Jaime Herndon finished her MFA in nonfiction writing at Columbia, after leaving a life of psychosocial oncology and maternal-child health work. She is a writer, editor, and book reviewer who drinks way too much coffee. She is a new-ish mom, so the coffee comes in extra handy. Twitter: @IvyTarHeelJaime
As we begin a new calendar year, it's the perfect time to get excited about a year of new books. Dig into January 2023 new nonfiction, including Your Hearts, Your Scars.
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From flood stories to murder mysteries, here are 10 books that retell stories of the Bible in new, compelling ways, like Forging a Nightmare by Patricia A. Jackson.
Find great winter holiday-themed and Christmas books for toddlers to read with your littlest ones. Let’s take a look!
The beautiful art of these Indigenous graphic novels, like This Place: 150 Years Retold by various authors, make visual a history and adds to the power of their stories.
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These new nonfiction works include memoirs, works in translation, nature writing, biography, and anthologies.
The Best American Short Stories anthology has been around since 1915 and had some interesting iterations. Here's a brief history.