A peek at what’s on tap this week.
A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days.
We here at the Independent love every piece we run. There are no winners or losers. Having said that, here are January’s winners.
The NPR producer discusses culture, memoir, and the release on Kindle of her e-book, The Persian Square: 101 Things to Know about Iranian-Americans.
Funny Girl: A Novel
By Nick Hornby
A working-class beauty queen takes on 1960s television in this funny, probing novel.
Vanessa and Her Sister: A Novel
By Priya Parmar
A fascinating, fictionalized look at Virginia Woolf's lesser-known — but equally talented — sibling.
Meet Brazos Bookstore in Houston.
Clearly, 2014 was a wonderful year for poets and poetry. Here are the most memorable works I had the pleasure of reviewing in the last 12 months.
Sympathy for the Devil: Four Decades of Friendship with Gore Vidal
By Michael Mewshaw
A straightforward look at a famed writer known as much for his antics as his art.
The Reckoning: Death and Intrigue in the Promised Land
By Patrick Bishop
Recounting the hunt for an anti-British terrorist in the closing days of Mandate Palestine.
