Book Review: ‘Cher: The Memoir,’ by Cher
<div>The first volume of her frank autobiography is a testament to resilience, chronicling a grim childhood and the brazen path to stardom, with and without Sonny.</div>
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Cher Can, and Does, Turn Back Time
<div>In the first volume of her memoir (which she hasn’t read), she explores her difficult childhood, her fraught marriage to Sonny Bono and how she found her voice.</div>
Fourth Sleeper: Rachel Sindler
<div><div><img src="https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/siglio-calle-sleepers-4-1024x735.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>“Okay, I’ll get dressed. Give me two minutes. I hope you like Guerlain Shalimar.”</div></div></div>
Book Review: A Small Mountain Murder
A Small Mountain Murder by Phil Bayly Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense / Cozy ISBN: 9781605716510 Print Length: 326 pages Buy from Amazon Buy from Bookshop Reviewed by Chelsey TuckerA cozy Midwestern mystery that brings a new kind of excitement to the ski culture of middle AmericaTillison Tucker is the head of Snow Hat Ski Enterprises in Colorado. When the company acquires a ski resort in Wisc
Book Review: Plum by Andy Anderegg
Plum by Andy Anderegg Genre: Literary Fiction / Coming of Age ISBN: 9798885740463 Print Length: 232 pages Publisher: Hub City Press Buy from Amazon Buy from Bookshop Reviewed by Lola LeeA second-person marvel—coming of age and the lasting impact of trauma on the path of healingPlum by Andy Anderegg is written in the second person, immersing “you” in J’s journey from childhood to adulthood. With an a
Book Review: Harvey and the Lightning Herd
Harvey and the Lightning Herd by Helga Tacreither and PETA Genre: Children’s Picture Book ISBN: 9798333425126 Print Length: 35 pages Buy from Amazon Reviewed by Jaylynn KorrellA tragic story turns heartwarming in this big-hearted, animal-loving kids’ book.Helga works on a farm. She has a deep love for all animals but loves cows most of all: those big, kind creatures and their playful boxy calves. But loving cows on a farm can be complicated and
Bill Clinton delves into his transition from president to citizen in new memoir
The former president talks to Morning Edition about his new book, which details how he's kept busy and tried to make change in the past almost 24 years since leaving the White House (Image credit: Andres Kudacki/AP)
Third Sleeper: Bob Garison
<div><div><img src="https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/siglio-calle-sleepers-3-1024x735.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>“At ten, I wake him up by taking a photo. I bring him his coffee. I forgot the pain au chocolat and disregarded the newspaper.”</div></div></div>
8 kitchen hacks from 'Baking Show' judge Prue Leith: No points docked for using 'em!
— along with dozens of cooking hacks from her 65-year culinary career.'/>In her new cookbook, "Life's Too Short to Stuff a Mushroom," chef and TV host Prue Leith reveals clever cooking tricks and shortcuts from her 65-year culinary career. (Image credit: Ant Duncan/Carnival Publishing)
How Charles Burns Is Reinventing Romance Comics With ‘Final Cut’
<div>To fully understand Charles Burns’s remarkable graphic novel, “Final Cut,” you have to look closely at the way in which it was rendered.</div>
What I Want to Say About Owning a Truck
<div><div><img src="https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/dxdgetvu8aelp73.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>"When people see your truck, they tend to see what you can do for them."</div></div></div>
Book Review: When Bone Melts
When Bone Melts by Elise Keitz Harlow Genre: Literary Fiction / Historical Fiction ISBN: 9798326828170 Print Length: 308 pages Buy from Amazon Reviewed by Frankie MartinezA Russian-American family takes in an estranged daughter at their lakeside villa in this compelling historical drama.After receiving a letter from his first family in Smolnek, Russia in 1893, a displaced prince, Petyr Ivanov Marinova, also lovingly called “Pim” by his sons, wel
Remembering novelist Dorothy Allison, author of 'Bastard Out of Carolina'
<div><p>Allison, who died Nov. 6, based her critically acclaimed novel on her own experience of being physically and sexually abused by her stepfather. <em>Originally broadcast in 1992.</em><br></p><img src="https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=g-s1-34184"></div>
Book Review: Watch Your Mandibles (Mr. Average and the 12th Stone)
Watch Your Mandibles (Mr. Average and the 12th Stone) by Ben Run Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy / Dystopia Print Length: 293 pages Buy from Amazon Reviewed by Chelsey TuckerAn engaging dystopian adventure that makes you reflect on the real, current worldAve is an average ant who lives in a dystopian society called Ant Nest. On his 12th hatchday, all he wishes for is to see the lady ant who’s visited him for the last eleven years. Upon seeing Ave for
Book Review: ‘Taiwan Travelogue,’ by Yang Shuang-zi
<div>Yang Shuang-zi’s “Taiwan Travelogue,” a National Book Award finalist, is a nesting-doll narrative about colonial power in its many forms.</div>
Two Children’s Picture Books About the Many Meanings of the Word ‘Go’
<div>In Julie Flett’s “Let’s Go! haw êkwa!” and Kirsten Cappy and Yaya Gentille’s “Kende! Kende! Kende!” going is just the beginning of a whole new world.</div>
Unusual Holiday Traditions
<div>Cookies and caroling? They’ll always be classic. Some celebrants, though, have more unusual ways of honoring the spirit of the season.</div>
Tove Jansson’s 1966 Illustrations for ‘Alice in Wonderland’
<div>Tove Jansson’s illustrations for a rare 1966 edition of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” are melancholy, complex and occasionally scary.</div>
Tavi Gevinson
Tavi Gevinson is a very talented actor and writer. She was just fifteen years old when she founded the fashion magazine Rookie, a smash success that is still beloved today. She returns to the show to talk about some of her new projects, what impacts social media has had on her career and how she dealt with the pressure of being called a wunderkind.
“Multiple Worlds Vying to Exist”: Philip K. Dick and Palestine
1. Imagine a present-day reader reaching for Philip K. Dick’s 1964 novel Martian Time-Slip in search of transport, out of the here and now to a psychedelically paranoid near-future Mars. This person might be disconcerted to find two characters discussing traveling to a zone called New Israel—specifically, to a Martian settlement called Camp Ben-Gurion: As […]