RaveThe Washington PostYeung’s reporting achieves a balance rare in public interest journalism: She tells compelling stories that illustrate systemic problems without reducing people to mere players in a legal argument. She skillfully knits case studies into rigorous policy analysis. Most important, Yeung traces paths toward progress beyond merely raising awareness ... She also illustrates the high stakes her sources must consider before speaking about abuse ... Yeung’s book nonetheless helps break that silence ... Though it was begun well before the latest wave of the Me Too movement, In a Day’s Work nonetheless lands at a perfect time to inform the conversation.
Arthur Lubow
RaveThe Philadelphia Inquirer...[a] ruthlessly researched and beautifully written book ... Lubow walks a tightrope himself. He defends Arbus and expertly places her work within the history of photography...But he also refrains from filtering out unflattering details ... Maybe it's for the best that Lubow's biography contains no images, leaving us to focus on the patterns of Arbus' life and work.
Helen Oyeyemi
PositiveThe Philadelphia InquirerEvery story in the 30-year-old former wunderkind's latest literary offering is chiseled out of the same alphabet the rest of us are stuck with, but with a razor-sharp pen and a few twists and folds of reality, Oyeyemi crafts strange tales that at times border on sinister as they scissor in and out of contemporary reality...When plots get fussy, Oyeyemi's style comes to the rescue, a faucet of glimmering words and shadows that wash the mind clean of any lingering confusion.
Oliver Sacks
PositiveThe Philadelphia InquirerGratitude is occasionally interrupted when Sacks jarringly name-drops famous friends, as when he recalls something his buddies W.H. Auden or Samuel Beckett once said. But why pick nits? Overall, Gratitude is a grace note to an epic career, words breezing by, the writing natural as rain. It's a generous spirit that spends his last few months on earth trying to distill the experience of facing death down into final words worth sharing with the living.
