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.
Lonesome No More
By Chuck Augello
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Does Kurt Vonnegut’s worst book contain his most radical idea?
The Peculiarities
By David Liss
Inexplicable change — welcome or otherwise — comes to 1900s England.
The playwright discusses musical theater, lived experience, and spinning a story in five parts.
The Right to Sex: Feminism in the Twenty-First Century
By Amia Srinivasan
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What does true agency — political and practical — look like for women?
Talland House
By Maggie Humm
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This homage to Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse is a wonderful tale in its own right.
A Saint from Texas
By Edmund White
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This intelligent, dual-narrative tale showcases the author’s masterful storytelling.
Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World
By Katharine Hayhoe
Take heart, and then take action.
The Ocean in Winter: A Novel
By Elizabeth de Veer
A mother’s long-ago suicide reverberates in the lives of her daughters.
