From New York to Barcelona, a Poet With His Eye on Politics
In his third collection, “Living Weapon,” Rowan Ricardo Phillips invokes superheroes and hard-boiled crime to grapple with gun violence, climate change and more.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
His Son Hiked Into the Costa Rican Jungle, and Never Came Out. What Happened?
After Cody Dial disappeared, his father — the ecologist and explorer Roman Dial — set out to find him, a tale he recounts in “The Adventurer’s Son.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Jeremy O. Harris: Brandon Taylor ‘Subjugates Us With the Deft Hand of a Dom’
In the debut novel “Real Life,” a biochemistry Ph.D. candidate confronts the harder lessons of how to be a gay black man in a white world.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
A Lesbian Who’s Not a Lesbian Walks Into a Bar, and ...
William T. Vollmann’s novel “The Lucky Star,” part of his “transgender trilogy,” is fixated on femininity and the ways it is performed.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
New & Noteworthy, From Beautiful Crime to Essays on Identity
A selection of recent books of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Her Blog Post About Uber Upended Big Tech. Now She’s Written a Memoir.
In “Whistleblower,” Susan Fowler, a former software engineer at Uber, describes the harassment she endured while working at the company.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
What’s Driving the Millennial Political Takeover?
Mayors’ offices, city councils and Congress are flooded with young people. In “The Ones We’ve Been Waiting For,” Charlotte Alter explains why.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
The Real Story of the Royal Air Force’s World War II ‘Dambusters’ Raid
Max Hastings’s “Operation Chastise” takes a close look at one of the most famous episodes of the war.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
A Gun Shop and a Family Prone to Breakdowns: What Could Go Wrong?
“Little Constructions,” by Anna Burns, features a large cast of relatives in a criminal-run Irish town during the Troubles.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Uber Whistleblower Takes On Silicon Valley, Armed With Stoic Philosophy
In 2017, Susan Fowler published a blog post that revealed Uber's misogynistic corporate culture — and helped change the world. In her memoir, she urges readers not to see her as a victim.
(Image credit: Eric Risberg/AP)
Source: NPR Book Reviews
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