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.
We here at the Independent love every piece we run. There are no winners or losers. But all kidding aside, here are January’s winners.
Milk Blood Heat: Stories
By Dantiel W. Moniz
This lush new collection eschews easy drama for vivid truths.
The Illness Lesson
By Clare Beams
What happens when the patriarchy decides a group of 19th-century schoolgirls is suffering from "hysteria"?
The Boston Massacre
By Serena Zabin
By mining archival records, the author brings the human side of the long-ago tragedy to life.
A look at what’s steaming up the shelves this month.
Surviving the White Gaze: A Memoir
By Rebecca Carroll
A transracial adoptee reveals her struggle to build a Black identity in a world of white privilege.
What Does America Look Like?
By Caroline Bock
A new regional anthology seeks to answer that question!
Widowish: A Memoir
By Melissa Gould
A young woman struggles with the loss of her husband and the category it suddenly puts her in.
