Books

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews American Woman, the new novel by Susan Choi.

Maureen Corrigan reviews The Fifth Book of Peace by Maxine Hong Kingston.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Triangle: The Fire That Changed America by David Von Drehle.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan considers Lucky Girls (Ecco), the debut short story collection by Nell Freudenberger.

Enter MeFranken's new book is Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right. Franken recently made headlines when the Fox News Channel tried to sue him over the phrase "fair and balanced," which Fox claimed as its own. Fox lost, and Franken got lots of publicity for the book, which is now a bestseller. Al Franken is an alumnus of Saturday Night Live, where his most memorable character was the simpering self-help sap Stuart Smalley.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Against Love: A Polemic by Laura Kipnis (Pantheon).

Maureen Corrigan reviews Breaking Her Fall by Stephen Goodwin.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Jacqueline Winspear's debut novel, Maisie Dobbs.

He was Laura Hillenbrand's editor on the book Seabiscuit. He'll talk about working with Hillenbrand, who has chronic fatigue syndrome, while she was writing the best-selling book.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews The Bug by Ellen Ullman.