A look at what’s steaming up the shelves this month.
After the Fall: From the End of History to the Crisis of Democracy, How Politicians Broke Our World
By Ian Shapiro
An astute, sobering assessment of lawmakers’ blundering.
Passion & Presence
By Jupiter Berrysmith
Reflections on the Capital Love LitFest.
(But not between you and me…)
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Enjoy this Grateful American™ reading recommendation!
The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902: Immigrant Housewives and the Riots that Shook New York City
By Scott D. Seligman
A little-known story of poor Jewish women uniting to demand fairly priced fleishig.
An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.
The Delivery: A Novel
By Peter Mendelsund
An anonymous courier comes fully to life in this deceptively rich tale.
We came, we read, we gushed. Here’s a recap of the titles that left us especially warm and swoony last month.
Circles of Madness not only introduced me to an extraordinary poet but launched a lifelong literary friendship.
A Worse Place Than Hell: How the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg Changed a Nation
By John Matteson
This laudable work is less an account of the 1862 clash than of five notable figures who served on or near the battlefield.
