Book Review | ‘On Juneteenth’ by Annette Gordon-Reed
A Pulitzer Prize–winning historian and Texas native takes a stab at the story of Juneteenth’s integral importance to American history.
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Summer Reading: T.C. Boyle Talks ‘Blue Skies,’ Life in Santa Barbara and More
The godfather of climate fiction sounds off on his latest work.
Book Review | ‘Blue Skies’ by TC Boyle
The catastrophes of climate change loom over Montecito in Boyle’s latest novel.
Book Review | ‘I Am Homeless if This Is Not My Home’ by Lorrie Moore
Our reviewer deems this one “a highly readable effort from one of America’s greatest living authors.”
Review | ‘Tracy Flick Can’t Win’ by Tom Perrota
The heroine of “Election” is back … in high school.
Review | ‘The Passenger’ and ‘Stella Maris,’ by Cormac McCarthy
These two companion novels are not Cormac McCarthy’s best work.
Review | ‘The Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath & Ted Hughes’ by Janet Malcolm
Trying to make sense of the complex relationship between Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes.
Book Review | ‘How to Write One Song’ by Jeff Tweedy
Wilco’s great songwriter shares a few tips for aspiring writers.
Poet to Poet
U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón talks about writing, the natural world, and that feeling of otherness that writers often share.
Review | ‘Wildflowers of North America’ by the National Audubon Society
A handsome but hefty addition to bookshelves of wildflower lovers, if not their backpacks.