“The Fire Is Upon Us,” by Nicholas Buccola, is at once a biography of two leading American intellectuals and an in-depth look at their legendary 1965 debate over civil rights.
Ghosh’s 1986 debut tells the story of a young weaver accused of being a terrorist. Anthony Burgess, the author of “A Clockwork Orange,” reviewed it for us.
In “The Problem With Everything,” the essayist Meghan Daum scrutinizes the resurgent women’s movement, uncovering a nexus of social justice activism, marketing and empty rhetoric.
This was the case for Axton Betz-Hamilton, who grew up to become an identity theft expert and tells the bizarre story of her mother’s crimes in her new memoir, “The Less People Know About Us.”