Our guest host Vinson Cunningham looks at the joys of the beach read, hitting Brighton Beach on a hot, muggy day to peer over readers’ shoulders. Rachel Syme feels that “books have a season they tell you to read them in,” and “summer is the season of the classic Hollywood memoir”; she shares three favorites with David Remnick. And, as this summer now boasts the hottest month in recorded history, Bill McKibben talks with the sci-fi writer Kim Stanley Robinson. Robinson’s novel “Ministry of the Future” tries to imagine how a global effort could begin to halt the momentum of the climate crisis.
Vinson Cunningham on Beach Reads
On a hot, muggy day at Brighton Beach, the staff writer explores the unique pleasure of diving into summer reading.
Kim Stanley Robinson on “Utopian” Science Fiction
July was, globally, the hottest month on record. The author of a climate-change novel tries to imagine how things could begin to turn around.
Rachel Syme on Celebrity Memoirs
“I always feel like books have a season,” the staff writer says, and “summer is the season of the classic Hollywood memoir . . . full of champagne and spangles.”
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