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Jeff Hiller | PERFORMING ARTS,  Apr 25, 2025

Hiller doesn’t just take the stage in his heartfelt and laugh-out-loud memoir; he owns it.

Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson | FINE ARTS,  Apr 25, 2025

A terrific, well-written biography of an American original who died too young. Recommended for midcentury enthusiasts, followers of fashion, and readers who enjoyed Inventing the Modern: Untold Stories of the Women Who Shaped the Museum of Modern Art or Julie Satow’s When Women Ran Fifth Avenue.

Dave Barry | MEMOIR,  Apr 18, 2025

Todd S. Purdum | PERFORMING ARTS,  Apr 18, 2025

Purdum’s access to the Arnaz family and unpublished records allows him to essentially fact-check the memoirs written by Arnaz and Ball, and his honest reflection of a complicated man is poignant and heartfelt.

Jeffrey Seller | PERFORMING ARTS,  Mar 28, 2025

Seller is an engaging storyteller and as passionate about directing summer camp theater as he is about producing award-winning Broadway shows. Highly recommended.

David Sheff | PERFORMING ARTS,  Mar 21, 2025

Writing a balanced but heartfelt account that general readers will find riveting, Sheff characterizes Ono as a strong, brilliant, hard-working experimental artist and musician who battled racism and sexism in a largely solitary life.

Cosimo Mammoliti | COOKING & FOOD,  Mar 01, 2025

Kate Gies | MEMOIR,  Feb 07, 2025

Gies has written a standout, poignant, and much-needed look into what many disabled children are forced to deal with (often against their will or consent) and the ways it affects their mental health and wellbeing for their entire lives. It’s sure to appeal to readers of the work of Alice Wong and other disability rights’ activists.

Judith Giesberg | HISTORY,  Jan 01, 2025

Based on a unique set of sources, this heart-wrenching work should be read by all focused on enslavement studies as well as American and Civil War history.