Judith Martin’s arch, acid wit laces every lesson on behaving with propriety in a culture where monstrous jerks are, more than ever, on parade and in power.
Samantha Irby is already funny on the page, but she has a special gift for comedic delivery, and her narration adds even more laughs.
Christine Buckley takes us deep into the practice of herbalism, showing us how to cultivate a meaningful relationship with the plant life around us.
When you’ve got a cult following like Duke’s Mayonnaise, you do whatever you want—like show up in a recipe for peppermint fudge brownies.
A sobering, expansive study of discrimination and nativism, but also eminently readable thanks to Okrent’s accessible writing style.
Literary critic Rachel Cohen’s incisive memoir explores her immersion into Jane Austen’s work during a fraught period in her personal life.
This absorbing look at a pivotal point in civil rights activity before the 1950s and ’60s is well done and should be of interest to us all.
Whether traveling Italy in a wheelchair or managing a classroom of Texas adolescents, Molly McCully Brown offers poetic insight about her experiences.
In this funny and candid memoir, comedian Mike Birbiglia muses upon his former—and profound—aversion to becoming a father.
Sara Faith Alterman tells the strange-but-true story of her seemingly conservative father and his surprising career as a popular author of novelty sex books.
This intriguing collection of essays by the children of actors, authors and athletes gives readers the lowdown on what it’s like to be raised by a legend.
Rockaway, Diane Cardwell’s memoir of the ways that surfing launched her into a new life, is as invigorating as waxing up your board and getting in the water.
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