- Anne Lamott reflects on the popularity of her spiritual books and how she became ‘a pretty decent writer’
Washington Post, Monday - 03/01/2021 - 02:47 PM
Lamott’s 12th faith-based essay collection, “Dusk Night Dawn,” spins self-deprecating ruminations into manna for the majority.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Stephen King talks new novel 'Later,' kid protagonists and storytelling during COVID-19
USA Today: Books, Monday - 03/01/2021 - 09:00 AMStephen King marries crime and horror again with new "Later," which features the latest in a long line of the legendary author's kid protagonists.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Joe Biden won the presidency by making the most of his lucky breaks
Washington Post, Sunday - 02/28/2021 - 02:47 PM
‘Lucky: How Joe Biden Barely Won the Presidency’ by Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes is an inside account of the 2020 campaign.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Willie Nelson is sending 'Letters to America' in his new book out in June
USA Today: Books, Saturday - 02/27/2021 - 11:50 AMHe might be waiting to get back on the road again, but Willie Nelson hasn't been twiddling his thumbs this past year. He wrote another book.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 5 books not to miss: Nobel winner Kazuo Ishiguro returns, Viet Thanh Nguyen's 'The Committed'
USA Today: Books, Saturday - 02/27/2021 - 07:01 AMNobel winner Kazuo Ishiguro returns with his much-anticipated new novel "Klara and the Sun," while Viet Thanh Nguyen releases sequel "The Committed."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Old mysteries and adventure stories deliver a dose Grand Guignol theatricality and nonstop comic-book action
Washington Post, Wednesday - 02/24/2021 - 08:47 PM
There are nostalgic pleasures aplenty in stories published in 1930s pulp magazines or dramatized in 1940s radio programs.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - From Charlie Hill to the 1491s, ‘We Had a Little Real Estate Problem’ gives Native American comedians their due
Washington Post, Tuesday - 02/23/2021 - 10:47 AM
Kliph Nesteroff’s book shows the importance and influence that proper representation in the media can have.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Brian Stelter's Trump book 'Hoax' to get updated, expanded paperback release in June
USA Today: Books, Sunday - 02/21/2021 - 11:37 AMCNN media correspondent Brian Stelter is reworking his book "Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth," adding 20,000 words.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘True Believer’ tries to capture Stan Lee. It isn’t easy.
Washington Post, Thursday - 02/18/2021 - 02:47 PM
“Stan Lee’s story is where objective truth goes to die,” writes biographer Abraham Riesman.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Chang-rae Lee’s ‘My Year Abroad,’ is a sweeping, twisty tale of love, family and hope
Washington Post, Thursday - 02/18/2021 - 12:47 PM
Lee’s sixth novel follows the wild travails of a college dropout.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Review: Talib Kweli's 'Vibrate: A Rap Story' speaks to the history of Black liberation
USA Today: Books, Tuesday - 02/16/2021 - 07:01 AMBrooklyn-raised MC Talib Kweli invites readers into his life as a student of hip-hop, Black liberation and Pan-Africanism in "Vibrate Higher."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 5 books not to miss: 'The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee,' Bill Gates on avoiding climate disaster
USA Today: Books, Saturday - 02/13/2021 - 07:00 AM"True Believer" paints a revelatory portrait of Marvel Comics icon Stan Lee, and Bill Gates offers solutions to impending climate disaster.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘The Three Mothers’ honors the women who made Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and James Baldwin
Washington Post, Friday - 02/12/2021 - 10:47 PM
In her new book, Anna Malaika Tubbs shines a light on the strong women behind three influential Black leaders
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share