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Oct 4, 2024 | 
lithub.com | Ilyon Woo |Rachel Meredith Kousser
This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. In literary history, there are few constants like the writers’ feud. Aristophanes mocked Euripides; Dante put the contemporary poet Brunetto Latini in Hell; Norman Mailer famously head-butted Gore Vidal. But, as we’ve learned, it doesn’t have to be that way. Our partnership began almost twenty-five years ago when we first became running partners. Our initial goal was to run a marathon.
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Jul 27, 2024 | 
audiofilemagazine.com | Rachel Meredith Kousser
Robert Petkoff holds a steady course through an audiobook that links the legend of Alexander the Great to archaeological evidence and an array of histories, classic and modern. Alexander is arguably the most celebrated, most storied, most enigmatic figure in ancient history. Most historians focus on the Macedonian general's early conquest of the Persian Empire, slighting his later, problematic, campaigns into central Asia and India in quest of "Ocean" and the end of the world.
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May 30, 2024 | 
publishersweekly.com | Garrett Graff |Anne Kim |Noliwe Rooks |Rachel Meredith Kousser
When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-DayPulitzer finalist Graff (Watergate) draws from more than 700 eyewitness accounts for this gripping and propulsive history of the D-Day invasion. The contributors range from teenage privates to heads of state and military commanders, from frogmen and signalmen to parachuting generals, all of whom were engaged in a “feat of unprecedented human audacity, a mission more...
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May 29, 2024 | 
publishersweekly.com | Anne Kim |Noliwe Rooks |Rachel Meredith Kousser |Peter Hessler
Chris Raymond. St. Martin’s, $32 (496p) ISBN 978-1-250-28048-0This rousing debut oral history from sports reporter Raymond traces how the Penn State Nittany Lions rebounded following former coach Jerry Sandusky’s 2011 arrest for child sex abuse.
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May 24, 2024 | 
publishersweekly.com | Anne Kim |Noliwe Rooks |Rachel Meredith Kousser |Peter Hessler
Nick Corasaniti. Harper, $32 (320p) ISBN 978-0-06-295078-9New York Times reporter Corasaniti debuts with an immersive chronicle of the music venue in Asbury Park, N.J., where Bruce Springsteen got his start. Beginning the account with the Stone Pony’s 1974 opening, Corasaniti pulls from hundreds of interviews with a diverse cast of characters, among them the bar’s original owner, Jack Roig; manager Butch Pielka; and Springsteen himself.
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May 24, 2024 | 
publishersweekly.com | Anne Kim |Noliwe Rooks |Rachel Meredith Kousser |Peter Hessler
CeCé Telfer. Grand Central, $30 (304p) ISBN 978-1-5387-5624-9In this stirring debut memoir, Telfer recounts the challenges she has faced throughout her career as a trans athlete. Growing up in Jamaica, Telfer was bullied for the feminine “way I walk and talk” but discovered that her athleticism earned the begrudging respect of her classmates.
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May 22, 2024 | 
publishersweekly.com | Anne Kim |Noliwe Rooks |Rachel Meredith Kousser |Peter Hessler
Susan Greenhalgh. Univ. of Chicago, $25 trade paper (352p) ISBN 978-0-226-83473-3In this troubling exposé, Greenhalgh (Fat-Talk Nation), an anthropology professor emerita at Harvard University, reveals how Coca-Cola waged a pseudoscience campaign throughout the aughts to deflect public concern that their high-fat, high-sugar drinks were fueling an obesity epidemic.
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May 22, 2024 | 
publishersweekly.com | Anne Kim |Noliwe Rooks |Rachel Meredith Kousser |Peter Hessler
Emma Hayes, with Michael Calvin. PublicAffairs, $30 (288p) ISBN 978-1-5417-0535-7In this strong debut, Hayes, who recently became head coach of the U.S. women’s national soccer team after managing the Chelsea FC women’s team for more than a decade, outlines her leadership philosophy while sharing glimpses into the world of elite soccer.
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May 21, 2024 | 
publishersweekly.com | Anne L. Kim |Noliwe Rooks |Rachel Meredith Kousser |Peter Hessler
Melissa Fitzgerald and Mary McCormack. Dutton, $35 (608p) ISBN 978-0-593-18454-7Actors Fitzgerald and McCormack—who played Carol Fitzpatrick and Kate Harper, respectively, on The West Wing (1999–2006)—deliver an entertaining history of the show grounded in extensive interviews with its stars, writers, and crew.
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May 16, 2024 | 
publishersweekly.com | Anne Kim |Noliwe Rooks |Rachel Meredith Kousser |Peter Hessler
Arik Kershenbaum. Penguin Press, $30 (288p) ISBN 978-0-593-65493-4In this rewarding study, Cambridge University zoologist Kershenbaum (The Zoologist’s Guide to the Galaxy) examines the meaning behind howls, screeches, and other calls of the wild. He explains that wolf howls can be heard over 10 kilometers away and help pack members keep in touch with one another while alerting outsiders that they’re in another pack’s territory.
