A peek at what’s on tap in the Independent this week.
A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days.
The author of Black Flags just won a Pulitzer Prize
Meet one of the renowned participants in Books Alive! 2016
It's all in the words
The Human Cost of Welfare: How the System Hurts the People It’s Supposed to Help
By Phil Harvey and Lisa Conyers
A refreshingly non-partisan dissection of the social safety net’s unintended consequences
The Summer Before the War: A Novel
By Helen Simonson
Conflict — both global and local — comes to a veddy, veddy British town
The Harvard sociologist discusses his new book, Evicted, an unflinching look at poverty in America
Panic at the Pump: The Energy Crisis and the Transformation of American Politics in the 1970s
By Meg Jacobs
Recalling gas-station lines, embargoes, and all-around angst
Country of Red Azaleas: A Novel
By Domnica Radulescu
Despite war, separation, and loss, two women find strength in their love for one another.
