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“Different People at Different Phases of Our Own Lives,” an Interview with Rowan Beaird

Book ReviewsMarch 19, 2024 by Ruby Rosenthal

[ad_1] A bachelorette party got Rowan Beaird interested in divorce—her own party, actually. “I got back from my bachelorette party in Vegas, and my husband was like, ‘uh, you’ve been researching divorce a lot,’” Beaird said with a laugh. “And I was like ‘we’re fine! Just don’t look at my Google [search] history!’” Though Beaird’s … Read more

The Edge of Hope in “The Great Wave” – Chicago Review of Books

Book ReviewsFebruary 23, 2024 by Ruby Rosenthal

[ad_1] How do we begin to talk about the past four years—or even farther back—where perhaps the most unprecedented thing is the unprecedented need to overuse the word unprecedented? Tell me about it! In The Great Wave, Michiko Kakutani’s latest—a part political, part historical, nonfiction ride of a book—she does just that, taking us on … Read more