Books
A round-up of new children’s books that celebrate diverse cultures.
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In her fine book, Lisa Volpe examines mid-’50s picture-making expeditions taken across the U.S. by photographers Robert Frank and Todd Webb.
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The rewards are slight in new politically-minded books by a pair of shrewd and perceptive women.
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Notwithstanding the book’s research foundation, albeit colorfully amplified with personal and historical anecdotes, as a civilizational story Inheritance is a lightweight effort.
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“The Horse” probes the psyche of a man who believes, despite all that has happened to him, in the possibility of renewal.
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From a rollicking, multicultural family dinner, to a walk through the zoo, to precious together time between a mother-and-son, to a new dress for a toy bunny, these books introduce readers to the many ways families spread love.
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Amy Leach’s book may help you understand the rewards of Christian fundamentalism for its followers — and how much richer a non-fundamentalist life can be.
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This collection of observational essays by online musical theater parodist and insta-celebrity Randy Rainbow is a Birkin bag full of snarky social commentary about the most pressing issues facing the US, from dancing TikTok grandmas to Donald Jessica Trump.
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“Unterstadt” is valuable, and not only because it memorably excavates a repressed episode in Croatian history. The novel also has considerable relevance, given the savagery besieging the innocent in today’s conflagrations.
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A translator must meet a compelling need — to reinvent Franz Kafka’s voice in an English that resounds in the present moment.
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Arts Commentary: Rich in Creativity — But Nothing Else