Passion & Presence
By Jupiter Berrysmith
Reflections on the Capital Love LitFest.
Do What You Fear Most: The History of the Velvet Underground
By Richie Unterberger
An illuminating account of the band that made Lou Reed famous.
The Big Easy looms large in James Lee Burke’s entertaining Dave Robicheaux series.
King of the Blues: The Rise and Reign of B.B. King
By Daniel de Visé
A masterful account of a masterful musician.
The Lincoln Highway: A Novel
By Amor Towles
The master storyteller is back with a rollicking road trip that nonetheless wrestles with thorny moral questions.
The novelist talks closure, humanizing wicked characters, and rejecting the “ideal kidnapped girl” trope.
We came, we read, we gushed. Here’s a recap of the titles that left us especially warm and swoony last month.
Peril
By Bob Woodward and Robert Costa
Things really were as bad as many of us suspected.
We here at the Independent love every piece we run. There are no winners or losers. But all kidding aside, here are September’s winners.
It Takes a Village
By Meg Eden
Why you should be part of the DMV writing community.
Welfare for the Rich
By Phil Harvey and Lisa Conyers
The scope of corporate grift may be astonishing, say the authors of this informative work, but voters aren’t powerless to combat it.
