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11 Funny Audiobooks to Lighten the Mood This Dreary Winter
Just weeks into 2021, the new year already feels uncomfortably similar to the one that came before it. With renewed COVID-19 lockdowns and headlines dominated by news both distressing and sad, let’s face it: in this bleak season, we need a laugh. Enter the upbeat audiobook. As regular audiobook listeners know, and newcomers will be…
Angie Thomas’ New Prequel to The Hate U Give Challenges the Cult of Masculinity
Is our cult of masculinity destroying us? Concrete Rose, Angie Thomas’ latest young adult novel, is a meditation on just that: the problem of boys pretending to be men. The book, out Jan. 12, is a prequel to Thomas’ smash bestseller The Hate U Give, which followed teenager Starr Carter after she witnessed her friend…
Sen. Josh Hawley’s Canceled Book Underscores Long-Simmering Tensions Around Trump-Era Book Deals
After Missouri Republican Senator Josh Hawley played a leading role in the Electoral College challenge at the center of the violent Jan. 6 insurrection of the U.S. Capitol, the publisher of his upcoming book announced its cancellation. Bookseller Hannah Oliver Depp felt relieved when she saw the news on Thursday. But she would rather the…
RS Interview: Climate Scientist Michael Mann
Michael Mann talks with Jeff Goodell about his forthcoming book, "The New Climate War," what he's learned from the pandemic, and the future of climate politics
Here Are the 10 New Books You Should Read in January
There’s no better time than a new year to investigate identity. It’s apt then that many of the best new books arriving in January—following an unprecedented year of introspection and pain—ask us to consider how we became who we are. In their memoirs, Nadia Owusu and Ta Nehisi-Coates reflect on their upbringings to make sense…
Everything to Know About the Bridgerton Books Behind Netflix’s Buzzy New Period Drama
And how Shonda Rhimes adapted them for Netflix
‘The Great Gatsby Now Belongs to the People.’ What the Copyright Expiration of the Classic Novel Means for Its Legacy
Between the glitzy parties, secret backstories and climactic murder in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel The Great Gatsby, there’s a tiny detail that readers may have missed: right before he gets in a car with antagonist Tom Buchanan—the ride that kicks off the novel’s tragic end—narrator Nick Carraway realizes he’s forgotten his own birthday. It’s…
7 local books to read over the holidays
The secret lives of orchids, plus six other intruiging reads from local authors.
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7 local books to read over the holidays
The secret lives of orchids, plus six other intruiging reads from local authors.
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New Book Explores How the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Landed in Cleveland
"So many people want to claim they were responsible for bringing the Hall to Cleveland, says writer Norm Nite, "and I knew the real people that were responsible"
The 50 Greatest Rock Memoirs of All Time
Awesome rock & roll reads, from Keith Richards and Patti Smith to Slash and Nikki Sixx
Peter Guralnick on the Musical and Social Revolution of Ray Charles’ ‘I Got a Woman’
The excerpt comes from Guralnick's excellent new book 'Looking to Get Lost,' which features profiles of Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry, Solomon Burke, and more