Nonfiction

on freedom, maggie nelson
Taking Liberties
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rude talk in athens, mark haskell smith
Review: ‘Rude Talk in Athens’
always crashing in the same car, matthew specktor
Spheres of Influence
until proven safe, geoff manaugh, nicola twilley
Locked Down
fox and i, catherine raven
Excerpt: ‘Fox & I: An Uncommon Friendship’
fox and i, catherine raven
Call of the Wild
everything now, rosecrans baldwin
The Lonely City
far from respectable, daniel oppenheimer
Art for Art’s Sake
dream state, mick lasalle
Now Showing: The Hollywood Myth
going to trinidad, martin j smith
The Good Doctor
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the spring, annie connole
Excerpt: ‘The Spring’
the hard crowd, rachel kushner
Containing Multitudes
william deverell, kathy fiscus
The Girl in the Well
annabelle gurwitch, youre leaving when
The Best-Laid Plans
four lost cities, annalee newitz
Past Is Prologue
dinah lenney, coffee
Excerpt: ‘Coffee’
love is an ex country, randa jarrar
Stranger in a Strange Land
a handful of earth a handful of sky, lynell george
Excerpt: ‘A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky’
set the night on fire, mike davis, jon wiener
‘L.A.’s Black Woodstock: Wattstax’
desert oracle volume 1, ken layne
Excerpt: ‘Try Not to Die’
michael jaime becerra, east of east
Excerpt: ‘1181 Durfee Avenue’
desert notebooks, ben ehrenreich
Talking with Ben Ehrenreich
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unforgetting, roberto lovato
Talking with Roberto Lovato
desert notebooks, ben ehrenreich
Excerpt: ‘Desert Notebooks’
unforgetting, roberto lovato
Excerpt: ‘Unforgetting’
seth greeland, a kingdom of tender color
Excerpt: ‘A Kingdom of Tender Colors’
rebecca solnit, recollections of my nonexistance
Excerpt: ‘Recollections of My Nonexistence’
sanctuary, emily rapp balck
Where the Heart Is
white devil's daughters, julia flynn siler
Talking With Julia Flynn Siler
ken layne, desert oracle
A Field Guide to Getting Lost
a handful of earth a handful of sky, lynell george
Talking with Lynell George
felicia luna lemus, particulate matters
The Book of Love
desert oracle volume 1, ken layne
Talking with Ken Layne
po bronson, decoding the world, alta asks
Talking with Po Bronson
tom zoellner, the national road
Drive, He Said
a handful of earth a handful of sky, lynell george
Kindred Spirits
seth greeland, a kingdom of tender color
Live Through This
in his memoir, unforgetting, roberto lovato frames history through a personal lens
The Wounds of History
laila lalami, author of conditional citizens
Laila Lalami Goes Deep
conditional citizens on belonging in america by laila lalami, pantheon, 208 pages, 2595
Conditional Citizens
Jon Wiener is the coauthor, with Mike Davis, of Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties, a long-overdue history of the City of Angels during that tumultuous time.
True Stories of L.A. in the 1960s 
Screening Reality by Jon Wilkman, Bloomsbury, 512 pages, $35.
American Documentary 101
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Spring 2020 Nonfiction Picks
From Our Land to Our Land by Luis J. Rodriguez, Seven Stories Press, 224 pages, $18.95.
Excerpt: Monsters of Our Own Making
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The Art of Rebecca Solnit’s Essay
Ginger Gaffney’s Half Broke is a memoir of reconciliation and commitment.
Ginger Gaffney on Horses and Humans
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Nonfiction Picks for Winter 2020
In her first book, Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession, Rachel Monroe explores our fascination with true crime on both personal and collective terms.
The Empathy of True Crime
Brother & Sister: A Memoir, by Diane Keaton, Knopf, 176 pages, $25.95
Diane Keaton’s Family Album
Between Heaven and Hell: The Story of My Stroke, by David Talbot, Chronicle Books, 176 pages, $22.95
What It’s Like to Have a Stroke
Author David Talbot
Talking with David Talbot
Author Joan Didion has been the recipient of numerous awards, including a National Medal of Arts and Humanities by President Obama, and the PEN Center USA’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
On the Morning After the Sixties
Terry Tempest Williams stares down both love and loss in her latest book, Erosion—a collection of essays that are as relentless as they are tender and absolutely unwilling to “look away from all that is breaking our hearts.”
The End of the World As We Know It
Born in San Francisco, poet Gary Snyder was a member of the legendary Beat school of writers.
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