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Moon Unit Zappa
Positive Booklist She documents the intricacies of the unit, offering a loving, unflinching look at a legendary family of creatives.
Sheryl Kaskowitz
Positive Booklist Fascinating ... Kaskowitz shows us that the music unit was a direct precursor to Lomax and a missing link in the birth of the American folk music revival.
Kate Zambreno
Positive Booklist Zambreno... brings an erudite perspective to the challenges of motherhood during the pandemic ... Zambreno explores these extraordinary times in shifting personas, from diarist to literary critic to art historian.
Alexandra Auder
Positive Booklist Auder’s frustration comes through loud and clear, but so does a deep and abiding love, and she manages to reflect on her chaotic and unconventional upbringing with a refreshing lack of prejudice and judgment. In many ways, it seems, her mother raised her right.
Claire Dederer
Positive Booklist Insightful ... What’s a fan to do? Dederer offers nuanced answers, challenging the assumption that boycotting is always the best response.
Elizabeth Crane
Rave Booklist ... gorgeous, impressionistic ... Crane resists cliché and refuses easy resolution, offering instead a fractured yet richly drawn portrait of a painful year and its surprising gifts.
Mary Laura Philpott
Rave Booklist Philpott’s latest is a memoir of beautifully written, loosely linked essays in which she frankly and often humorously details the pitfalls of her anxiety ... Philpott’s eloquent investigation of parenting and family offers pleasure and comfort to anyone who has ever worried about someone they love.