Maureen Corrigan
'Here We Are': What Would Philip Roth Have Made Of All This?
"Imagine what Philip Roth would've made of this."
'Sigh, Gone' Is A Refugee's Chaotic Memoir Of Displacement And Belonging
I was initially drawn to Phuc Tran's new memoir about growing up as the son of Vietnamese refugees because of the playfulness of its title: Sigh, Gone.
Need A Mental Escape? These Books Offer Solace In Troubled Times
Our book critic Maureen Corrigan has been thinking about the role books play in challenging times, and she has some recommendations for books that are ready to report for duty.
Staying At Home? Check Into Emily St. John Mandel's Haunting 'Glass Hotel'
It's hard to focus right now. So recommending a book can seem, well, out-of-touch. Unless, that is, the recommendation is for a novel that's so absorbing, so fully realized that it draws you out of your own constricted situation and expands your sense of possibilities. For me, over the past 10 days or so, the novel that's performed that act of deliverance has been The Glass Hotel, by Emily St. John Mandel.
'Writers & Lovers' Captures The Cost Of Following A Dream That May Not Pay Off
Lily King's new novel centers on a woman who's spent six years working on her own novel. It's a story of ambition — and what happens when the markers of adult achievement are slow to materialize.
Dystopian Novel 'The Resisters' Drives Home The Perils Of Our Wired World
Book critic Maureen Corrigan says this is the only dystopian novel she's ever read where images of doom and baseball diamonds co-exist.
'Djinn Patrol' Captures The Lost Light Of India's Vanished Children
Deepa Anappara's debut novel defies characterization. Set in a sprawling Indian slum, Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line centers on a trio of kids who venture out to look for a missing classmate.