Books
Life Imitating Art
By John ReedWe look at art in context, but what about people?
In Conversation
ACCURACY OF THE MOMENT: ROXANA ROBINSON with Mariette Kalinowski
In May, Roxana Robinson met with Mariette Kalinowski to discuss her new novel, Sparta (Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2013).
Double Identity
By David RosenBeau Riffenburgh loves to dig into dusty archives and uncover the lost stories of fascinating historical characters. He shifts course a bit in his latest book, Pinkerton’s Great Detective, about James McParland, one of the nation’s earliest private agents.
Potus Page-Turner
By Greg RyanIn The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism, Pulitzer Prize winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin tackles Teddy through his relationships with Taft, his trusty-aide-turned-successor-turned-political-rival, and the “muckraking” reporters who exposed civil and corporate corruption and helped him push through reform.
The Heart of the Matter
By Abby MarguliesA few years ago, riding in a taxi with my boss, we fell into conversation about guilty pleasures. “Do you know what Abby’s is?” my coworker piped up. “Ann Patchett.” My boss looked surprised.
Amazon in Exile
By Andrea ScrimaScrew magazine once wrote that “Lynda Schor writes about sex as matter-of-factly as a harried housewife trying to make food stamps stretch at the local A&P.” It’s an ingenious strategy.
Against Fiction
By Katharina SmundakIn December of 1956, Rodolfo Walsh was sitting in a cafe in Buenos Aires playing chess with his friends when he learned that a man who had supposedly been executed was, in fact, alive.
Emptiness Untampered
By Carmen Giménez SmithAurelie Sheehan’s Jewelry Box catalogs, in part, the ephemeral treasures associated with love. The book begins its investigation with the eponymous prefatory story about a mother who shows her young daughter the rings and pins she treasures.
All the Peloton’s Men
By Casey MurphyLance Armstrong’s story has been equal parts inspirational journey and tabloid fodder. After he was publicly shamed as a cheater, his epic collapse culminated in a highly anticipated, tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey. Except he did not tell all.
