Do you remember this photograph? In the United States, people have taken pains to banish it from the record of September 11, 2001. The story behind it, though, and the search for the man pictured in i...

Do you remember this photograph? In the United States, people have taken pains to banish it from the record of September 11, 2001. The story behind it, though, and the search for the man pictured in i...

"She's famous for this, her worry—her talent for letting her worry do all the work of love" —Tom Junod

Nonfiction is hard to judge. (Well, all art is hard to judge, but stay with me.) How do you compare a memoir about conversion therapy to a behind-the-scenes look at how literary agents work? This list...

RJ Julia opened 35 years ago as an independent bookstore whose mission was, and is, to be a place where words matter, where writer meets reader, where the ambiance and selection and merchandising of b...

In a voice brimming with sensitivity and urgency, the author invites listeners to come to know his …

Short reviews of recent releases.

Expert storyteller Tom Junod's new book goes deep on masculinity, and living in the long shadow of a complicated parent.

Hoosiers. Our kids both play basketball, so we figured it was time to sit them down for this 1986 classic. Gene Hackman plays a new coach with a checkered past who takes over a tiny Indiana high schoo...

How an acclaimed magazine writer wrote his new memoir about his father, who had numerous affairs and may have sexually abused the author’s sister.

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A stunning family saga from one of America's best writers

In a long list of classic stories, the legendary magazine writer helped teach readers what masculinity looks like in the 21st century. To write his first book, he had to confront the man who first tau...

From Christina Applegate's memoir to Tara Menon's "Under Water"

This year, dive into a fascinating true story, read an in-depth memoir, learn something new about our natural world — or perhaps all of the above! Whichever topic piques your interest, check out the m...

Two boys played football 50 years apart. The game tied them together forever.

Two boys played football 50 years apart. The game tied them together forever.

Two boys played football 50 years apart. The game tied them together forever.

From two-time National Magazine Award winner Tom Junod, a searching, brilliantly stylized memoir about a charismatic, philandering father who tried to mold his son in his image, the many secrets he hi...