Book Recommendations
Kelly Luce’s "Pull Me Under" wrestles with rage, forgiveness, and the lives we construct for ourselves.
Time and again, Smith’s narrator struggles to see how she can fit the two together.
"That’s why I started writing: because I wanted to know what’s it like to be a Jewish Chinese guy or an old black woman or a white professor or whatever," the author told Slate.
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The writer’s journal tells the story of the sweltering South.
In "Virgin and Other Stories," April Ayers Lawson explores sex in the religious South.
Margaret Atwood’s retelling of “The Tempest" leans into the elements of theatricality and deception within the play.
Abbi Jacobson's new book is a collection of illustrations that imagine what famous people carry around in their pockets and purses.
Illustrator Mara Cerri talks about her illustrations, and the author’s playful balance of dark and light.