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You Are a Muppet
<div><div><img src="https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/pxl-20240717-131041808-768x1024.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>“As an employee, my relationship with the Muppets got complicated.”</div></div></div>
<div><div><img src="https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/pxl-20240717-131041808-768x1024.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>“As an employee, my relationship with the Muppets got complicated.”</div></div></div>
Method Matters by Brandon Quinn Genre: Nonfiction / Self-Help ISBN: 9798864308332 Print Length: 234 pages Buy from Amazon Buy from Bookshop Reviewed by Jaylynn Korrell Think it through, achieve your goals—an impassioned study on the art of critical thinking The path to achieving your goals is often riddled with roadblocks, but there is a path forward. And it’s a critical one. In Method Matters, Brandon Quinn explains how critical thinkin
I’m the Same by James Ungurait Genre: Literary Fiction / LGBTQ ISBN: 9798218312503 Print Length: 308 pages Buy from Amazon Buy from Bookshop Reviewed by Elena Bellaart An emotionally rich exploration of identity and place Kodak, a recent college graduate and writer from small-town Mississippi, has brought plenty of baggage with him to the coastal town of Alnwick, Oregon, where he has just begun a yearlong writing fellowship. Haunted by a te
Lost Family by Katherine Williams Genre: Historical Fiction ISBN: 9798891322776 Print Length: 274 pages Publisher: Atmosphere Press Buy from Amazon Buy from Bookshop Reviewed by Peggy Kurkowski A serendipitous encounter at a work conference begins one man’s search for his family’s history in France in this heartwarming novel of human courage and new beginnings. A random comment, an old photo, and a rediscovered painting sets middle-aged
Motherland by Barb Higgins Genre: Memoir / Motherhood ISBN: 9798891320246 Print Length: 274 pages Publisher: Atmosphere Press Buy from Amazon Buy from Bookshop Reviewed by J.B. Leddington | Content warnings: Death of a child A powerful memoir of love, loss, and painful recovery Barb Higgins’ Motherland explores the lead up to and aftermath of a devastating bereavement, pulling no punches and laying bare all the regrets and recriminations
<div>“It’s nice to work with faculty without that inbuilt prejudice against genre,” says the author of “I Was a Teenage Slasher.” “Or, I’m a little bit tall, so it’s tricky to look down your nose at me.”</div>
<div><p>"The Rent Collectors" by Jesse Katz tells the true story of two botched gang murders, and the immigrants stuck between the police and the gangs that run their downtrodden LA neighborhood.</p><img src="https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5035285"></div>
<div><p>"The Rent Collectors" by Jesse Katz tells the true story of two botched gang murders, and the immigrants stuck between the police and the gangs that run their downtrodden LA neighborhood.</p><img src="https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5035285"></div>
<div><div><img src="https://www.theparisreview.org/il/996b9397f3/medium/LaphamWeb.png" style="width: 100%;"><div>Photo by Matthew Septimus, courtesy of Harper's Magazine.It is dangerous to excel at two different things. You run the risk of being underappreciated in one or the other; think of Michelangelo as a poet, of Michael Jordan as a baseball player. This is a trap that Lewis Lapham has largely avoided. Fo...</div></div></div>
The dictators of today aren't united by ideology, writes Anne Applebaum: They operate like companies, focused on preserving their wealth, repressing their people and maintaining power at all costs.(Image credit: Sam Yeh)
<div><div><img src="https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screenshot-2024-07-23-at-102554-1024x622.png" style="width: 100%;"><div>“I used the form of these theses as a mantle for my writing, sheltering the affects of my daily life under this formal mantle of historical grandiosity. It’s sort of silly.”</div></div></div>
Chu takes his inspiration from his dad, a Chinese immigrant who worked both the front room and the kitchen of their family-run restaurant: "The guy that in the back of the kitchen, that was my hero."(Image credit: Universal)
Dinaw Mengestu's ingenuity and eloquence as a writer are on display in this novel about an Ethiopian American man who returns home only to learn that his father has just died.(Image credit: Penguin Random House)
15 of the Best Mystery Thriller Books to Satisfy Your Inner Detective Chosen by the IBR Staff These mystery thrillers are to die for. What is it with us and our interest in murder? It’s in us to gaze through the fog, to look over our shoulder, to piece together the unknown. You’re telling me I can’t find out the truth? Challenge accepted. Mystery thrillers are among our most popular reviews at IBR. We review tons of them. Why? Because the people who like them…they really, real
<div>Misery makes for good company in Shalom Auslander’s second memoir, which finds him self-deprecating, drug-dabbling, envious and, oy, middle-aged.</div>
Hermes and the Magic Map by Jenny Shann Genre: Children’s Picture Book / Adventure ISBN: 9798891322813 Print Length: 38 pages Publisher: Atmosphere Press Buy from Amazon Buy from Bookshop Reviewed by Toni Woodruff A sparkling adventure celebrating the boundless possibilities of imagination For all we know, Hermes is a regular kid. He lives with his granny, prefers to skip the peas with his pasta, and likes to escape through the drawings a
Super Dodger Saves Christmas by Lyn Leh Genre: Children’s Picture Book / Holiday ISBN: 9798989308576 Print Length: 31 pages Buy from Amazon Reviewed by Toni Woodruff A plucky tabby cat comes to Santa’s rescue in this cute holiday kids’ book. Everyone knows Santa needs his cookies. He wants all the boys and girls in the world to feel loved and seen on Christmas morning. But his energy to travel at lightning speeds doesn’t come purely from Christmas magic.
<div>“The Secret Lives of Numbers,” by Kate Kitagawa and Timothy Revell, highlights overlooked contributions to the field by ancient thinkers, non-Westerners and women.</div>
As a kid, Sabrina Imbler loved the ocean. They'd swim and snorkel, following around parrotfish in the water. Later, they tried to learn everything they could about the brightly-colored tropical fish – how some create a mucus cocoon at night to protect it from parasites, or how they help keep coral reefs healthy.As they got older, their fascination with sea creatures only grew. Imbler released a collection of essays in 2022 called How Far The Light Reaches: A Life In Ten Sea Creatures. Each chapt
<div><p>NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with film director Jon Chu about his new memoir <em>Viewfinder.</em> Chu is best known for his 2018 film <em>Crazy Rich Asians.</em></p><img src="https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-4875944"></div>