A peek at what’s on tap this week.
How to Lose Your Mother
By Molly Jong-Fast
Coming to terms with a famous, and famously flawed, parent.
A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days.
Bird Summons: A Novel
By Leila Aboulela
This moving meditation on gender, religion, and culture is overwhelmed by bloated magical realism.
Show your favorite bookish nonprofit some love!
We here at the Independent love every piece we run. There are no winners or losers. Seriously, though, here are April’s winners.
Pelosi
By Molly Ball
How “No Nonsense Nancy” became the most powerful woman in Washington.
The Nantucket Book Festival Goes Virtual!
By William DeSousa
The beloved island event moves online this spring and summer.
An incisive historical examination of how ideological purity has hurt our nation.
Furious Hours
By Casey Cep
Recounting how the famed author tried — and failed — to turn a riveting courtroom drama into a second book.
White Elephant
By Julie Langsdorf
The underside of suburban politics is given dimension in this absorbing debut.
