VIDEO: LBJ's penis and more: 2012 NBCC Biography Award winner Robert Caro gets the Colbert Report treatment.
“A Tale of Remorse that Creeps Under Your Skin”: Maureen Corrigan on Gail Godwin's Flora. At NPR, Corrigan reviews Elanor Dymott's Every Contact Leaves a Trace.
And still more from the Rachel Shteir Chicago-themed books controversy: from the DePaulia; letters to the editor at the New York Times.
Julia M. Klein reviews Z and Beautiful Fools for the Boston Globe. In the Jewish Daily Forward, Klein reviews Vera Gran: The Accused.
Vladimir Alexandrov's The Black Russian (no, not the delicious drink), reviewed by Rayyan Al-Shawaf in the Brooklyn Rail.
In a Boston Globe review, NBCC board member Jane Ciabattari calls Helene Wecker's The Golem and the Jinni “a blend of historic fiction and fantasy with a dash of sci-fi and a sprinkling of philosophical discourse about faith and free will…a continuous delight.”
“Farm Team Saga Hits It Out Of The Park”: Heller McAlpin reviews Lucas Mann's Class A.
2012 NBCC General Nonfiction Award winner Andrew Solomon honored by the Fountain House.