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Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times by Gregory Cowles, Senior Editor, Books.
This week we bring you four memoirs and
one near-memoir, ranging from a family history of old money (Janny
Scott’s “The Beneficiary”) to an immigrant’s account of abuse and
displacement (Grace Talusan’s “The Body Papers”), from a queer
coming-of-age memoir (T Kira Madden’s “Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless
Girls”) to a celebrated biographer’s description of his methods (Robert
A. Caro’s “Working”). The near-memoir? That belongs to the timeless
Beat writer Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who with “Little Boy” has published
an autobiographical debut novel at the age of 100.
You’ll
also find a couple of environmental books — one about our landscapes
and man-made spaces, the other about humanity’s uncertain future — along
with poetry, novels new and old, and a story collection from one of
Kenya’s greatest living writers.
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Source: New York Times
