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The Books Briefing: Humor, Mined From the Absurd Kate Cray © Elliott Erwitt / Magnum The world sometimes seems dark. Humor, mined from the absurd, can help us see another side of the pain. That sensibility animates the author Paul Auster’s memoir Hand to Mouth, which follows his early failures as a writer. It also powered work by Auster’s inspiration Samuel Beckett, who wrote the hilarious Watt while on the run from the Gestapo. The memoirist Sean Wilsey even remarked in a column for The Atlantic that good writers must find the funny side of the most painful situations...

FRIDAY, JANUARY 15 VIRTUAL UNLIKELY TRIVIA live on Facebook. 6:30 p.m. Hosted every Friday by An Unlikely Story Book Store & Cafe's Patrick Kinney. Watch the free event at www.facebook.com/anunlikelystoryplainville/ SATURDAY, JANUARY 16 ZOOM CARTOONING WORKSHOP with Rick Stromoski: Animals!. 1 p.m. Hosted by Franklin Public Library. One hour virtual cartooning workshop for beginners. Learn how to draw several different animals. Have paper and preferred drawing medium available. Ideal for kids in grades 3-7.  To register: email Caleigh at ckeating@minlib.net WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20 LET'S LAUGH ...

Kiley Reid. Credit by David Goddard. Marie Claire is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Features Editor Jenny Proudfoot sits down with bestselling author Kiley Reid for MC Book Club to talk about her debut novel, Such A Fun Age... You would have to be living under a rock not to have heard of The millennial coming-of-age story follows the transactional relationship between a babysitter (Emira) and her female employer (Alix), exploring race, privilege, gender and wealth. Undoubtedly one of t...

The best books should hold up a mirror to society, even when the reflection isn’t one you want to see — or at least that’s what I told myself when I put down Such a Fun Age, the debut novel from the

Kiley Reid | Such A Fun Age By What happens when you do the right thing for the wrong reason? New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller Kiley Reid explores the concept in her latest book, Such A Fun Age, which was longlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize – and here she reads an exclusive extract… Alix Chamberlain is a woman who gets what she wants and has made a living showing other women how to do the same. So she is shocked when her babysitter, Emira Tucker, is confronted by a security guard while watching the Chamberlains’ toddler one night. Seeing a young black woman out late with a ...