‘Vietnam’ Takes On All Sides With A Critical Gaze
While historian Max Hastings may break no new ground in his tome, it’s how he crafts his story with color, detail and pathos that makes it great — and likely to become the standard on the war.
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40 Stylish Things That’ll Make You Yell “Get On My Body!!”
‘Heavy’ Brilliantly Renders The Struggle To Become Fully Realized
The book is at once a paean to the Deep South, a condemnation of our fat-averse culture, and a beautiful memoir of being black, bookish, and part of a family that’s as challenging as it is grounding.
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Origin Stories of M.L.B. Team Names
In a humor piece, Blythe Roberson and Dave Holz imagine the origin stories for baseball-team names.
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It Wasn’t Cool To Care In The ‘Mid90s’ — But Jonah Hill Does
In Hill’s directorial debut, a 13-year-old boy from a troubled home finds his tribe through skateboarding. “It really was an ethic and aesthetic for me that I carry with me to this day,” Hill says.
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‘Hey, Kiddo’ Aims To Help Kids With Addicted Parents Feel Less Alone
Jarrett J. Krosoczka was raised by his grandparents. The author and illustrator says he got a lot of practice telling stories as a kid — “making up excuses for where my biological parents were.”
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Date Nite at Quanticoland
Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell illustrates a humorous date night at an imaginary F.B.I. theme park called Quanticoland.
