sick Get Sicker and the Sane Are Driven Mad: Behind Bars
In “Waiting for an Echo,” Christine Montross, a psychiatrist who works in prisons, catalogs the devastating effects of incarceration on the mentally ill.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Why Is Women’s Work Still Undervalued and Unacknowledged?
In “The Double X Economy,” Linda Scott sums up years of research on the vast shadow economy of female workers and ways to change it.
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An Unidentifiable Stranger Plunges a Community Into Crisis in ‘Pew’
The new novel by Catherine Lacey features a narrator of no discernible gender, race or past and a Christian town whose tolerant posture is sorely tested.
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Don’t Believe History Repeats Itself? Read This Book
Emma Donoghue’s “The Pull of the Stars” takes readers inside an ill-equipped Dublin hospital during a viral pandemic — in 1918.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
In 'The Answer Is ...' Jeopardy! Host Alex Trebek Carefully Curates His Responses
In his new memoir, the TV icon reflects on his cancer diagnosis and presents brief, sometimes compelling glimpses into his history, as he aims to convince the world he's just an average guy.
(Image credit: Eric McCandless/ABC via Getty Images)
Source: NPR Book Reviews
1918 Flu Inspired Donoghue's 'Pull Of The Stars' — A Disquieting Pandemic Novel
Set in a Dublin maternity ward in 1918, the novel captures a city devastated by a pandemic. By diving into the terrors of the past, Emma Donoghue presciently anticipates the miseries of our present.
(Image credit: Little Brown)
Source: NPR Book Reviews
Oliver Stone’s Reel History
In “Chasing the Light,” the Oscar-winning director and screenwriter has finally found a historical figure he can portray with all the bias he desires: himself.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
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