Radar is committed to all forms of art and entertainment and as such, will pick one book as a reading recommendation every week. This week, Radar’s “Lit” pick is “Hold Still” by Sally Mann.
Sally Mann’s memoir, “Hold Still,” which was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2016, is a curious read. Mann became an iconic photographer in...
Radar is committed to all forms of art and entertainment and as such, will pick one book as a reading recommendation every week. This week Radar’s “Lit” pick is “The Chaos of Longing” by K.Y. Robinson.
While the previous few “Lit” picks have consisted of books which held some political resonance, this week’s choice, K.Y. Robinson’s “The Chaos of Longing,”...
Radar is committed to all forms of art and entertainment and as such, will pick one book as a reading recommendation every week. This week, Radar’s “Lit” pick is “Everything I Never Told You” by Celeste Ng.
In her debut fictional novel “Everything I Never Told You,” Celeste Ng writes a hauntingly beautiful tale about a Chinese-American family which has...
Radar is committed to all forms of art and entertainment and as such, will pick one book as a reading recommendation for this column. This week, Radar’s “Lit” pick is “Americanah” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
“Americanah” is an impactful story written by award-winning Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Centered around two lovers navigating through the world, the storyline follows them...
Radar is committed to all forms of art and entertainment and as such, will pick one book as a reading recommendation every week. This week, Radar’s “Lit” pick is “There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyonce” by Morgan Parker.
Morgan Parker proposes a question doubling as affirmation for the possibilities of more beautiful things than Beyonce in her attentively titled...
Radar is committed to all forms of art and entertainment and as such, will pick one book as a reading recommendation every week. This week Radar’s “Lit” pick is “The Unrest-Cure and Other Stories” by Saki and illustrated by Edward Gorey.
Ghoulish 19th century literature inevitably evokes the eerie literary experiments of writers such as H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allen...
Radar is committed to all forms of art and entertainment and as such, will pick one book as a reading recommendation every week. This week, Radar’s “Lit” pick is “Slouching Toward Bethlehem” by Joan Didion
Perhaps choosing such a classic work of American literature is slightly unfair for those expecting a newer book. However, continuing the refrain by many...
Radar is committed to all forms of art and entertainment and as such, will pick one book as a reading recommendation every week. This week Radar’s “Lit” pick is “Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea” by Barbara Demick.
Written by award-winning journalist and Los Angeles Times Seoul bureau chief Barbara Demick, “Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North...
Radar is committed to all forms of art and entertainment and as such, will pick one book as a reading recommendation every week. This week Radar’s “Lit” pick is “Augustus” by John Williams.
John Williams has had a bright resurgence this past year, with the reissuance of three of his finest novels by the New York Review of Books. His...
Radar is committed to all forms of art and entertainment and as such, will pick one book as a reading recommendation every week. This week, Radar’s “Lit” pick is “The Quiet American” by Graham Greene
The past few “Lit” picks of the week have been motivated by external, political events. While this is not normal for the section, I think...