For The Book Obsessed
[ad_1] Happy Mardi Gras! And you’re welcome. Because we’re sharing a sneak peek of the MUCH anticipated sequel to Renée Ahdieh’s The Beautiful! The Damned is coming THIS JUNE and not a moment too soon. Ready for this excerpt? Ready to see what comes after THAT ENDING? Yes? Okay. Prepare yourself. First there is nothing. Only silence. … Read more
[ad_1] While legendary actor and activist Laura Dern (who’s having a “Dernaissance” at the moment) may have taken home her second Academy Award this year for her portrayal of a stereotypical yet wholly otherworldly divorce attorney in Marriage Story (now streaming on Netflix), the movie isn’t all kale salads and Halloween costumes. Scarlett Johansson and … Read more
[ad_1] How will the climate crisis impact the planet’s most marginalized communities? That question is at the heart of the Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author Anne Charnock’s latest novel, Bridge 108. Like her three previous novels, this one reveals how large, systemic problems like economic stratification and climate change are tightly entwined. Her latest is … Read more
[ad_1] It’s always fun to discover an author when they write a crackling and scintillating debut novel. The energy that results from knowing that you’ve found an author with a long career ahead of them, who you can follow for years, is incredibly exciting. The wait for that second novel can be excruciating, but it’s … Read more
[ad_1] In the world of Interior Chinatown, Asian Americans don’t get to play the dashing leads in TV shows. They don’t even get to be the everyman. Limited to one-dimensional roles like Egg Roll Cook, Young Dragon Lady, and Striving Immigrant, there’s no way to advance beyond the exoticism or “perpetual foreigner” status that comes … Read more
[ad_1] Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly is the story of three astonishing women whose fates converge during World War II. Readers have adored its portrayal of female friendship and bravery. For those who are looking for similar reads in which women test the bonds of friendship and the limits of courage, Read it Forward … Read more
[ad_1] Today the founding editor of the Chicago Review of Books launches a new passion project. Say hello to the Southern Review of Books, a site dedicated to Southern literature that’s run by an all-volunteer team. The site was launched in partnership with the Queens University of Charlotte’s MFA program, and senior editors and contributing … Read more
[ad_1] When its series finale of aired back in 2013, The Office took its place in the pantheon of great, transformative sitcoms—alongside series like M*A*S*H, Cheers, and Seinfeld. With its documentary-esque style, sometimes painfully awkward humor, and often surprising emotional depth, The Office laid the groundwork for a slew of successful comedies to follow in … Read more
[ad_1] No one really believed the fabulous Grace Jones when she sang “I’ll never write my memoirs” in 1981—or was surprised when the lyric became the title of her splashy 2015 memoir. After a boom in the ’90s spurred by authors like Elizabeth Wurtzel and Mary Karr, memoir has galloped on to become what many … Read more
[ad_1] Cathy Park Hong’s latest book, Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning, asks readers to be open to nuance and hold two sometimes contradictory notions simultaneously. The Los Angeles-born writer details the peculiarities of identifying as Asian American—a term stretched to encompass a broad swath of people whose ancestors emigrated from the same continent. As Hong … Read more