Martha Anne Toll
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NPR's Nina Totenberg offers a window into her world in 'Dinners with Ruth'
The reporter's memoir takes readers on a jaunt through her captivating life and career, nose for the jugular, forthrightness about her joys and sorrows — and the history of women in the workplace. → Read More
'Slaves for Peanuts' weaves a complex story crossing time and oceans
Jori Lewis tells eye-opening stories of individuals despite scant historical record. At the outset she asks: "How do we tell the stories of people that history forgets and the present avoids?" → Read More
A woman finds as many constraints in America as at home in India in 'Border Less'
The character in Namrata Poddar's novel works in a call center and dreams of a new life in the U.S. but once there, she and other emigrants feel "othered" at work and in daily life. → Read More
In 'The Four Humors,' a woman delves into the past on a journey of self-discovery
Turkish American writer Mina Seçkin's debut is an engrossing exploration of national identity, the meaning of family and loss, and what happens when a family hides its central secret. → Read More
A Boy Aims To Save His Mom — And Himself — In 'The War For Gloria'
Atticus Lish's book opens a disturbing window into a teenager's battle to save his mother, our broken healthcare system — and the power that humans have to inflict harm on one another. → Read More
Immigration And Prejudice, Colonialism And Inheritance At Heart Of ‘Names For Light’
Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint's second book reads like poetry, an embodied experience of exquisite reflections on family and rootedness and deracination and sorrow and love. → Read More
Immigration And Prejudice, Colonialism And Inheritance At Heart Of 'Names For Light'
Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint's second book reads like poetry, an embodied experience of exquisite reflections on family and rootedness and deracination and sorrow and love. → Read More
A Russian Immigrant To The U.S. Humorously Recounts Her Experience, Love For America
It's a particular pleasure to see our splintered country through the eyes of Margarita Gokun Silver, a determined and appreciative emigree, in 'I Named My Dog Pushkin.' → Read More
A Russian Immigrant To The U.S. Humorously Recounts Her Experience, Love For America
It's a particular pleasure to see our splintered country through the eyes of Margarita Gokun Silver, a determined and appreciative emigree, in 'I Named My Dog Pushkin.' → Read More
These Stories Dance Deftly Between America And Cameroon
In her debut collection Walking On Cowrie Shells, Nana Nkweti bends language like a master, delivering keenly observed details and wicked humor no matter which side of the Atlantic she's on. → Read More
In 'We Are Bridges,' A Writer Resurrects Her Great Grandfather's Memory
In 1904, Cassandra Lane's great grandfather Burt Bridges was lynched. In telling his story, Lane offers her own memoir — and lessons on family and American history for her future child and readers. → Read More
'The Impudent Ones' Shows Signs Of Future Greatness
Marguerite Duras' never-before-translated debut novel The Impudent Ones, first published in 1943, isn't a pleasant read — but it is a signpost to what she would later achieve with The Lover. → Read More
Pigeons Star In A Tale Of Mining In 'Flight Of The Diamond Smugglers'
Journalist Matthew Gavin Frank exposes the history of South Africa's nefarious diamond industry, accompanied by a tale of pigeons and their role in subversion, in crisp and poetic prose. → Read More
As 19th Century Females, Sisters In 'The Doctors Blackwell' Achieve Many Firsts
Historian Janice P. Nimura tells the story of America's first and third certified women doctors and the role these sisters played in building medical institutions. → Read More
Amid Violence And Tragedy, A Library Brings Hope In 'The Book Collectors'
Journalist Delphine Minoui tells the true tale of a young man who refused to escape the terrors of Assad's regime in Syria, instead working with friends to make a library — a beacon of hope. → Read More
In 'The Upswing,' History Holds The Keys To Moving Away From Today's Tumultuous Age
Bowling Alone author Robert Putnam joins with Shaylyn Romney Garrett to form the thesis that America's Gilded Age shows remarkable similarity to today — with a societal focus on "I" rather than "we." → Read More
'The National Road' Takes Readers On A Trip Through Americana
Teacher and writer Tom Zoellner has logged tens of thousands of miles zigzagging the continent with, a small tent and backpack, investigating American places and themes — metaphors for our country. → Read More
'Let My People Vote' Tells Of One Man's Journey To Getting 1.4 Million Back A Voice
Desmond Meade rose from addiction, homelessness, and prison to run a campaign to re-enfranchise more than one million Florida voters; it's a tale of hope, persistence, and the power of organizing. → Read More
'Let My People Vote' Tells Of One Man's Journey To Getting 1.4 Million Back A Voice
Desmond Meade rose from addiction, homelessness, and prison to run a campaign to re-enfranchise more than one million Florida voters; it's a tale of hope, persistence, and the power of organizing. → Read More
‘Let My People Vote’ Tells Of One Man’s Journey To Getting 1.4 Million Back A Voice
Desmond Meade rose from addiction, homelessness, and prison to run a campaign to re-enfranchise more than one million Florida voters; it's a tale of hope, persistence, and the power of organizing. → Read More