NYT Notable Books 2021 - Nonfiction

 

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1. Festival days

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Beard, Jo Ann
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Hamden/Miller Adult Nonfiction 3rd Floor
818.609/BEA
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A collection that includes seven essays and two pieces of short fiction captures both the small moments of daily existence and times when life and death hang in the balance, including the title work about a searing journey through India.

2. How to slowly kill yourself and others in America: essays

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Laymon, Kiese
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Hamden/Miller Adult Nonfiction 3rd Floor
814.6/LAY
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"A collection of essays on family, race, violence, celebrity, music, writing, and other topics"--

3. Let me tell you what I mean

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Didion, Joan
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Hamden/Miller Adult Nonfiction 3rd Floor
814.54/DID
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"From the universally acclaimed, best-selling author of the National Book Award-winning The Year of Magical Thinking: ten pieces never before collected that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of a legendary writer. Here are six pieces written in 1968 from the "Points West" Saturday Evening Post column Joan Didion shared from 1964 to 1969 with her husband, John Gregory Dunne about: American newspapers; a session with Gamblers Anonymous;...