JAN MORRIS: A Life, by Sara Wheeler Jan Morris’s memoir “Conundrum,” about her 10-year transition from man to woman, was a landmark book when it appeared in 1974. There’d been previous books about transitioning, but none so well written or so popular. Morris, a British journalist, historian and travel writer, almost single-handedly dragged the topic…
As Miriam Horn writes in her engaging, often lyrical account of his life, “Homesick for a World Unknown,” Schaller “transformed scientific practice,” achieving an extraordinary intimacy with his animal subjects by “assimilating to their rhythms and rules, endeavoring to see the universe through their eyes.” He also became a relentless advocate for conservation, fighting to…
The journalistic legacy of longtime National Catholic Reporter contributor Jason Berry has now been preserved by University Press of Mississippi as part of their Literary Conversations series. The new book Conversations with Jason Berry compiles 23 archived interviews in which Berry reflects on the forces that have shaped his work — including uncovering corruption in the Catholic…
Dilara, the heroine of Kenan Orhan’s debut novel, is a Turkish exile living in Italy and undergoing a routine bathroom renovation that turns out to be not so routine: When the contractors leave, she steps into the refurbished space and finds herself somehow transported to an actual cell in Istanbul’s infamous Silivri Prison. Initially dismayed,…
THE PALM HOUSE, by Gwendoline Riley When a new editor is appointed to run an old magazine or newspaper, beware if the green boss’s opening statements to a seasoned staff include the formula: “It’s great to be here at X, and now that I am, we’re all going to do our best to make X…
Shorouk Express Disgraced former Spanish football federation (RFEF) president Luis Rubiales had eggs flung at him allegedly by his uncle during the presentation of his new book on Thursday in Madrid. Rubiales, convicted of sexual assault for a forced kiss on player Jenni Hermoso, appeared to be struck on the back by an egg as…
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Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 28. President of Bulgaria, Rumen Radev, was presented with a book about Azerbaijan during the 20th World Meeting of Bulgarian Media, organized by the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency in the town of Varshets, Trend reports via the State Committee on Work with Diaspora. At the event titled “ Europe in the…
