NEW YORK (AP) Lorrie Moore, Naomi Klein and the Egyptian writer Ahmed Naji are among the finalists for National Book Critics Circle awards. Honorary prizes are going to Judy Blume and to a longtime ally of Blume's in the fight against book bans, the American Library Association.
Have you ever visited a bookshop and noticed that a cover caught your attention in just the right way? But then you say “Nah, I don’t want to read a book…
Understanding the past, through the portal of history, is a life skill that is vital to the practice of democracy. Avoiding history undermines accountability and facilitates impunity. It denies us the opportunity to properly understand, and alter, the crises we face in the present.
POLITICS AND PLAY | Rigorously researched and beautifully written, Steinberg’s Winnie and Nelson is acutely insightful at both the personal and political levels