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May 21 Family Memoirs: A Room in Bombay, by Manil Suri, and Keeper of My Kin, by Ada Ferrer
Two new memoirs about the transcendent power of love and family.
4 min
May 14 Cults and Their Discontents
What makes someone join a cult? And how do they get away?
4 min
April 28 Memoir Roundup: "Small Town Girls" by Jayne Anne Phillips, "Labor" by Mary Afsari, and "She's Under Here" by Karen Palmer
What makes a truly great memoir?
4 min
April 22 Monica Lewinsky Special: "Dear Monica Lewinsky" by Julia Langbein, "Young Jane Young" by Gabrielle Zevin, and "Everything is Perfect" by Kate Nason
Sex. Power. Privilege. And Monica Lewinsky!
4 min
April 15 Love Among the Stars: "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo" by Taylor Jenkins Reid and "American Fantasy" by Emma Straub
What would you do to be famous, or almost famous?
4 min
April 08 Citylit Festival Preview
Three authors who will be in conversation with Marion Winik at this weekend's 23rd annual Citylit Festival
4 min
April 01 Internet Famous: "What A Time To Be Alive" by Jade Chang and "I Could Be Famous" by Sydney Rende
What happens when your only goal is to “go viral” online, and then, somehow, it actually happens?
4 min
March 26 Uncommon Women: "Big Nobody" by Alex Kadis and "The Beheading Game" by Rebecca Lehmann.
Some people are born to live unusual, extraordinary lives.
4 min
March 18 Remember The Seventies: "Lake Effect" by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney and "Judy Blume: A Life" by Mark Oppenheimer
Dispatches from a tumultuous decade in American history.
4 min
March 16 Moving Memoirs: "The Flower Bearers" by Rachel Eliza Griffiths and "Fly, Wild Swans" by Jung Chang
A pair of revealing memoirs from women whose lives have been shaped by politics, literature, and love.
4 min

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----What should I read next?---- Book critic and longtime NPR commentator Marion Winik answers this question in four opinionated, book-loving minutes. With reviews of new releases and older titles you…

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