One of my favorite reads this past year was AndrĂ© Aciman’s endearing and heartbreaking Call Me By Your Name. Despite my many social and economic differences with the teenage protagonist, I was immediately transported to the passion inflamed by adolescent love. I was particularly struck by the advice given by the protagonist’s father on dealing with…
3 Distinctly American Reads for Independence Day
Tomorrow is July 4th. Every other house in the U.S. is going to be thick with smell of smoking barbecues and the sound of brass…