Viking We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. In his new book, “Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000” (published by Viking), Barry Walters, a writer for such publications as Rolling Stone and Spin, explores how LGBTQ songwriters, musicians, execs and fans reshaped pop culture in the late … Read more
Penguin Press We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. In “They Stole a City: Wilmington’s White Supremacist Coup and the Families Who Live With Its Legacy” (to be published July 14 by Penguin Press), The New Yorker writer Lauren Collins examines how, in 1898, white supremacists staged a coup … Read more
Oprah’s Book Club pick Sophie Chen Keller reads “Little Wonder” excerpt – CBS News Watch CBS News Oprah Winfrey selected “Little Wonder” by acclaimed author Sophie Chen Keller as her latest book club pick. Keller reads an excerpt from her novel about an extraordinary journey of hope and love. Source link
Gallery Books We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. In “View From the East Wing” (to be published Tuesday by Gallery Books), former first lady Jill Biden writes of her four years in the White House, her husband’s debate performance, her advocacy, and the challenges facing the Biden presidency, … Read more
Weldon Owen We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. In July 1962, Marilyn Monroe gave what would be her final interview, with Life Magazine writer Richard Meryman, and her last formal photo shoot, for photographer Allan Grant. She died shortly after the article was published, and the majority of … Read more
One Signal/Atria Books We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. In his new book, “Torched: How a City Was Left to Burn, and the Olympic Rush to Rebuild L.A.” (to be published May 12 by One Signal/Atria Books), CBS News national correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti, who covered last year’s catastrophic … Read more
Oprah Winfrey selected “John of John” by award-winning author Douglas Stuart, known for “Shuggie Bain,” as her latest book club pick. Watch the author, Douglas Stuart, read an excerpt from his novel that Winfrey calls ” a complex and compelling tale that ultimately showcases the transformational power of love.” Source link
Avid Reader Press We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. Tom Coyne, the editor of The Golfer’s Journal, teed up for a challenge: taking over operations of a failing nine-hole community golf course in New York’s Catskill Mountains. He writes of his experience, and the tribulations that were par … Read more
Scribner We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. In “The New Tourist: Waking Up to the Power and Perils of Travel” (available in Trade Paperback May 13 from Scribner), journalist Paige McClanahan writes about how tourism shapes societies and individuals, and about the need to redefine the meaning of … Read more
‘The threats we face,’ he says, ‘demand a transformation in British defense.’ Source link