Must do’s: What we like this week
Add "The Bletchey Circle" to your Sunday night lineup and listen to David Sedaris read his latest book
Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 2:00 PM UTCEntertainment Our Picks: Books, our picks: TV
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Entertainment Our Picks: Books, our picks: TV
“Cooked”: Michael Pollan takes kitchen duty
A great food writer considers the deeper meanings of turning food into meals
Sunday, Apr 21, 2013 10:00 PM UTC 14Entertainment What to Read, Nonfiction, Books
“The Astor Orphan”: Rich little poor girl
A woman descended from the fabled Astor clan describes growing up among eccentric artists in a crumbling mansion
Sunday, Apr 14, 2013 10:00 PM UTCEntertainment What to Read, Memoir
“How to Create the Perfect Wife”
The true story of man who raised an orphan to be his ideal woman -- and got more than he bargained for
Sunday, Apr 7, 2013 10:00 PM UTC 13Entertainment What to Read, Nonfiction
Is journalism killing my creativity?
I'm a successful journalist, but I get stuck on novels and creative nonfiction
Monday, Apr 1, 2013 12:00 AM UTCLife Since You Asked, Writing, Writers
Aleksandar Hemon: “I cannot stand that whole game of confession. I have nothing to confess and I do not ask for redemption”
The Sarajevo native redefines memoir and describes how his oldest daughter inspired him to write about loss
Saturday, Mar 23, 2013 11:00 PM UTCEntertainment sarajevo, Bosnia, literature
Must Do’s: What we like this week
We go south of the Mason-Dixon line; watch Elisabeth Moss solve a case; and take a break from those crazy "Girls"
Saturday, Mar 23, 2013 2:00 PM UTCEntertainment Our Picks: Books, our picks: TV
“The New Mind of the South”: Not your daddy’s Dixie
A daughter of the South says the region is changing more than even those who live there realize
Sunday, Mar 17, 2013 10:30 PM UTC 60Entertainment What to Read, Books, Nonfiction
Joan Didion’s “Salvador” delves into the heart of darkness
Though it was first published 30 years ago, Didion's account of the war in El Salvador still feels as urgent today
Thursday, Mar 14, 2013 7:00 PM UTCEntertainment Our Picks: Books, Our Picks
“Seven minutes of terror”: The secret story of the Mars rover landing
A robotics expert who helped build Curiosity tells the harrowing story of landing the rover on the Red Planet
Thursday, Mar 14, 2013 12:02 AM UTCTechnology Books, Mars Rover, NASA
“Paleofantasy”: Stone Age delusions
An evolutionary biologist explains why everything you think you know about cavemen (and their diet) is wrong
Sunday, Mar 10, 2013 10:00 PM UTC 99Entertainment Books, What to Read, History
“Wave”: A family vacation turns into the worst kind of nightmare
The author survived the 2004 tsunami, but she lost her parents, her husband and her children
Sunday, Mar 3, 2013 11:00 PM UTCEntertainment What to Read, Books, Nonfiction
National Book Critics Circle’s 2013 awards announced
Winners include debut novelist Ben Fountain and seasoned LBJ biographer Robert Caro
Friday, Mar 1, 2013 3:40 AM UTCEntertainment Books, Awards
Is the priesthood a failed tradition?
Garry Wills, who once considered the priesthood, offers a probing inquiry into priests' powerful role in the church
Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 8:00 PM UTCEntertainment Books, audible, Audio Books
My awful past keeps me from writing
I had such a horrible childhood that the anxiety and fear are paralyzing
Monday, Feb 25, 2013 1:00 AM UTC 13Life Since You Asked, Writing
“The Myth of Persecution”: Early Christians weren’t persecuted
The Romans did not target, hunt or massacre Jesus' followers, says a historian of the early church
Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 9:00 PM UTC 177Entertainment Editor's Picks, What to Read
Truman Capote’s greatest lie
New evidence suggests "In Cold Blood" covers up an investigator's goof that might have let the murderers kill again
Thursday, Feb 14, 2013 12:45 PM UTC 14Entertainment True crime, Nonfiction, Murder
Philip Roth’s retirement lesson
The author hung it up when he lost his unreasonable devotion to writing fiction -- and inspired me to follow suit
Wednesday, Feb 13, 2013 12:39 PM UTCSocial LA Review of Books, Art, Fiction
“Give Me Everything You Have”: Stalked!
A writing teacher describes his years-long ordeal as the object of a former student's hate-filled obsession
Sunday, Feb 10, 2013 11:00 PM UTC 21Entertainment What to Read, Editor's Picks
Death of an American sniper
Did Chris Kyle's uncritical thinking in life — revealed in his bestselling memoir — contribute to his death?
Thursday, Feb 7, 2013 6:00 PM UTC 107Entertainment Books, Nonfiction, Iraq war
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