One thing he noticed was violence, and University of Chicago Press just published a collection of his essays on the topic, “Atrocities of the Mind.” What they show is someone living through terrible times with courage, openness, curiosity and a refusal to exempt himself from the diagnosis. We could use a few Dwight Macdonalds these days.(University of Chicago Press/TNS)
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For a fresh take on the first American road trip: “The Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis & Clark,” Indiana-based journalist Craig Fehrman’s immersive panorama, drawing on oral histories and long-buried sources, rescues this potted narrative from the usual classroom tales of two men and a canoe, for a revelatory portrait about mutual surprise, allowing equal time to both the discovers and the owners of the land being discovered. (Simon & Schuster/TNS)
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Many books are good or even great; few are startlingly original and a joy to read. One such rarity is “Why Fish Don’t Exist” by science journalist Lulu Miller. (Simon & Schuster/TNS)
MINNEAPOLIS -- It’s not quite beach time in Minnesota but it’s never too early to break out the beach reads. Whether you’re heading to the cab…
One thing he noticed was violence, and University of Chicago Press just published a collection of his essays on the topic, “Atrocities of the Mind.” What they show is someone living through terrible times with courage, openness, curiosity and a refusal to exempt himself from the diagnosis. We could use a few Dwight Macdonalds these days.(University of Chicago Press/TNS)
For a fresh take on the first American road trip: “The Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis & Clark,” Indiana-based journalist Craig Fehrman’s immersive panorama, drawing on oral histories and long-buried sources, rescues this potted narrative from the usual classroom tales of two men and a canoe, for a revelatory portrait about mutual surprise, allowing equal time to both the discovers and the owners of the land being discovered. (Simon & Schuster/TNS)
Many books are good or even great; few are startlingly original and a joy to read. One such rarity is “Why Fish Don’t Exist” by science journalist Lulu Miller. (Simon & Schuster/TNS)
