In 'Hag-Seed,' A Gentle Guide To Shakespeare's Stormy Island
Margaret Atwood's retelling of The Tempest follows the exiled director of a Shakespeare festival, now reduced to putting on shows with convicts at an isolated rural prison.
The 'Fireside Guide' Has Delightfully Simple Answers To Your Grown-Up Problems
The new Fireside Grown-Up Guide series is a throwback to the brightly-colored life lessons of your childhood. They're dark and dry and surprisingly funny, a pleasant tonic for your grown-up cares.
The Humor In 'Crosstalk' Gets Lost In The Hubbub
Connie Willis' near-future tale of oversharing gone wrong follows a woman whose fiance wants to get an empathy-inducing brain operation for couples. The book aims for frothy farce, but falls flat.
Ordinary Black Lives Are What Matter In 'The Mothers'
Brit Bennett's new novel focuses on two best friends, both motherless, growing up in a black community in Southern California — and their shifting, lifelong negotiation with the idea of motherhood.
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