Because what the gatekeepers are recommending people read is also part of #thiswritinglife…
Yesterday NPR ran a piece on recommended nonfiction reads for the summer. The list included
A bio of Gisèle Pelicot, the woman in France whose husband drugged her and then let all his friends rape her
a book on critical race theory
a bio of the Murdoch family
a history of the Syrian civil war
Lena Dunham’s bio, yet another addition to the interminable line of memoirs about addiction and rehab
Jane Fonda’s autobiography, yet another addition to the interminable line of celeb bios
a book about an Israeli and a Palestinian and all the family members each other’s sects have killed
the death of Duluth, or something
And then, when the host kind of implored the reporter for something fun?
A bio of Hannibal Lector.
FYI, none of those titles will be featured on Book Review Monday.