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[ad_1] As a historian of the 20th century I am always on the look-out for books that help me understand the world better. As I worked on my own book about the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II, I wanted to understand more about what other women did during the war in part … Read more

[ad_1] Taylor Jenkins Reid is the New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones & The Six, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, One True Loves, Maybe in Another Life, After I Do and Forever, and Interrupted. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, their daughter and their dog. Right now, in the midst of … Read more

[ad_1] After twenty-something years of existence and countless interactions with the opposite sex, I have made a problematic observation—the men in my life decidedly social distance themselves from fiction. It doesn’t end there. They generally display a misplaced sense of pride when they humblebrag about how they only read nonfiction (which is generally followed by … Read more

[ad_1] When I first saw The Sound of Music, I fell in love with musicals. I was captured by the dual forces telling the story: the plot itself, and the songs, reinforcing the emotions of the story with musical embodiment. In the twenty-odd years since then, dozens of shows captured me. One of the great … Read more

[ad_1] Pride Month, for the out queer person, open ally, and friend or family of the queer community is usually a time of events, gatherings, parades, and protests. It’s a time to rally and be together as a community under the diversity of the rainbow and send a message to the world: we’re here, we’re … Read more

[ad_1] I seem to be rather obsessed with the theme of justice in my novels. But what is justice, exactly? For me, it is even-handed: the simple cause and effect that runs through most stories. If a character makes a decision, it has a consequence later on. In my latest release, The Choice, my heroine … Read more

[ad_1] A few years ago, the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens hosted an exhibit on Mad Men. Scripts from the TV show hung next to screens which played those scenes, and seeing that correspondence urged me to think seriously about the storytelling lessons to be learned from TV shows. I began thinking about … Read more

[ad_1] Emily Henry knows a thing or two about writing sexy men, considering Augustus—the male star of her new book, Beach Read—is incredibly attractive. He’s a writer, he’s gorgeous, he’s smart, he’s troubled, he’s funny, he’s… a dream. So, she’s the perfect person to list her top 10 book boyfriends of all time. Check out … Read more

[ad_1] When we learned that the delightful Emma Straub was writing another book, we were all excited and anxious to get our hands on it—because if we haven’t made it clear, she’s the best. Luckily enough, All Adults Here was our May book club pick and it didn’t disappoint in the slightest. It’s a beautiful novel … Read more

[ad_1] Each evening before our children go to bed, my wife and I read to them for about half an hour. I typically read to the older two, who, at 8 and 10, are independent readers, but permit me the pleasure of reading to them all the same. Six nights a week they get to … Read more