nonfiction
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Yet the incorporation into this already complex dynamic of the class divide—which figures here as something like a barbed-wire fence that’s draped in velvet—further sharpens the exploitative edge of nonfiction cinema’s natural voyeurism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
New Yorker staff writer Lawrence Wright’s latest nonfiction narrative, “Redemption,” begins with an intriguing, real-life premise: an unlikely series of encounters between seven female convicts on Texas’ death row and a convent of nuns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Flash fiction, sweeping histories and bold memoirs — discover the highly anticipated fiction and nonfiction our book reviewers are dipping into this autumn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Antidote Books, led by Joel Simons, a former publisher at HarperCollins UK, will publish idea-driven nonfiction on a range of subjects, whether it’s technology, ethics, history, current affairs or ideas around power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
"But when I write, I like getting deeper into the issues and thinking critically about them. I love argument. So, nonfiction, I guess."
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
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