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Slip
By Mallary Tenore Tarpley
A smart, nuanced account of navigating fraught relationships with food.
American Trickster: The Hidden Lives of Carlos Castaneda
By Ru Marshall
The 1970s hustler claimed he’d been sent by a shaman.
A Century of Hitchcock: The Man, the Myths, the Legacy
By Tony Lee Moral
Two figures from the auteur’s orbit feature heavily in this new biography.
The Biographer’s Quest
By Jeffrey Meyers
An author reflects on his decades spent chronicling others’ lives.
How to Lose Your Mother
By Molly Jong-Fast
Coming to terms with a famous, and famously flawed, parent.
Kuleana
By Sara Kehaulani Goo
The fight for an ancestral home unfolds amidst a history of dispossession.
Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
By Belle Burden
A wronged wife finally finds her voice.
The famously volatile figure is cast in a sympathetic light.
