![]() Kate Zambreno, To Write as if Already Dead Accomplished journalists David Talbot and Margaret Talbot look at this period through the lives of some of its most important figures, including John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Bobby Seale, Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, and others, supported by extensive research and their own analysis. The political and social upheaval of the 1960s and 70s is still resonating throughout all corners of American life today. This is the story of the trail itself and the people who built it, from those who literally mapped its path to others whose accounts helped solidify its place in the American psyche (looking at you, Bill Bryson).ĭavid Talbot and Margaret Talbot, By the Light of Burning Dreams: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the Second American Revolution Millions of people travel some part of the Appalachian Trail every year, from daytrippers to the thru-hikers whose journey becomes a sort of spiritual odyssey. Philip D’Anieri, The Appalachian Trail: A Biography Emma Goldberg, the journalist who chronicled their experiences for The New York Times, features their stories in more detail here, providing an important account of just some of the doctors who worked under impossible circumstances to save lives and make history. The coronavirus pandemic hit New York City in full force in the spring of 2020, precisely when the six subjects of this book were graduating from medical school. Indeed, it has been a complicated life, but as this memoir reveals it’s also been a life fully lived, with all the magnificent intensity of a true rock ‘n’ roll icon.Įmma Goldberg, Life on the Line: Young Doctors Come of Age in a Pandemic Sinéad O’Connor has always seemed like a larger-than-life force of nature, from her early incandescence as the brash, shaven-headed genius behind The Lion and The Cobra, to her international pop mega-stardom (and the controversy that seemed to follow her), and on into the harder years of the early 21st century as she navigated the downslope of all that success. Though one needn’t look too far beyond the recent murders of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling to see that so-called legal gun ownership is not a right-at least in practice-extended to Black Americans, Anderson follows this country’s fixation on weaponized liberty back to its founding mythologies, and all the exclusionary rhetoric found therein. ![]() According to renowned scholar Carol Anderson, this is very much by design. In her latest work, she recounts scenes from that career that fans of hers will enjoy while championing a “slow food” approach to farming and eating, with an emphasis on regenerative agriculture, biodiversity, and health.Ĭarol Anderson, The Second: Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal AmericaĪs is the case with so many mythic American “freedoms,” the right to bear arms-enshrined as it is in the Second Amendment-has long been the exclusive privilege of white men. ![]() Since opening Chez Panisse in 1971, Alice Waters has been a kind of living legend in the movement for local food, sustainable agriculture, and seasonal cooking. As Jess McHugh discovers in this deep dive into thirteen of America’s most owned books-from farmer’s almanacs to dictionaries to cookbooks to etiquette guides-a nation’s story is shaped and told from much humbler texts.Īlice Waters, We Are What We Eat: A Slow Food Manifesto We like to think that culture-be it national or regional-is a reflection of the highest echelons of artistic creation, that we are as worthy of our mythologies as they are of us. Jess McHugh, Americanon: An Unexpected U.S. These recommendations were compiled by Lit Hub editors Jonny Diamond, Jessie Gaynor, Corinne Segal, and Vanessa Willoughby. From the history of food to the inner workings of Silicon Valley, from the politics of gardening to how the brain maps itself, there’s something here for all manner of reading tastes. Must a beach read be a novel? (If you answered yes, head here.) If you answered no please read on for a look at the nonfiction titles we’re most excited about this summer.
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