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Jon Ronson
Recommended. Summer. Reading.
by, Jill Swenson
June 23, 2015

Two novels. Both are set during the Second World War and yet neither is a war story.      Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See, won the Pulitizer Prize for fiction this year. Read it to gain an appreciation for what editors mean when they say “character-driven plot.” This is much more than a story about WWII. Marie-Louise is a blind 14-year-old girl… [Read More]

Filed Under: Abigail Thomas, Anthony Doerr, Cathryn Prince, David Treuer, Heather Lende, Jon Krakauer, Jon Ronson, Kate Atkinson, Marilynne Robinson, Mary Norris, Sasha Martin, Smith Henderson, Vincent Crapanzano
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Skirting the borders of madness in Jon Ronson’s The Psychopath Test
by, Danielle Sherwood
May 8, 2012

Journalistic nonfiction makes an unspoken promise to readers: it doesn’t just tell a tremendous story, it forces readers to question and examine current cultural practices and societal values. A strong journalist knows how to write articles that do more than just expose the facts. Many call it an ethical code, but I call it a mark of skill, developed over the years by knowledge of… [Read More]

Filed Under: Broadmoor, Hare Checklist, Jon Ronson, journalistic nonfiction, journey through the madness industry, labels, psycopathy, sociopathy, the psychopath test, unspoken promise, Wall Street
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Reading Non-Fiction for Pleasure
by, Danielle Sherwood
April 17, 2012

I’m going to ‘fess up: I don’t read enough nonfiction for pleasure. Fiction has always been more compelling to me. The fantasy, the adventure, the imagination, the characters – this is the stuff of storytelling. But there are some exceptional books of non-fiction and memoir that trump my fandom of fiction. Here’s my top 4 picks for NF and memoir. These books are not only… [Read More]

Filed Under: addiction, appetites: why women want, Azar Nafisi, beautiful boy, book selections, Caroline Knapp, compelling narrative, cultural studies, David Sheff, female hunger, feminism, forbidden books, Jon Ronson, memoir, Nic Sheff, Nonfiction, psychiatry, psychology, psychopathy, reading lolita in tehran, reviews, the psychopath test
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