Terry McMillan's Latest: Revisiting Past Loves, Rediscovering Yourself
In her new novel, I Almost Forgot About You, McMillan's heroine confronts midlife malaise by reconnecting with men from her past.
Books
Fizzy 'Vinegar Girl' Tames Shrewishness To Sparkle
Anne Tyler's latest is part of a series of Shakespeare plays-turned-novels; she's turned The Taming of the Shrew into a modern screwball comedy about an absent-minded scientist and his daughters.
Harry Potter Inc. Hopes To Re-Create The Magic, Hogwarts And All, With 'Cursed Child'
Lynn Neary wonders whether the latest "Harry Potter story" (technically the script of a new play) merits the marketing push it's getting.
Fish Have Feelings, Too: The Inner Lives Of Our 'Underwater Cousins'
Jonathan Balcombe, author of What A Fish Knows, says that fish have a conscious awareness — or "sentience" — that allows them to experience pain, recognize individual humans and have memory.
A Festival For Mixed-Race Storytellers — And Everyone Else, Too
The Mixed Remixed festival isn't just for folks who are multiracial. It's about connecting people from all over the world who aren't always seen as belonging together.
'The Familiar Vol. 3' Will Rewire Your Brain
Mark Z. Danielewski's proposed 27-part saga about a girl and her very strange cat rolls on in Volume 3, Honeysuckle and Pain — in which all the different voices and stories start to find a groove.
'An Abbreviated Life' Memoir Captures Lasting Impact Of Childhood Emotional Abuse
NPR's Rachel Martin speaks to Ariel Leve about her new memoir, An Abbreviated Life. It tells the story of her growing up in a difficult dysfunctional family.
Why My Mom Left Me Out Of Her Book
Frank and Lucky Get Schooled author Lynne Rae Perkins wrote a book about her son Frank and their dog Lucky. But she left one important person out — her daughter Lucy.
Never Mind The White Dress, Turns Out Emily Dickinson Had A Green Thumb
Archaeologists are working to unearth the poet's original gardens and bring the homestead back to its natural state. The hope is to revive the plants and flowers she vividly described in her poetry.
Annie Proulx's 'Barkskins' Is Lovely, Dark, and Deep
Annie Proulx's epic new novel is a multigenerational, multi-century epic about the fall of forests before human depredation — just don't think about how many trees went into its 700-plus pages.