Medgar & Myrlie makes the New York Times February books preview!
Medgar and Myrlie makes the New York Times February book preview list!
New novels from Tommy Orange and Kristin Hannah; memoirs from Kara Swisher and Leslie Jamison; a biography of Medgar and Myrlie Evers — and more. Read the post here.
New York Times: New & Noteworthy, From R. Kelly to White House Corruption
DEEP RIVER, by Karl Marlantes. (Grove, $30.) Marlantes, best known for the immersive Vietnam War novel “Matterhorn,” here offers a historical family epic about Finnish brothers working as loggers in the Pacific Northwest and their labor organizer sister.
SLIME: How Algae Created Us, Plague Us, and Just Might Save Us, by Ruth Kassinger. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26.) Algae are among the earth’s oldest life-forms, pervasive in everything from pond scum to crude oil. Kassinger explains their history and biology, and makes a persuasive case for their future importance.
THE MAN WHO SOLD AMERICA: Trump and the Unraveling of the American Story, by Joy-Ann Reid. (Morrow/HarperCollins, $27.99.) The political analyst and host of “AM Joy” on MSNBC argues that President Trump’s administration is characterized by grift and venality that demeans the office and diminishes America.
SOULLESS: The Case Against R. Kelly, by Jim DeRogatis. (Abrams, $26.) DeRogatis, a noted music journalist, broke the first stories accusing the R&B star R. Kelly of sexual abuse — two decades ago. This book tracks the case and asks why the culture was so slow to catch up.
NewYorkTimes.com: Rashida Tlaib’s Expletive-Laden Cry to Impeach Trump Upends Democrats’ Talking Points
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had only been in office for a few hours when a handful of Democrats defied her persistent calls not to begin the new Congress by talking about impeachment.
Just after Pelosi was sworn in Thursday, longtime Democratic Reps. Brad Sherman of California and Al Green of Texas introduced articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. That evening, newly elected Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan riled up a supportive crowd by calling the president a profanity and predicting that he will be removed from office.