See what some of our authors tell us they are reading this summer.
Cathryn Prince, author of American Daredevil: The Extraordinary Life of Richard Halliburton, the World’s First Celebrity Travel Writer (Chicago Review Press, June 1, 2016)
Ulysses S. Grant: Memoirs and Selected Letters by Ulysses S. Grant
End of Watch by Stephen King
A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny
Ira Rabois, author of the forthcoming Compassionate Critical Thinking: How Mindfulness, Creativity, Empathy, and Socratic Questioning Can Transform Teaching (Rowman & Littlefield, September 30, 2016)
Siddhartha’s Brain: Unlocking the Ancient Science of Enlightenment by James Kingsland.
Who Rules the World by Noam Chomsky
Elizabeth Rynecki, author of forthcoming Chasing Portraits: A Great-Granddaughter’s Quest for Her Lost Art Legacy (Penguin Random House, September 6, 2016)
Syrian Dust: Reporting From the Heart of the War by Francesca Borri
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
Carolyn Porter, author of forthcoming Marcel’s Letters (Skyhorse, Spring 2017)
Angels of the Underground: The American Women Who Resisted the Japanese in the Philippines in World War II by Theresa Kaminski
Lighthouse Road: A Novel by Peter Geye
Elaine Mansfield, author of Leaning into Love: A Spiritual Journey Through Grief (Larson Publication, October 2014)
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Crossing the Owl’s Bridge: A Guide for Grieving People Who Still Love by Kim Bateman
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
The Myth of the Goddess: Evolution of an Image by Ann Baring and Jules Cashford
Tina Peterson, author of Oscar and the Amazing Gravity Repellent (Capstone, September 1, 2015)
Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty by Ramona Ausubel
Jessica Gigot, author of Flood Patterns (Antrim House, November 2015)
Winterkill by Todd Davis
Bright Dead Things by Ada Limon
H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
Shrill by Lindy West
Mattaponi Queen by Belle Boggs
Let us know what you recommend. Good writers read good writing.
Writing and Listening — an Interview with Brooke Randel
As a young girl Brooke Randel knew little about the Holocaust—just that it was a catastrophe in which millions were murdered, and that her grandma Golda Indig barely escaped that fate. But her Bubbie never spoke about what happened, and the two spent most of their time together making pleasant memories: baking crescent roll cookies, playing gin rummy, and watching Baywatch. Until an unexpected phone call when Golda said, out of the blue: “You should write about my life. What happened in the war.” What results is a fascinating memoir—about one woman’s harrowing survival, and another’s struggle to excavate theRead more…