10 promising books to add to your reading list in September
Critic Bethanne Patrick recommends 10 promising titles (both fiction and nonfiction) to consider for your September reading list. September’s novels…
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As for the essays, Edwidge Danticat makes clever use of form
Book review We are alone: essays By Edwidge DanticatGraywolf: 192 pages, $26If you purchase books linked on our site, The…
Adam Nimoy Talks About Addiction and His Famous Father, Leonard
Even after his pointy ears were removed, Leonard Nimoy had trouble expressing his emotions. Nimoy, a highly repressed, high-functioning alcoholic,…
A Compton native tells a new generation the story of his hometown
Albert M. Camarillo is an old-school Compton. His father emigrated from the Mexican state of Michoacán as a teenager in…
Bob Menendez is the latest politician to sell out to America's adversaries
Book review Foreign Agents By Casey MichelSt. Martin's Press: 368 pages, $30If you purchase books linked on our site, The…
Stadiums are more than a symbol. They exclude some and include others
Book review The Stadium: An American Story of Politics, Protest, and Play By Frank Andre GuridyBasic Books: 368 pages, $32If…
In the horror novel 'Sacrificial Animals', the violence of rural life is mixed with Chinese myth
August 19, 2024 12:54 pm Pacific Time Book review Sacrificial Animals: A Novel By Kailee PedersenSt. Martin's Press: 320 pages,…
In Moon Unit, Zappa's memoirs, fame and family trauma collide
Book review From the Earth to the Moon By Moon Unit ZappaDey Street Books: 368 pages, $29.99If you purchase books…
Charles R. Cross, noted Kurt Cobain biographer, dies at 67
Charles R. Cross, the Seattle-based author and music journalist who wrote definitive biographies of Kurt Cobain and Jimi Hendrix, died…
Opinion: Tempted to vote for Jed Bartlet in 2024? 'The West Wing' was always a fantasy
As another terribly consequential presidential election approaches, it’s hard not to fantasize about how things could be different. Imagine, for…