Washington Post: Books
- Most novelists avoid all mentions of Donald Trump. Mark Doten went the other direction.
Tuesday - 02/19/2019 - 06:12 PM“Trump Sky Alpha” is speculative fiction as burning ring of fire.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Blazing a path as The Washington Post’s first black woman reporter
Thursday - 02/14/2019 - 09:26 PMDorothy Butler Gilliam recounts covering civil rights and mentoring young journalists.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Andrew McCabe’s disturbing account of working for Sessions and Trump
Thursday - 02/14/2019 - 06:06 PMThe former FBI deputy director recounts the dysfunction at the top of the Justice Department.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The 23 most unforgettable last sentences in fiction
Thursday - 02/14/2019 - 10:37 AMA book’s final lines can make or break the experience. Here are some of the best.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - These eight movie adaptations are headed our way. But first you should pick up the book.
Thursday - 02/14/2019 - 09:27 AMAfter all, the book is almost always better.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - How ‘Wild Bunch’ director Sam Peckinpah made one of cinema’s great Westerns
Tuesday - 02/12/2019 - 04:30 PMW.K. Stratton looks back at the making of the movie in his admiring, informative new account.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Email and texting are terrible. There’s an easy solution: Write more letters by hand.
Tuesday - 02/12/2019 - 12:08 PMPut your phone away and write a note with pen and paper. Cupid would have wanted it that way.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Gary Sinise’s memoir isn’t your typical celebrity dispatch. Then again, he’s not your typical actor.
Tuesday - 02/12/2019 - 08:00 AM“Grateful American” focuses on blessings, gratitude and giving back.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - What was George W. Bush really like? A novelist whips up a campy portrait.
Monday - 02/11/2019 - 03:00 PM“Landfall” by Thomas Mallon conjures a witty rendition of the Bush era.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The books to read this week
Friday - 02/08/2019 - 10:32 AMA look at promising recently released titles — plus a few older recommendations.
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- A former social media evangelist unfriends Facebook
Thursday - 02/14/2019 - 09:15 PMRoger McNamee warns Facebook users of the platform’s sinister ambitions.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Why we need to pay attention to the rise of anti-Semitism in America now
Friday - 02/15/2019 - 08:00 AMDeborah Lipstadt’s book “Antisemitism: Here and Now” makes a convincing case
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Why Parkland, a year later, is a story of hope
Thursday - 02/14/2019 - 03:01 PMDave Cullen focuses on the determination of student activists after the Florida school shooting.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The 23 most unforgettable last sentences in fiction
Thursday - 02/14/2019 - 10:37 AMThe 23 most unforgettable last sentences in fiction
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The tortured love life of Tennessee Williams, as seen through a novelist’s eye
Thursday - 02/14/2019 - 10:00 AMIn “Leading Men,” Christopher Castellani explores how art and love can — and can’t — coexist.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A look at the bad boys of 20th century romantic fiction
Wednesday - 02/13/2019 - 11:49 AMMary Cadogan’s “And Then Their Hearts Stood Still” is a racy study of the alpha male (in novels).
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Meet the woman who took 73 years to return a library book — and wasn’t fined
Tuesday - 02/12/2019 - 04:31 PMMora Gregg was cleaning her Toronto apartment when she found a childhood favorite and realized it wasn’t hers.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - An author delivers a powerful plea for migrant children
Tuesday - 02/12/2019 - 10:00 AMValeria Luiselli’s novel “Lost Children Archive” captures an epic road trip across the disunity of our domestic landscape.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - How America learned to think for itself
Friday - 02/08/2019 - 11:40 AMReview of 'The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History" by Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A literary butler that makes Downton’s Carson seem positively fancy free
Friday - 02/08/2019 - 11:00 AMThe narrator of Boris Akunin’s mystery novel “The Coronation” is a character you’ll want to get to know.
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- Exposing injustice and a city’s dark side
Thursday - 02/14/2019 - 03:50 PMKyle Swenson tells a tale of Cleveland police scandals, false convictions and exoneration.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The novel ‘American Spy’ breaks down barriers. It’s also a terrific read.
Friday - 02/15/2019 - 10:00 AMLauren Wilkinson’s atmospheric tale of espionage stars a black female intelligence officer.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A posthumous gift sets a farcical plot in motion in ‘Good Riddance’
Thursday - 02/14/2019 - 01:48 PMIn Elinor Lipman’s latest, an old yearbook and a nosy neighbor lead to all kinds of adventures.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - As catastrophic waters rise in Thailand, a writer examines the past and imagines the future
Thursday - 02/14/2019 - 08:00 AMPitchaya Sudbanthad’s “Bangkok Wakes to Rain” is a tribute to his home — and an act of resistance.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - How Dorothy Butler Gilliam overcame racism and sexism to make her mark on journalism
Thursday - 02/14/2019 - 09:44 AMIn “Trailblazer,” the former columnist looks back on becoming the first black female reporter hired at The Washington Post.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The weirdly specific mixtape Vol. 2: Close encounters of the tentacled kind
Wednesday - 02/13/2019 - 02:09 PMA diverse group of authors are using the science-fiction trope in new and interesting ways.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Here’s one way to celebrate Valentine’s Day: Read five of the most romantic romance novels
Tuesday - 02/12/2019 - 12:17 PMA look at some of the genre’s most beloved hits.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Grab your ear buds: Here are three great audiobooks to distract you from reality
Tuesday - 02/12/2019 - 10:00 AMTwo thrillers and a fascinating history of Native American life.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - An edgy artist comes of age in 1970s San Francisco in ‘Jimmy Neurosis’
Monday - 02/11/2019 - 04:30 PMFormer Saveur editor James Oseland looks back at his upbringing in his new memoir.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The perfect poem for Valentine’s Day
Thursday - 02/07/2019 - 12:20 PMRevisiting one of the greats: John Keats’s “La Belle Dame Sans Merci.”
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