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NONFICTION: A novelist recounts the experience of caring for her ailing, dependent mother. "Mothercare" by Lynne Tillman; Soft Skull Press (176 pages, $23) ——— "Death was a longtime fascination," novelist
NONFICTION: More comic essays, this time in a more somber vein, from the celebrated satirist. "Happy-Go-Lucky" by David Sedaris; Little, Brown & Co. (304 pages, $29) ——— Even satirists get
Schadenfreude is a bad look, but one gets the feeling many people around the world see the United States headed for a reckoning and aren't necessarily upset about it. The prospect of a second civil war, posited in think pieces and doomsday tweets, may or may not be likely, but the very discussion says something about the hardening of the nation's internal divisions, and, to some people, the deliciousness of comeuppance.
A journalist investigates the reasons some people believe the Earth is flat and other conspiracy theories. "Off the Edge" by Kelly Weill; Algonquin Books (256 pages, $27.95) ——— Some might
A journalist investigates the reasons some people believe the Earth is flat and other conspiracy theories. "Off the Edge" by Kelly Weill; Algonquin Books (256 pages, $27.95) ——— Some might