What if We Pursued Vigilante Justice on Reality TV?
In “Payback,” the veteran novelist Mary Gordon gives score-settling a modern twist.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
'The Contradictions' Chronicles A Classic College Experience
Sophie Yanow's new graphic novel chronicles her time studying abroad in Paris; it's not suspenseful or eventful, but Yanow's combination of perception and humility makes for an engaging read.
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Source: NPR Book Reviews
'Arrow' Creates Beauty From What Hurts Us Most
Sumita Chakraborty's new poetry collection grapples with the death of the poet's sister; like the arrow of the title, which can be a weapon of Cupid or of war, these poems contain both love and death.
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Source: NPR Book Reviews
Why Are We in the West So Weird? A Theory
In his groundbreaking new book, “The WEIRDest People in the World,” the anthropologist Joseph Henrich argues that people from Western countries have a unique psychology.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Bodies of Evidence
In her new Crime column, Marilyn Stasio ranges from an Alpine chalet to the sunny streets of Los Angeles to the venerable British city of Bath.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Brian Stelter on Fox News and Reed Hastings on Netflix
Stelter talks about “Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth” and Reed Hastings discusses “No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
A Book About Nature That Is So Much More
In “World of Wonders” the poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil tells stories of her life through the natural world that surrounded her and gave her solace.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Stories of Then That Still Hold Up Now
Margaret Atwood, Héctor Tobar, Thomas Mallon and Brenda Wineapple on older political novels they admire that have a lot to say about the world today.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
In 'On All Fronts,' CNN's Clarissa Ward Showcases Gravity, Costs Of A Reporting Life
Ward says she didn't know as a journalist she would "have my heart broken in a hundred different ways, that I would lose friends and watch children die and grow to feel like an alien in my own skin."
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Source: NPR Book Reviews
Two Books Wonder: How Long Until You Fall in Love With a Robot?
In Debora L. Spar’s “Work Mate Marry Love” and Jenny Kleeman’s “Sex Robots and Vegan Meat,” two approaches to thinking about what our intimate lives will look like in the future.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
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