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Suleika Jaouad talks about “Between Two Kingdoms,” and Jason Zinoman discusses great memoirs by comedians.

Strength and joy go hand-in-hand, and this week’s literary releases beautifully celebrate both. In certain parts of the country, we’re knee-deep in snow and ice, and finding the strength to feel even the littlest joy is quite difficult. But we’ve almost hit the halfway point of February, the days are getting longer, and we can almost see warmer days ahead. This week, Suleika Jaouad’s memoir Between Two Kingdoms gives readers an empathetic insight into one of the more challenging points in her life, while Cortney Lamar Charleston’s second collection of poetry, Doppelgangbanger, she...

Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted, by Suleika Jaouad Random House When Suleika Jaouad graduated from Princeton in 2010, she was considering a career as a war correspondent. Instead, within months, she was diagnosed with a rare form of acute myeloid leukemia. She quickly found herself fighting for her life in New York City cancer wards, where she was given a 35 percent chance of survival. Jaouad started writing about what it's like to face a life-threatening illness at 22. During her "incanceration" — months in isolation to prevent infections — she docu...

When Silver Linings Don’t Cut It, Honesty Helps Credit...Bianca Bagnarelli By Chanel Miller BETWEEN TWO KINGDOMS By Suleika Jaouad In March 2020, paper signs were taped onto cafe windows: “We are committed to flattening the curve, see you in two weeks!” Overnight, shelves emptied as humans squirreled away toilet paper rolls like nuts for a long winter. Our calendars were wiped clean, indefinitely blank. We worried each day that death would reach down its hand and pluck up a loved one. I saw an old man with a maxi pad taped over his mouth and nose. We were confused and terrified...

13 New Books to Watch For in February Show-business biographies of Mike Nichols and Tom Stoppard, environmental treatises by Bill Gates and Elizabeth Kolbert, debut novels of life online and more. Image Soon after graduating from college, Jaouad received an alarming diagnosis: Her unexplained rashes and fatigue were the result of an aggressive type of leukemia. Jaouad documented much of her chemotherapy and treatment in a column for The Times, and her book reflects on life after remission. A cross-country trip allowed her to meet people who had written to her during treatment — and figure o...