ancy Lemann is the author of five novels and one work of nonfiction, the glorious and strange Ritz of the Bayou (1987). New Orleans features prominently in her work, as do the rituals of upper-class White Southern society, drinking, and affection for t…
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August follows our main character Harry August who lives his life, over and over and over.
he trial of the governor for racketeering, fraud, and bribery, was conducted in a New Orleans courtroom by a crowd of drawling white-haired gents,” Nancy Lemann writes in her lyrical, electrifying, and oddly moving narrative-nonfiction-cum-memoir-in-fr…
Robinson used Red Mars to show future humans exploiting the environment as well as each other.
hile fans are drawn to a book or film because of the people who created it, a work of art also attracts its audience through other means, including superficial ones like its title. But even once a reader or viewer has been drawn in, the job of the titl…
s it actually possible to fly too close to the sun? Like, we know air gets colder at higher altitudes—picture ice crystals forming on a plane window. Picture snowcapped mountain peaks. If you want to take the conceit to impossible extremes, it’s colder…
