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New Nonfiction Books To Remind Us That Not All of Reality Is Tiresome
Five summer reads that show journalism at its finest—and juiciest
This summer there’s a good chance the entire genre of beach books will be read by people unable to make it to the beach, and there’s an equally high probability that travel writing will begin to feel like science fiction. But take heart in this homebound time: A new crop of nonfiction combines desperately needed escapism with a journalistic rigor tied tightly to the here and now—or at least to the there and then. These books chronicle the art of reporting through very different methods and with very different results. And yet they’re all bound together by a belief that true stories and great stories can be one and the same.
Edited by Jill Rooney Carr