Privacy Policy, Atria, Contact | All Bree has to do is settle down and survive a year of her aggravatingly attractive neighbor. hardcover, 32p., ages 6-10, 9781952119071, Page Street Kids, With the end of the Cold War, le Carré developed new characters, set his books in different places, including Africa, post-Soviet Russia and Central America, and investigated big pharma, money laundering and more. The Killer's Shadow: The FBI's Hunt for a White Supremist Serial Killer, Alright, Alright, Alright: The Oral History of Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused, Love, Kurt: The Vonnegut Love Letters, 1941-1945, sexiest moments in literature that aren't sex scenes. Throughout it all, his mother's sacrifice strikes most deeply for the Man Booker International Prize-winning author: she surrendered her own parental authority to liberate him, in a world where freedom was rare and hard to find, "like crusts of rationed bread in the time of the Germans." I used to read whole chapters aloud to myself because the language was so beautiful. "Love, Kurt: The Vonnegut Love Letters 1941-1945" Book Release. Inside this battered vessel she found 226 love letters written by her father, Kurt Vonnegut, to her mother, Jane Marie Cox, between 1941 and 1945. Excerpted by permission of Random House. I am also intrigued by the scientific knowledge promised in Jacqueline Mroz's Girl Talk: What Science Can Tell Us about Female Friendship, which Shelf's reviewer said "takes the bonds between women seriously. Even today, that old habit persists. In 1973, he reportedly contacted Drake High School in North Dakota after it burned 32 copies of his book Slaughter-House Five. Jane had always thought she’d be a writer too, but she quickly recognized her husband’s tremendous talent (even before he did) and put her own dreams and ambitions aside in order to help him. paperback, 336p., 9780785231042, Counterpoint Press, She's tempted to leave--except that for her birthday her parents offer to give her their share of her grandma's house if she agrees to stay in the house and at her job for one year. Her latest Lady Sherlock novel is Murder on Cold Street (Berkley). On Our Shelves Now. You pay a deposit and then a daily fee to take a book home to read. He was assigned to the secretarial pool. Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (/ ˈ v ɒ n ə ɡ ə t /; November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was an American writer. $35.00 . $35 . Love, Kurt: The Vonnegut Love Letters, 1941–1945 edited by Edith Vonnegut; Random House, 240 pp., $35 Most men in uniform never see death. Submission Guidelines | Sponsored by The Nice Law Firm. Among those titles were The Constant Gardener, Our Kind of Traitor, The Night Manager and The Tailor of Panama. by Kurt Vonnegut, Suzanne McConnell. 226 love letters from Kurt Vonnegut were found in an attic. All rights reserved. At the end of the month, Kurt had to report to Fort Riley, Kansas, to finish his military duty. Kurt Vonnegut. (Kurt Vonnegut: Letters is where you’ll find the bow-tie scheme.) Free shipping . Revealing and sometimes riotous interviews with cast, crew and Linklater's high school friends illuminate how Linklater and company captured so much true teen feeling in a movie that the studio, Universal, wanted to be a sex comedy. $9.22. A never-before-seen collection of deeply intimate love letters from Kurt Vonnegut to his first wife, Jane, compiled and edited by their daughter and reproduced in gorgeous full color. Vonnegut’s vision of an America restructured by industrial technocrats whose robotics at the workplace leads to devaluing individual involvement. Via Random House. As The Silver Shooter begins, Theodore Roosevelt asks Rose and Thomas to head out west to Dakota Territory to research his massive cattle losses and find out about the death of one of his acquaintances. Event creator. He targeted Jews, African Americans and anyone willing to associate with them. This story begins and ends in a city where, despite the "cold and dusky damp," a frisky breeze delights one young girl as it stirs autumn leaves. A never-before-seen collection of deeply personal love letters from Kurt Vonnegut to his first wife, Jane, compiled and edited by their daughter“If ever I do write anything of length—good or bad—it will be written with you in mind.”Kurt Vonnegut’s eldest daughter, Edith, was cleaning out … Life is good until Ari is introduced to Evan Stark, the hyper-intelligent de facto leader of Ari's circle, who has just returned from abroad. In May of 1980, FBI Agent John E. Douglas was working in a dingy basement in Quantico. She wasn't in those faraway places to get a degree or job training or anything else that was considered "useful." Love, Kurt : the Vonnegut love letters, 1941-1945 / Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. ; edited by Edith Vonnegut. The families are entwined due to a beautiful and possibly mythical bird presumably painted by the Syrian American artist Laila Z, who disappeared more than 60 years ago. The same "big" theme underlies Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close (Simon & Schuster, $26), in which the co-hosts of the popular Call Your Girlfriend podcast, Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman, provide concrete recommendations for investing in long-term friendships, based on their own decade-long relationship, with all its joys and challenges. Three years and 15 dead men, women and children later, authorities identified the killer as Joseph Paul Franklin, and arrested him in Kentucky, but Franklin escaped custody. I don’t think she liked that approach. I'm pretty sure I never read Paradise Lost, which I was supposed to for the English IV correspondence class I took to graduate early from high school. He admired her excellent education and deferred to her often regarding literature. "The sexiest moments in literature that aren't sex scenes" were revealed by the Guardian. The endearingly earnest narrator introduces ships from around the world with exclamations and loving declarations of beauty and purpose: container ships, trawlers, paddlewheel ferry boats and junks are equally enthralling to the narrator, who is quick to declare each successive type to be "the most beautiful of ships at night!" Melissa Ferguson (The Dating Charade) has written a lighthearted, wholesome romance in The Cul-de-Sac War. He makes all kinds of noises at weird hours, and he seems to love tormenting Bree. Get 50% off this audiobook at the AudiobooksNow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. While browsing through the contents of her mother's attic, Edith Vonnegut made a remarkable discovery in the form of a white gift box. Guilt, grief and teen angst revolve around a perceptive plot with carefully crafted characters, all of whom are trying to rebuild their lives. The argument is not new territory, but framing it within a story of a young man on the brink of adulthood makes the themes universal, and the pacing and smart writing cause The Orchard to sizzle. By Katie Baker On 4/17/09 at 8:00 PM EDT . The recent loss of his mother causes Evan to question the concept of God so severely that he sets out on a drug- and alcohol-fueled quest to see the face of God himself. (Linklater recalls producers offering to bump up Dazed's minuscule budget if he would agree to shoot some nudity.) Brooklynite high school student Ari Arden's frum (Yiddish for devout or pious) Jewish education has always been supplemented with the works of Shakespeare, Kierkegaard and Nietzsche. Immediately, Edith knew she had unearthed something special, and got to work putting them in order to create LOVE, KURT: The Vonnegut Love Letters: 1941-1945; written by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. and edited Edith Vonnegut. --BrocheAroe Fabian, owner, River Dog Book Co. Open Culture explored The Futurist Cookbook and "looked back when Italian Futurists declared war on pasta (1930).". The letters were discovered in a forgotten box in … Well researched and quickly paced, The Silver Shooter is a lovely historical mystery with a magical flair. $17.99, Kurt Vonnegut & Edith Vonnegut (Editor) A never-before-seen collection of deeply personal love letters from Kurt Vonnegut to his first wife, Jane, compiled and edited by their daughter. “If ever I do write anything of length --- good or bad --- it will be written with you in mind.” He writes to her while on deployment, "I saw the Northern Lights for the first time in my life tonight. Kurt Vonnegut’s eldest daughter, Edith, was cleaning out her mother’s attic when she stumbled upon a dusty, aged box. Laila's childhood and development as an artist is slowly revealed while, in the present day, a trans boy is trying to make the connection between his dead mother's ghost, their shared obsession with the semi-mythical bird and whether in finding the truth behind the missing painting of the bird, he will also find the courage to present his real self to the world. The world keeps getting older, but the kids partying through a '70s Austin night in Richard Linklater's beloved 1993 comedy Dazed and Confused stay the same age. Tolkien Judith Ivory Laura Kinsale. Kurt's letters, once filled with poems, drawings and pleas designed solely to win the love of Jane, become the means by which Jane reads and edits Kurt's earliest stories. While browsing through the contents of her mother's attic, Edith Vonnegut made a remarkable discovery in the form of a white gift box. "We have to love more, hate less, listen more, talk less," she said. It electrifies "the heavens for a festive reindeer picnic," whistles through a "snow leopard ledge" and "serenade[s] some geese" over Everest. Bree Leake has always been a free spirit, much to the concern of her mother and stepfather. Love, Kurt is a collection of personal love letters from Vonnegut to his first wife, Jane, compiled and edited by their eldest daughter, Edith. The first time he proposed in person had been one month after the death of his mother. Books by Gu Long (Louis Cha) which I rented to read. --Kerry McHugh, blogger at Entomology of a Bookworm. Now you can see and read them. Love, Kurt: The Vonnegut Letters, 1941-1945 . Kurt Vonnegut Museum * Library. Happy Heroes by Gu Long, which is a take on the martial arts epic so radically different from anything else I'd read before that I fell in love instantly. Discover: With infectious enthusiasm, the narrator of an introductory picture book explores the beauty of lighted ships in the dark. The letters, first discovered 10 years ago by the couple’s eldest daughter in the attic of the family’s home in Massachusetts, provide a revealing glimpse into Vonnegut’s marriage and life as a husband. A 2006 newsletter to the high school’s alumni says the letter is authentic. He pays affectionate yet emotionally conflicted tribute to his mother--whose fragile physicality, self-restraint and inscrutable mask-like face earn her the sobriquet "the doll"--and recognizes her early, essential influence on his career. CBS Sunday Morning celebrated Nancy Drew's 90th birthday. $27, --Oline H. Cogdill, freelance reviewer. Perhaps she fell in love with the writing and the dreams they were creating together . Never seen the second volume ever, anywhere. $19.95 . Back matter includes a map, a short explanation of the way wind interacts with wildlife and an additional fact or two for each animal featured in the book. Download or stream Love, Kurt: The Vonnegut Love Letters, 1941-1945 by Kurt Vonnegut. PITY THE READER: ON WRITING WITH STYLE by Kurt Vonnegut, Suzanne McConnell. It was during this time that Kurt, after working on several short stories, realized he needed to write about his experience in the war. And the funny thing was, in my hometown in that era, it wasn't always easy to get stuff. On July 2, 1945, on the way from France back to Camp Atterbury, Indiana, Kurt stopped in Washington, D.C., to see Jane and convince her to break it off with her other suitors. Kadare (A Girl in Exile; Chronicle in Stone) shares with ironic detachment Albania's communist history and his resistance to its anti-individualist forces, resulting in a ban on his books and self-imposed exile in Paris. View Details. Allie was the maid of honor. You can pre- order the book from the Kurt Vonnegut Museum * Library here, https://kvml.square.site. Buy Kurt Vonnegut: Letters by Vonnegut, Kurt online on Amazon.ae at best prices. ", In December 1944, Kurt was captured in the Battle of the Bulge and held as a POW in a Dresden slaughterhouse. $17.00 . New Hardcover. Rapinoe expands on this message in her thoughtful memoir, One Life, which takes its name loosely from the famous Mary Oliver quotation that also serves as the book's epigraph: "Tell me, what is it you plan to do/ with your one wild and precious life? $35 - $150. This is a factual book." So, all I ever had was the first volume of this two-volume collection. My grandmother, who raised me, bought the books for me when I was in sixth grade. Inside, she discovered an unexpected treasure: more than two hundred love letters written by Kurt to Jane, spanning the early years of their relationship. Bree has finally gotten a good job at the Barter, a live performance theater in Abingdon, Va., and she's living in her grandma's former house, which she partially inherited. Love, Kurt: The Vonnegut Love Letters, 1941-1945 While browsing through the contents of her mother's attic, Edith Vonnegut made a remarkable discovery in the form of a white gift box. New Trade Paperback. This is not because I am a person of substance, but because I was not given pocket money as a child. hardcover, 32p., ages 4-8, 9781624149221. "You may have heard of ships," begins the narrator, but "did you realize that... there is nothing more beautiful than a ship and its lights on the sea at night? History and memory, art and literature, queer and immigrant identities, familial and community expectations, self-discovery and exploration: all these blend together toward a crescendo of heartbreaking brilliance readers have come to expect from this incredibly talented writer. Registration is free through Eventbrite at https://bit.ly/3l8FQkX. Book you most want to read again for the first time: Writing about the books I brought with me from China all those years ago has made me nostalgic. Old men would have these little stalls in parks--or just a tarp on the ground--with books you can rent. Now, a 31-year-old woman, Kennedy enters a world she doesn't recognize. paperback, 208p., 9781640094222, Penguin Press, 2 on hand, as of Jan 13 2:01am (LITERARY CRITICISM/ESSAY) Description. by Kurt Vonnegut. Kennedy doesn't remember that night, as both girls were high on acid. I was a fast reader so typically I could get through a big martial arts epic overnight on a 30-cent daily fee. Kurt Vonnegut’s eldest daughter, Edith, was cleaning out her mother’s attic when she stumbled upon a dusty, aged box. Her historical mysteries include the Lady Sherlock series (A Study in Scarlet Women, A Conspiracy in Belgravia, The Hollow of Fear, The Art of Theft), Beautiful Enemy and The Luckiest Lady in London. Nov. 30, 2020, 11:05 a.m. On a winter day in 2010, Edie Vonnegut climbed into the attic of her family's home, a journey that was an achievement in itself. I have recommended the Queen's Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner a lot of times. Most of the titles starred George Smiley, a taciturn, brilliant, methodical, dour, honorable, unassuming spymaster and an aficionado of German literature and language. --Lynn Becker, blogger and host of Book Talk, a monthly online discussion of children's books for SCBWI. Her novels have appeared on many "Best of the Year" lists. It’s red, and it’s called The ABZ of Love,” Kurt Vonnegut wrote to is wife Jane in a 1965 letter published in the fantastic new volume Kurt Vonnegut: Letters, and he signed,“Love from A to Z, — K”. Inside this battered vessel she found 226 love letters written by her father, Kurt Vonnegut, to her mother, Jane Marie Cox, between 1941 and 1945. A never-before-seen collection of deeply intimate love letters from Kurt Vonnegut to his first wife, Jane, compiled and edited by their daughter and reproduced in gorgeous full color. Evan plans to drag along the other members of the circle, including Ari, to confront the deity, whether they like it or not. Created by Grove Atlantic and Electric Literature, Love, Kurt: The Vonnegut Love Letters, 1941-1945, What Jeffrey Sterling Wants Americans to Understand About Whistleblowers, On Bourbon, Books, and Writing Your Way Out of Small-Town America. hardcover, 240p., 9780593133019, McSweeney's, Kurt Vonnegut’s eldest daughter, Edith, was cleaning out her mother’s attic when she stumbled upon a dusty, aged box. The young couple honeymooned at French Lick Resort on the edge of the Hoosier National Forest. Playful, evocative text and art define this creative nonfiction picture book, an author and illustrator debut, which follows the whooshing, whirling and whispering wind as it visits 11 different animals--plus a human child--in various habitats around the world. Kurt Vonnegut’s eldest daughter, Edith, was cleaning out her mother’s attic when she stumbled upon a dusty, aged box. --Kerry McHugh, blogger at Entomology of a Bookworm. Can Bree pull it together? Inside, she discovered an unexpected treasure: more than two hundred love letters written by Kurt to Jane, spanning the early years of their relationship. The Killer's Shadow: The FBI's Hunt for a White Supremist Serial Killer, written by John E. Douglas and regular collaborator Mark Olshaker, is the intense account of the hunt for one of the worst killers in American history. I have never bought a book for the cover, lol. paperback, 304p., 9780062979766, Harper, Share. Since then, she has been an outspoken advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, fought against the unequal pay of women soccer players based on their gender, and kneeled during the National Anthem in solidarity with Colin Kaepernick and the Black Lives Matter movement. The letters are full of the humor and wit that we have come to associate with Kurt Vonnegut. Hopen's first novel provokes fiery sociological debate on whether or not science and religion can coexist. --Shahina Piyarali, reviewer. by Vonnegut, Kurt. It will take all of the Pinkertons' tenacity and ingenuity to stop the terrible creature and protect the innocent from being blamed. 226 love letters from Kurt Vonnegut were found in an attic. THE VONNEGUT LOVE LETTERS, 1941-1945 by Kurt Vonnegut ; edited by Edith Vonnegut ‧ RELEASE DATE: Dec. 1, 2020 Kurt Vonnegut’s letters to his first wife, Jane Marie Cox, written in the crucibles of war and young literary ambition. . Job Opportunities | Franklin, an overly abused and underfed child, read Hitler's Mein Kampf as a teen and decided his goal would be to cleanse the world of those he deemed inferior. Follow this organizer to stay informed on future events. Love, Kurt: The Vonnegut Love Letters, 1941-1945. In the Media | --Jessica Howard, bookseller at Bookmans, Tucson, Ariz. 226 love letters from Kurt Vonnegut were found in an attic. In a career spanning over 50 years, Vonnegut published fourteen novels, three short story collections, five plays, and five works of nonfiction, with further collections being published after his death. Kurt Vonnegut’s eldest daughter, Edith, was cleaning out her mother’s attic when she stumbled upon a dusty, aged box. Inside this battered vessel she found 226 love letters written by her father, Kurt Vonnegut, to her mother, Jane Marie Cox, between 1941 and 1945. Little Threats avoids the cliches that trap many novels about dysfunctional families as Schultz delivers an energetic plot fueled by incisive character studies. Born David Cornwell, le Carré worked in MI6, Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, and its domestic version, MI5, for 16 years. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher. In the lottery of family heirlooms, this was a major winner. Alright also shares with Dazed a breakout performance from Matthew McConaughey. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Jane lived at home in Indianapolis during this period, seeing old friends and spending time with her father. Download or stream Love, Kurt: The Vonnegut Love Letters, 1941-1945 by Kurt Vonnegut. Ari's black-and-white orthodox wardrobe morphs into skinny jeans, colorful polo shirts and trendy footwear, as he becomes immersed in a world of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. Love, Kurt: The Vonnegut Love Letters, 1941-1945, released earlier this month by Random House, features a collection of letters Vonnegut wrote to his first wife, Jane. Still, for all the high spirits, and the film's eventual success, a sense of disappointment clouds Linklater's own feelings about it. hardcover, 480p., 9780062974747, Minotaur Books, Vonnegut, who passed away in 2007, was no stranger to writing letters to high schools. What no one knows is that Rose and Thomas work for a secret branch of the Pinkerton Agency, tracking paranormal activities. On a winter day in 2010, Edie Vonnegut climbed into the attic of her family's home, a journey that was an achievement in itself. It was pretty much like kissing you. Culture. Continue Reading Show full articles without "Continue Reading" button for {0} hours. --Jessica Howard, bookseller at Bookmans, Tucson, Ariz. He ripped his shirt open, revealing the bloody tooth, proclaimed how much he loved her, and asked for her hand. Although he had talked about marriage no fewer than twenty-four times in his letters, this was Kurt’s second real proposal. Discover: In this perceptive thriller, a woman released from prison for murdering her best friend when they were teenagers deals with a world of grief and guilt. Kurt Vonnegut’s eldest daughter, Edith, was cleaning out her mother’s attic when she stumbled upon a dusty, aged box. I could have also put the opening line from Pride and Prejudice, but it's a little longer and I'd have to Google to make sure I'm not wrong with the wording. Vonnegut introduces the question of unique function in the face of a planet and institutionally pushed to … He’d been to the dentist and was wearing his extracted molar around his neck. Zeyn Joukhadar builds upon his success with The Map of Salt and Stars in his second novel, Thirty Names of Night. Kurt Vonnegut’s eldest daughter, Edith, was cleaning out her mother’s attic when she stumbled upon a dusty, aged box. A never-before-seen collection of deeply personal love letters from Kurt Vonnegut to his first wife, Jane, compiled and edited by their daughter “A glimpse into the mind of a writer finding his voice.”— The Washington Post “If ever I do write anything of length—good or bad—it will be written In later years, le Carré and his books became more straightforwardly political. Kurt Vonnegut’s eldest daughter, Edith, was cleaning out her mother’s attic when she stumbled upon a dusty, aged box. Discover: A teenager's strict religious upbringing crashes into a more secularized world in a smart, edgy coming-of-age drama. Here are Pennbook‘s selections for the best Vonnegut books. God Bless You Mr Rosewater Or Pearls. --Paul Dinh-McCrillis, freelance reviewer. The Doll is a moving, intimate portrayal of a young man's literary awakening. “Love, Kurt” is a collection of love letters that Vonnegut wrote to his soon-to-be wife Jane between 1941–45. Love, Kurt: The Vonnegut Love Letters, 1941-1945 written by Kurt Vonnegut, edited by Edith Vonnegut A never-before-seen collection of deeply personal love letters from Kurt Vonnegut to his first wife, Jane, compiled and edited by their daughter. Wed, Mar 10 2:00 PM Poetry Zoom Book Club "Postcolonial Love Poem" #Hobbies #Networking. Actually, what I have is a mainland Chinese recompilation of her autobiographical and travel essays both from Stories of the Sahara and some other sources. Add to Wish List. Discover: Maisie Dobbs meets The X-Files in this delightful historical, paranormal mystery. Family legend has it that Jane made Kurt read The Brothers Karamazov on their honeymoon. Free shipping for many products! This extraordinary collection of personal correspondence has all the hallmarks of Kurt Vonnegut's fiction. These are the books I brought with me from China when I came to the U.S. more than 30 years ago, so I'm confident I'll never part with them. Edith was cleaning out her mother’s attic when she stumbled upon a dusty, aged box. Thomas immigrated from China at age 13, and English is her second language. $16.99, On and on it goes, all the while proudly proclaiming, "I AM THE WIND. The best known of his more than two dozen books were set in MI6, "the Circus," forever at war with its Soviet counterpart, "Moscow Centre," with many of their battles played out in divided Germany. Famous literary critic Leslie A. Fiedler said that each self-respecting hippie had on a … A Man Without a Country. He believes Dazed fails in one crucial way: he intended the film to expose the misery of the '70s, not its alluring chillness. Evidence was sketchy, but Kennedy was coerced by her attorney and her father, Gerry, to take the deal. The police turned to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Behavioral Sciences Unit to build a psychological profile on Franklin and find him before he killed again. 226 love letters from Kurt Vonnegut were found in an attic. With her use of "shimmering metallic gold and silver Pantones," Dills's illustrations of light refracting through mist and reflecting off moving water are realistic yet maintain an unexpected beauty and fantasy. She briefly had a job selling dresses in a department store, but most of her time was spent editing Kurt’s first stories and submitting them to agents. Funny and sweet, this cute romance will have readers chuckling. Second, the Library of America released four volumes of Vonnegut’s writing, reprinting all of his novels and many of his short stories on the organization’s famous, tissue-y paper, the closest thing this country has to … Thu, Jan 21 11:00 AM "Love And … "This is everybody's responsibility." So, I'm going to say Stories of the Sahara by Sanmao. Love As Always, Kurt (Vonnegut As I Knew Him) by Loree Rackstraw. In The Doll: A Portrait of My Mother, translated by John Hodgson, internationally acclaimed novelist, poet and playwright Ismail Kadare offers a whimsical, autofictional account of growing up in Gjirokastra, an UNESCO World Heritage city in southern Albania. But then she laid hands on a box of 226 love letters that her father, iconic author Kurt Vonnegut Jr., had written to her mother, Jane Vonnegut, during their courtship and just after they were married. They married that September, and their remaining letters, written from Fort Riley, where Kurt was finishing his army obligations, reveal a mutual intimacy hard to find in earlier correspondence. $22.63. My sensibility has always been and would probably always remain genre. John le Carré, the master of Cold War spy novels, died on Saturday at age 89. But Private First Class Kurt Vonnegut of Indianapolis was captured at the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944 and shipped to Dresden as slave labor. One month later, on September 1, 1945, Kurt and Jane married in a Quaker ceremony on the backyard terrace of Jane’s house in Indianapolis. :D. My memory is bad so I can only recall "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit." Now you can see and read them. Discover: The inspiring memoir of famous U.S. soccer player Megan Rapinoe focuses on her two greatest passions: soccer and social justice. hardcover, 304p., 9781982121495, Ecco, And then that write your own. $35, $16, At 19, the couple met at a dance at the Woodstock Country Club in Indianapolis and, from Kurt's letters, they seemed to form a swift and strong connection. On August 6 and 9, 1945, the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing more than 200,000 people. It presents an incredibly nuanced picture of the lives and loves, threats and setbacks, and hopes and dreams of a tight-knit, fully represented, Syrian American community of immigrants and naturalized citizens, who are working toward their best lives in an increasingly fractured American landscape. McConaughey's stories of landing and crafting the role of his cosmic Texas horndog creep mod are gratifyingly weird and longwinded. Love, Kurt : the Vonnegut love letters, 1941-1945 / Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. ; edited by Edith Vonnegut. First to mind was Girl Squads: 20 Female Friendships that Changed History by Sam Maggs, illustrated by Jenn Woodall (Quirk, $16.99), which is exactly what it sounds like: a collection of 20 history-shaping friendships spanning from 400 BCE to present day. Our hopes for the Thanks to Kurt project: That the letters will reflect how the wit and wisdom of Vonnegut touches people from all over the world, at all stages of life, and at all level of grammatical and punctual sophistication. The memoir outlines her somewhat meteoric rise from youth leagues to national teams, packed with play-by-plays of some of her biggest and most career-shaping games as a player (including three World Cups and two trips to the Olympics).