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Popular Culture September 2020
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Live in Love : growing together through life's changes
by Lauren Akins
What it is: The wife of country music star Thomas Rhett shows what it’s really like to be “the perfect couple” fans imagine, and reveals what it actually takes to live in love, stay in love and grow together.
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A Very Punchable Face : a memoir
by Colin Jost
What it is: In a collection of humorous essays, the Saturday Night Live head writer and Weekend Update co-anchor tells the story of his life so far.
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What Can I Do? : my path from climate despair to action
by Jane Fonda
What it is: The Oscar- and Emmy award-winning actress and activist describes how she relocated to Washington, D.C. to lead thousands in weekly demonstrations advocating for urgent responses to climate change, including fairer laws that acknowledge its human toll. Illustrations.
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Finding Freedom : Harry and Meghan and the making of a modern royal family
by Omid Scobie
What it is: With unique access and written with the participation of those closest to the couple, the insider authors offer an honest, up-close and disarming portrait of a confident, influential and forward-thinking couple who are unafraid to break with tradition, determined to create a new path away from the spotlight, and dedicated to building a humanitarian legacy that will make a profound difference in the world.
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| I Like to Watch: Arguing My Way Through the TV Revolution by Emily NussbaumWhat it is: a collection of new and previously published pieces from Pulitzer Prize-winning former New Yorker TV critic Emily Nussbaum.
Read it for: a thought-provoking exploration of TV as art form that gives equal critical consideration to low-brow and high-brow series.
Topics include: the relationship between #MeToo and criticism; TV in the time of Trump; toxic fandom; how Buffy the Vampire Slayer inspired Nussbaum to become a critic. |
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No time to spare : thinking about what matters
by Ursula K. Le Guin
What it' is: Drawing on her blog, the award-winning author shares a collection of thoughts on aging, belief, the state of literature and the state of the nation.
In her words: Ursula K. Le Guin on the absurdity of denying your age: “If I’m ninety and believe I’m forty-five, I’m headed for a very bad time trying to get out of the bathtub.” On cultural perceptions of fantasy: “The direction of escape is toward freedom. So what is ‘escapism’ an accusation of?”
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| Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia TolentinoWhat it's about: the complexities and contradictions of American culture and identity.
Is it for you? Balancing wry humor with bleak insights, this 2019 New York Times Notable Book offers a well-researched collection of pieces that will resonate with New Yorker staff writer Jia Tolentino's fellow millennials.
Don't miss: "Reality TV Me," in which Tolentino reflects on her time as a contestant on a teen reality show competition. |
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