‘The Night Watchman,’ by Louise Erdrich: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “The Night Watchman,” by Louise Erdrich
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
The Literary Festivals to Hit This Year, From Brooklyn to Singapore
There is a rising interest around the world in events that connect authors with bibliophiles.
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In Defense of Poetic Nonsense, With a Character Who Shares Your Frustration
Alice Notley’s new book-length epic, “For the Ride,” follows a figure struggling to figure out the terms of a strange new world.
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Don’t Like What’s Happening in Our Country? Run for Local Office
In her new book, Adrienne Martini shares wisdom from her first campaign. (Spoiler alert: She won.)
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Blurred Lines: An Essayist’s Dispatches on Slippery States of Being
In “Thin Places,” the bisexual half-Mexican former Christian writer Jordan Kisner offers 13 views of the “in between.”
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Fighting to Save Their Tribe From Termination
In her new novel, “The Night Watchman,” Louise Erdrich brings to light a political battle from the 1950s that still reverberates today.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Wrestling With Prejudice in Three Debut Novels
Dennis Staples’s “This Town Sleeps,” Celia Laskey’s “Under the Rainbow” and Nana Oforiatta Ayim’s “The God Child” feature outsiders in unwelcome territory.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Utility Worker No. 6691 on Life Inside a Steel Mill
Struggling to pay off her student loans, Eliese Colette Goldbach applied for a job as a steelworker. Her memoir, “Rust,” explores her “complicated love” for the mill that hired her.
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Katie Roiphe Puts Her Romantic History Under a Microscope
In “The Power Notebooks,” the author known for her polemical feminism examines her relationships with men, exposing the ways in which she’s ceded power as often as taken it.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Before You Spit in That Vial, Read This Book
In “The Lost Family,” Libby Copeland considers the ramifications of consumer genetic testing.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
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