What if I told you that someone walking the earth in present day Manhattan in the year 2200 had no idea there once a place named New York City? Imagine they had no idea of a place called America. What kind of apocalyptic thoughts race through your head? Surely, you could envision doomsday scenarios of…
Author: Rich Collins
Have you ever looked up what happened on your birthday? What were the biggest news events? What lead the news at 6:00? Who else shares the birthday with you? Who died? Was someone of note married? Most of us were not born on, say, December 7th, 1941. Yet, author Gene Weingarten demonstrates, any day of…
Every now and then, a book drops that dominates the literary landscape. Sometimes they are highly anticipated releases of noteworthy fiction, other times a new book about a life or even cookbooks that highlight a new dietary fad or nutritional-based lifestyle change. This month, the headliner is a sobering account of the capabilities of the…
In a spin on Franz Kafka’s ‘The Metamorphosis,’ Booker-Prize winning author Ian McEwan has created a world in which a cockroach has transitioned into a man, and this man has the control of the British government. We meet the cockroach/human after he has already awakened in the body of what is the Prime Minister of…
This is a big week for LGBT releases. Also new literature on cultural appropriation, the state of Trump, the Pentagon and the environment (and Greta!), a 2019 Economics Nobel Prize Winner and some new history and award-winning fiction. Check em’ out below. Most of these titles will be available starting tomorrow at Root and Press…
Ada Limón’s The Carrying introduces a deeply personal collection of poems and is recognized as her boldest work yet. Unlike Bright Dead Things, the National Book Award finalist which examines the ideals of a youthful and brutal reality, The Carrying presents its readers with a sense of longing and obscurity. This intricate collections tackles topics…