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First Few Pages: Crying in H Mart

Posted on April 17, 2021| Posted in First Few Pages

Michelle Zauner tells her story of growing up as one of the few Asian American kids at her school, of struggling with her mother's expectations, of a painful adolescence, of months spent with her grandmother in Seoul. And then the beginning of her adulthood as she moves to the East Coast for college, working in the restaurant industry, and gigs with her fledgling band, and realizing her Koreanness began to feel more distant. Read more here.

First Few Pages: Chatter

Posted on March 24, 2021| Posted in First Few Pages

We explore the silent conversations we have with ourselves with acclaimed psychologist Ethan Kross in his book Chatter. With tools hidden in plain sight, readers can make their inner voice work in their favor. Read the first few pages on the blog.

First Few Pages: Like Streams to the Ocean by Jedidiah Jenkins

Posted on February 3, 2021| Posted in First Few Pages

You can travel the world looking for yourself, but if you don't know what you're looking for, how can you find it? Like Streams To The Ocean is about examining the things that make us who we are and getting to know ourselves, our stories, and the decisions that shape our one and only life. Read an excerpt on the blog.

First Few Pages: Land by Simon Winchester

Posted on February 3, 2021| Posted in First Few Pages

The author of The Professor and the Madman and The Perfectionists explores the notion of property—our proprietary relationship with the land—through human history, how it has shaped us and what it will mean for our future. Read an excerpt on the blog.

First Few Pages: Homo Irrealis by André Aciman

Posted on February 1, 2021| Posted in First Few Pages

The New York Times–bestselling author of Find Me and Call Me by Your Name returns to the essay form with his collection of thoughts on time, the creative mind, and great lives and works. Read an excerpt here.

First Few Pages: The Hidden Habits of Genius

Posted on September 29, 2020| Posted in First Few Pages

Professor Craig Wright created the popular "Genius Course" at Yale University and had devoted more than two decades exploring what 'genius' really is, probing the nature of the term. He reveals what we can learn from the lives of those dubbed "geniuses," past and present.

First Look: Entitled by Kate Manne

Posted on August 21, 2020| Posted in First Look Club

In this bold and stylish critique, Cornell philosopher Kate Manne offers a radical new framework for understanding misogyny.

Katya and Jed share their thoughts on this challenging but necessary read. Check them out below.

First Look Club: Jed reviews Entitled

Posted on August 21, 2020| Posted in Book Reviews, First Look Club

An urgent exploration of men’s entitlement and how it serves to police and punish women, from the acclaimed author of Down Girl.

First Look Club: Katya reviews Entitled

Posted on August 21, 2020| Posted in Book Reviews, First Look Club

An urgent exploration of men’s entitlement and how it serves to police and punish women, from the acclaimed author of Down Girl.

First Few Pages: Caste

Posted on August 20, 2020| Posted in First Few Pages

Isabel Wilkerson explores caste systems across civilizations and the eight pillars that underlie them — including divine will, bloodlines, stigma and more. This powerful caste system influences people's lives and behavior, even the nation's fate. Using riveting stories of people — from Martin Luther King Jr.'s to her own, and many others' — Wilkerson shows the ways caste is experienced every day.