Journalist Matthew Wolff joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and VV Ganesanthan to discuss his new book Fire in the Night: A Secret History of the Earth Liberation Front, the FBI, and Eco-Sabotage. Wolfe talks about the history of environmental activism, including its rarely discussed bipartisan past, and explains how the industry made climate change a Democratic
ISage author Keith Ridgway’s latest novel is in a dilemma, both mischievous and dangerous. The book’s epigraph is taken from a bleary-eyed ballad alluding to the “lofty” grandeur of the Rocks of Dunin. But these lines are accompanied by a footnote warning that “Debate continues regarding the rocks named in the song – whether they
We’ve officially entered summer, and if you’re like me, your free time looks like a stack of books with a nice cold drink next to you. Of course, that doesn’t mean you’ll always Reading Those books, and in fact, you may be adding more books to the pile, but the dream and the goal are
If History If that’s more your speed, try Julio Anta Si Se Puedeabout the underappreciated role played by Latinos throughout American history; Marta Breen and Jenny Jordahl destroy patriarchyAbout the many women who have risked everything to fight against misogynistic individuals and systems around the world; Or Alex L. Combs and Andrew Aket Trans history:
we’re in six months YearSo I’m here to offer some fun reading escapes through thrillers. Now I know the term “summer reading” means something completely different to everyone – I’m currently loading up on nonfiction and horror for the summer – so I have three different options that still remain firmly in the “thriller” category.
Today’s Special Book Deal $4.99 pachinko by min jin lee GET THIS DEAL $1.99 late bloomer by Mazie Eddings GET THIS DEAL $3.99 Of demons and mainframes by barbara truelove GET THIS DEAL $3.99 love is a war song By Danica Nava GET THIS DEAL $1.99 a killing camp By Nicholas Didomizio GET THIS DEAL
Two reading rainbow Icons appear for storytime at the Obama Presidential Center, authors choose the best queer books in America, this year’s Common Reads and more. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines on politics, culture, media, and other topics. LeVar Burton, Mychal Threats and Obama walk into the library The
Shirley Lord, an English-born journalist whose early success on Fleet Street in London led to major jobs at Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue and Helena Rubinstein as well as being sidelined as a best-selling author of steamy novels, and whose high-dose liveliness and marriage in 1987 to AM Rosenthal, former executive editor of The New York Times,
Do you ever feel like everything was better before? Actually, does anyone No feel this way? We all have a different “before” in mind — before the pandemic, before 2016, before the Internet, before the nuclear bomb, and so on, and so forth — but the consensus on this front seems to be almost universal.
Today: In 1909, Sarah Orne Jewett is born. Andrew McKenzie-McHarg explores iconic conspiracy theorist Carl Oglesby’s idea of a Yankees vs. Cowboys war. | Lit Hub History Maggie McKinley reflects on Joan Didion’s “future-oriented” nostalgia. | lit hub criticism “I would never blame them. But being around Americans is the last thing I can do