Amor Towles' new book is about a road trip that takes more than a few U-turns

Amor Towles' new book is about a road trip th...

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Revisiting ‘Waiting to Exhale’

As the film adaptation of ‘Waiting to Exhale’ celebrates its 30th anniversary, B.A. Parker and Andrew Limbong, along with It’s Been a Minute host, Brittany Luse, revisit its source material about four friends, Savannah, Gloria, Robin, and Bernadine, as they make their way through ...  Afficher plus

Paul McCartney on his band 'Wings,' plus the story of indie label Bloodshot Records

Two new memoirs zoom in on important moments in music history. First, Paul McCartney’s new book Wings reflects on the life of his post-Beatles band, which he formed in London in 1971. In today’s episode, McCartney speaks with NPR’s A Martínez about establishing a distinct identit ...  Afficher plus

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A Heartbreaking Novel About Mothers, Daughters and Secrets
The Book Review

The latest pick for Group Text, our monthly column for readers and book clubs, is Esther Freud's “I Couldn’t Love You More,” a novel about three generati ...

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The Road Less Traveled
HISTORY This Week

August 2, 1915. The poem appears in print for the first time this week, from Kentucky to Pennsylvania to Vermont. Every reader is transported to that same leafy path: “two roads diverged in a yellow wood.” The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost becomes an immediate hit and will go on ...  Afficher plus

Amor Towles Sees Dead People
The Book Review

The novelist Amor Towles, whose best-selling books include “Rules of Civility,” “A Gentleman in Moscow” and “The Lincoln Highway,” contributed an essay to the Book ...

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Simon Van Booy, "Night Came With Many Stars" (Godine, 2021)
New Books in Historical Fiction

Night Came With Many Stars (Godine 2021) ebbs and flows with people who only take or destroy, balanced by those who give or heal. And everything centers on a family. A Kentucky father treats Carol, his thirteen-year-old motherless daughter like a servant up to the moment he loses ...  Afficher plus