 RICHARD YATES
By Tao Lin
Reviewed
by MARIE MUNDACA
In Tao Lin’s newest novel, Richard Yates, Dakota Fanning and Haley Joel Osment have a love affair...Osment has a shoplifting habit, and Fanning receives biofeedback therapy for an unnamed psychological ailment.
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 TALKING TO GIRLS ABOUT DURAN DURAN
By Rob Sheffield
Reviewed by KYLE OLSON
Jumping off from tracks like Prince’s “Purple Rain” or Madonna’s “Crazy for You,” Sheffield muses on a summer job running an ice cream truck or a coming to terms with his Catholic upbringing and secular desires.
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 ROLE MODELS
By John Waters
Reviewed by KYLE OLSON
With his latest book, the Pope of Trash invites readers into his opulently decorated parlor to relay a memoir of sorts, relating tales of his idols and inspirations with humor, charm, and a startling amount of honest and infectious enthusiasm.
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 ALCESTIS
By Katharine Beutner
Reviewed
by MATTHEW MERENDO
Beutner is like a god, taking the stick figure the Greeks gave her and turning it into a flesh-and-blood woman—one who not only loves but also hates and fears and grieves.
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