For The Book Obsessed
[ad_1] Abi Daré is the author of The Girl with the Louding Voice, a powerful debut novel about a young Nigerian woman who is trapped in a life of servitude but determined to fight for her dreams and choose her own future. Abi has been diving into books—fiction and nonfiction—that are inspiring, insightful, and emotional. … Read more
[ad_1] Tara Schuster is vice president of Talent and Development at Comedy Central. She is the executive in charge of Lights Out with David Spade and was the executive in charge of the Emmy and Peabody Award–winning Key & Peele and the Emmy Award–winning @Midnight. Tara is the author of Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies, … Read more
[ad_1] My career as a neurosurgeon immerses me in the hardest parts of people’s lives. And yet, the human resilience, faith, and spirit never ceases to amaze me. My heart is continually moved at how individuals rise to the challenge when facing incredibly hard things. And so, my writing, although it often examines pain, loss, … Read more
[ad_1] Andrew Hunter Murray is a writer and comedian. He is one of the writers and researchers behind the BBC show QI and also cohosts the spinoff podcast, No Such Thing as a Fish, which, since 2014, has released 250 episodes, been downloaded 200 million times, and toured the world. Andrew’s book, The Last Day, … Read more
[ad_1] The trouble with language is language. It’s so inherent to who we are that we submit early on to its autocracy. In order to comprehend the murmuring of our parents, the customs of our tribes, cultural currencies of our communities, not to mention the laws of our societies, we commit to memory the structure … Read more
[ad_1] When I was a kid, my dad, the astronomer Carl Sagan, often told me about his first day as an undergraduate at the University of Chicago. It was the early 1950s. He was sixteen. (In those days, clever students regularly skipped grades.) At orientation, someone, a dean maybe, told the incoming class, “You kids … Read more
[ad_1] From the James Beard Award-winning author of Bitters and Amaro comes this poignant, funny, and often elegiac exploration of the question, “What is the last thing you’d want to drink before you die?” Last Call is filled with timeless stories, bartender profiles and portraits, and 40+ cocktail recipes. This excerpt takes us to Earnestine & … Read more
[ad_1] Camryn Garrett made a wave with her YA debut novel, Full Disclosure. It follows a young teen named Simone Garcia-Hampton who is navigating the tricky ins and outs of high school all while being HIV-positive. It’s a necessary read that’s infused with humor, romance, and sex-positivity. Right now, Camryn is recommending books that take young … Read more