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Will Smith is ready to open up about his life story in his memoir called “Will.” Penguin Press announced Sunday that Smith will release the memoir on Nov. 9. The actor-rapper, 52, shared a photo of the book’s cover art to more than 54 million of his followers on Instagram, pointing out that the portrait by visual artist Brandan “B-mike” Odums is made up […]
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By Jennifer Krauss THE WORLD’S FASTEST MAN: The Extraordinary Life of Cyclist Major Taylor, America’s First Black Sports Hero, by Michael Kranish. (Scribner, 384 pp., $19.) This biography by a Washington Post political reporter “makes plain,” John Swansburg wrote in his review, that Taylor, who “faced discrimination, or worse, at every turn,” succeeded in large part because of his “remarkable […]
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DEBUTS THE OTHER BLACK GIRL by Zakiya Dalila Harris (Bloomsbury £14.99, 368 pp) THE OTHER BLACK GIRL by Zakiya Dalila Harris (Bloomsbury £14.99, 368 pp) Nella is the only black girl working in the editorial department of Wagner Books where she hasn’t experienced much racism, just ‘microagressions’. When Hazel-May is appointed, Nella looks forward to having a potential ally. But […]
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A sunny place for shady people: Author reveals the tormented writers of the early 20th Century who found solace in the South of France Julia Carter has reflected on six great writers and artists of early 20th century Each came to the South of France carrying shadows from their pasts Among them is Katherine Mansfield, Jean Cocteau and Aldous Huxley HISTORY SUNLIGHT […]
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PICTURE THIS MARILYN AND ME by Lawrence Schiller (Taschen £50) MARILYN AND ME by Lawrence Schiller (Taschen £50) ‘Marilyn was a photographer’s dream subject with her clothes on — and even more stunning with them off.’ This is the unsurprising conclusion of Lawrence Schiller who, in 1962, aged just 25, shot Marilyn Monroe for Paris Match Magazine. His book, Marilyn […]
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By Elisabeth Egan CHAPTER AND VERSE When you’re opening a new book, do you breeze past the epigraph as if it’s extra credit and you’re in a rush to finish your homework? Slow down! That short quotation is there for a reason: to set the tone and mood, and to give you some insight into a writer’s mind-set. Plus, in […]
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When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Yuval Taylor REPUBLIC OF DETOURS How the New Deal Paid Broke Writers to Rediscover America By Scott Borchert Imagine “a country of odd contraptions and strange careers, where all the big houses have secret rooms.” Now imagine its inhabitants: “A fanciful, impulsive, childlike, absent-minded, […]
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When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Walter Kirn SHOULD WE STAY OR SHOULD WE GOBy Lionel Shriver When we meet them in their 50s, the Wilkinsons, Kay and Cyril, a married couple, she a nurse and he a doctor in Britain’s National Health Service, she a blowzy free spirit who […]
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Jersey: Royal Navy gunboats are not 'well equipped' says Colonel When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Having returned to […]
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Winds of Winter: George R.R. Martin discusses novel in 2018 When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. The sixth book […]
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