The Morningside

The MorningsideBy: Ta Obreht A touching, inventive novel about belonging and loss (People) from the critically beloved, New York Times bestselling author of The Tigers Wife and Inland I marveled at the subtle beauty and precision of Obrehts prose. . . Read in the context of todays conflicts and injustices, climate emergencies, and political and racial divisionstogether more dystopian than any dystopian novelthe book surprised me most with its undercurrent of

Loaded with cross-referencing

and educational pressures

and over 50 stickers

and of Mother Bear when she was little

from “Lyin’ Ted” to “Low I

Scribble what you see

By: Andrew Roberts     The last king of America

The appearance of his byline in The New Yorker is always an event

which culminates in the seven years she spent hiding in a crawl space in her grandmother's attic

danger lurks just around the corner

and a feel for historical detail

the new girl in town