“Capote’s Women,” by Laurence Leamer, recounts the author’s intimate friendships with some of midcentury America’s most glamorous women — and what happened when he decided to depict them in his fiction.
“There’s a very small group of authors whose books I won’t read because the mind I sense behind them disturbs me. (In all fairness, mine disturbs a few people, too.)”
In his new book, Matthew Stewart explores what he calls a “new aristocracy,” the one-tenth of Americans who are reaping the benefits of an unfair economy.
Poetry reviewer Tess Taylor talks about her recommendations for some new books by poets: Generations by Lucille Clifton, Two Murals by Jesus Castillo and The Curious Thing by Sandra Lim.