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Wild Dark Shore

By BookPage | Lauren Bufferd | 3/3/2025 1:00 AM

Charlotte McConaghy’s thought-provoking and passionately told third novel, Wild Dark Shore, is about not only family and trust, but also climate change and the effect of severe weather on our lives. ... Read full Story

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Karen Russell makes our Dust Bowl history whole

By BookPage | Cat Acree | 3/3/2025 1:00 AM

A decade and a half in the making, The Antidote brings together undertold history of 1930s America and the fantastical vision that made Swamplandia! so remarkable. ... Read full Story

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7 books that celebrate trailblazing women

By BookPage | Hailey Pankow | 3/3/2025 1:00 AM

The first Black Rockette, the women who climbed Denali, Jane Austen’s muses and more star in our list of books to read this Women’s History Month. ... Read full Story

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Bridgett M. Davis on ‘Love, Rita’

By BookPage | Erica Ciccarone | 3/3/2025 1:00 AM

Writing a memoir about her late sister allowed Bridgett M. Davis to honor their relationship and find closure. ... Read full Story

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Amanda Nguyen on ‘Saving Five’

By BookPage | Erica Ciccarone | 3/3/2025 1:00 AM

Amanda Nguyen co-authored the Sexual Assault Survivor’s Rights Act after being raped at Harvard. Writing her memoir helped her heal. ... Read full Story

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Joshua A. Miele on ‘Connecting Dots’

By BookPage | Erica Ciccarone | 3/3/2025 1:00 AM

Joshua A. Miele wants his memoir to normalize blindness and disability, and inspire readers to shape a more accessible future. ... Read full Story

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Chloe Dalton on ‘Raising Hare’

By BookPage | Erica Ciccarone | 3/3/2025 1:00 AM

Chloe Dalton shares how writing a memoir about raising a wild hare taught her to be true to her own nature. ... Read full Story

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Martha S. Jones on ‘The Trouble of Color’

By BookPage | Erica Ciccarone | 3/3/2025 1:00 AM

By excavating her ancestral history, historian and memoirist Martha S. Jones invites readers to reflect deeply on their own family stories. ... Read full Story

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Laurie Woolever on ‘Care and Feeding’

By BookPage | Erica Ciccarone | 3/3/2025 1:00 AM

Laurie Woolever shares about the humbling process, and the joys, of writing a memoir of her life as a food writer, a chef and an assistant to Anthony Bourdain. ... Read full Story

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Memoir March 2025

By BookPage | the editors of BookPage | 3/3/2025 1:00 AM

7 memoirists describe the power and pleasure of getting their stories on the page. ... Read full Story

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Sarah Chihaya on ‘Bibliophobia’

By BookPage | Erica Ciccarone | 3/3/2025 1:00 AM

Sarah Chihaya pushed through writer’s block by penning a memoir about the books that have changed her life. ... Read full Story

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Close Your Eyes and Count to 10

By BookPage | Alice Cary | 2/25/2025 1:00 AM

The thrills are nonstop in Lisa Unger’s Close Your Eyes and Count to 10, which is set during a livestreamed extreme hide-and-seek game. ... Read full Story

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Mornings Without Mii

By BookPage | Linda M. Castellitto | 2/25/2025 1:00 AM

Mornings Without Mii, Mayumi Inaba’s classic memoir now translated into English for the first time, tenderly describes the author’s life with her fluffy little helpmeet, a cat named Mii. ... Read full Story

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The Fishwife Cookbook

By BookPage | Laura Hutson Hunter | 2/25/2025 1:00 AM

The vibrantly illustrated Fishwife Cookbook is an essential volume for tinned fish converts, written by the women who made it cool. ... Read full Story

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The Gift of the Great Buffalo

By BookPage | Alice Cary | 2/25/2025 1:00 AM

The Gift of the Great Buffalo offers a meaningful look at Métis-Ojibwe history, and will have broad appeal for young readers. ... Read full Story

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How to have a work-life balance—when your work is also your life

By BookPage | Amanda Diehl | 2/25/2025 1:00 AM

Linda Holmes’ slice-of-life romance Back After This explores the pitfalls of letting your job define you, even if you truly love it. ... Read full Story

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Show Don’t Tell

By BookPage | Sarah McCraw Crow | 2/24/2025 1:00 AM

Curtis Sittenfeld’s stories in Show Don’t Tell are often dryly funny and occasionally heartbreaking. It’s a satisfying report from the front lines of middle age. ... Read full Story

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The Lost Passenger

By BookPage | Carolyn Cates | 2/24/2025 1:00 AM

The Lost Passenger begins two years before the Titanic’s doomed voyage, telling the story of a young woman and her son whose lives will be forever changed by the disaster. ... Read full Story

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The Strange Case of Jane O.

By BookPage | Matthew Jackson | 2/24/2025 1:00 AM

The very nature of reality might turn on what becomes of the fascinating lead character in Karen Thompson Walker’s The Strange Case of Jane O. ... Read full Story

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Oasis

By BookPage | Linda M. Castellitto | 2/18/2025 3:57 PM

Oasis is a visually arresting, emotionally moving tale sure to resonate with readers drawn to stories about family in its many guises. ... Read full Story

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Bird flu in cows shows no signs of adapting to humans — yet

by Science News | Apr 28 2025

beauty

13 Major Hair Transformations Celebrities Still Regret

by The List | Mar 03 2025

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Your Met Gala 2025 reading list

by BookPage | Apr 30 2025

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Can the minimalist ‘caveman method’ save your skin — or destroy it? Docs weigh in on viral trend

by NY Post | Apr 29 2025

food

Chocolate-covered espresso beans: The ultimate combination of sweet and bitter

by THE MANUAL | Apr 30 2025

golf

Jay Sigel, Amateur Golfer Who Played Like a Pro, Dies at 81

by NY Times | Apr 25 2025

health

Ozempic May Cause Cosmetic Side Effects Like Sagging Skin, Wrinkly Feet

by Healthline.com | Apr 29 2025

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Mortgage Rates Go Down Over the Last Week: Mortgage Interest Rates for April 30, 2025

by CNET | Apr 30 2025

knowledge

Here’s Why Bathroom Towels Have Those Woven Strips on Both Ends

by Reader's Digest | Apr 25 2025

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Look: Zoo using realistic puppet to feed newly-hatched king vulture chick

by United Press International, Inc. | Apr 29 2025

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REP. MIKE KELLY, SEN. TIM SCOTT AND SECRETARY SCOTT TURNER: Save the Opportunity Zones before it’s too late

by Opinion on Fox News | Apr 30 2025

religion

What do we know about the brothers and sisters of Jesus?

by Christian Post | Oct 20 2024

science

What is xeroderma pigmentosum? The rare genetic disorder that forces people to avoid sunlight

by LIVE SCIENCE | Apr 30 2025

technology

US Marines get high-power microwave weapon to cook enemy drone swarms in seconds

by Interesting Engineering | Apr 30 2025

travel

Why you should make Florida’s Punta Gorda your next holiday destination

by The Travel Magazine | Apr 30 2025

Word of the Day

insouciance

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 30, 2025 is:

insouciance • \in-SOO-see-unss\ • noun

Insouciance is a formal word that refers to a feeling of carefree unconcern. It can also be understood as a word for the relaxed and calm state of a person who is not worried about anything.

// The young actor charmed interviewers with his easy smile and devil-may-care insouciance.

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Examples:

“Gladiator II is OK when Denzel’s off-screen, but sensational when he’s on it. ... What makes the performance great is its insouciance; it’s both precise and feather-light. And it’s what a great actor can do when he’s set free to have fun, to laugh at himself a little bit. ... Denzel’s Macrinus is gravitas and comic relief in one package.” — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 22 Nov. 2024

Did you know?

If you were alive and of whistling age in the late 1980s or early 1990s, chances are you whistled (and snapped your fingers, and tapped your toes) to a little ditty called “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” by Bobby McFerrin, an a cappella reggae-jazz-pop tune that took the charts by surprise and by storm. An ode to cheerful insouciance if ever there was one, its lyrics are entirely concerned with being entirely unconcerned, remaining trouble-free in the face of life’s various stressors and calamities. Such carefree nonchalance is at the heart of insouciance, which arrived in English (along with the adjective insouciant), from French, in the 1800s. The French word comes from a combining of the negative prefix in- with the verb soucier, meaning “to trouble or disturb.” The easiness and breeziness of insouciance isn’t always considered beautiful, however. Insouciance may also be used when someone’s lack of concern for serious matters is seen as more careless than carefree.

Wild Dark Shore

Karen Russell makes our Dust Bowl history whole

7 books that celebrate trailblazing women

Bridgett M. Davis on ‘Love, Rita’

Amanda Nguyen on ‘Saving Five’

Joshua A. Miele on ‘Connecting Dots’

Chloe Dalton on ‘Raising Hare’

Martha S. Jones on ‘The Trouble of Color’

Laurie Woolever on ‘Care and Feeding’

Memoir March 2025

Sarah Chihaya on ‘Bibliophobia’

Close Your Eyes and Count to 10

Mornings Without Mii

The Fishwife Cookbook

The Gift of the Great Buffalo

How to have a work-life balance—when your work is also your life

Show Don’t Tell

The Lost Passenger

The Strange Case of Jane O.

Oasis

The NYT Bestsellers

Amazon Best Sellers

Bird flu in cows shows no signs of adapting to humans — yet

13 Major Hair Transformations Celebrities Still Regret

Your Met Gala 2025 reading list

Can the minimalist ‘caveman method’ save your skin — or destroy it? Docs weigh in on viral trend

Chocolate-covered espresso beans: The ultimate combination of sweet and bitter

Jay Sigel, Amateur Golfer Who Played Like a Pro, Dies at 81

Ozempic May Cause Cosmetic Side Effects Like Sagging Skin, Wrinkly Feet

Mortgage Rates Go Down Over the Last Week: Mortgage Interest Rates for April 30, 2025

Here’s Why Bathroom Towels Have Those Woven Strips on Both Ends

Look: Zoo using realistic puppet to feed newly-hatched king vulture chick

REP. MIKE KELLY, SEN. TIM SCOTT AND SECRETARY SCOTT TURNER: Save the Opportunity Zones before it’s too late

What do we know about the brothers and sisters of Jesus?

What is xeroderma pigmentosum? The rare genetic disorder that forces people to avoid sunlight

US Marines get high-power microwave weapon to cook enemy drone swarms in seconds

Why you should make Florida’s Punta Gorda your next holiday destination

Word of the Day

10 Odd & Fun

1.New York Zoo Feeds Baby Vulture With Hand Puppet

2.Look: Zoo using realistic puppet to feed newly-hatched king vulture chick

3.Owner of lost $5,000 cash thought calls from police were a scam

4.Watch: Iowa museum owner's spoon collection tallied at 38,162

5.Watch: Red-tailed boa rescued from Texas tree, adopted by animal control officer

6.Speedboat Flips Midair At 200 Mph And Still Wins Race On Arizona Lake

7.Student rescued from mountain twice in four days - after going back to find his phone

8.Mother horse, baby rescued from mud pit in Arizona

9.Man wins $6M lottery prize after more than 40 years of playing

10.Watch: Miniature dachshund found after 529 days in the wild on Kangaroo Island