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5 Hot Books: Meg Wolitzer's Buzzy New Novel, Apollo 8, and More
1. The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer (Riverhead)
With the New York Times headline “Why Now May (Finally) Be Meg Wolitzer’s Moment,” and the rave Times review by Lena Dunham (who met Wolitzer through their mutual mentor Nora Ephron), it seems that clear that Wolitzer’s buzzy new novel is tapping into today’s #MeToo gender activism zeitgeist. The good news is that this politically charged novel is stylishly written, a joy to read, and sure to endure as a work of literature and a mirror of our times. At the heart of The Female Persuasion is a young woman with a queer activist best friend and a feminist icon as a mentor, trying to navigate the world’s rocky shoals toward a capacious, generous version of herself as a feminist.
2. Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon by Robert Kurson (Random House)
Before the Apollo 13 mission Tom Hanks brought vividly to life (“Houston, we have a problem”), there was Apollo 8, a lesser-known mission that was a stunning breakthrough in early American spaceflight. Kurson skillfully chronicles the training and mission of the Apollo 8 astronauts with the keen eye for suspense and adventur
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Al Sharpton
American Baptist minister, activist and talk show host (born 1954)
For the song, see Real Talk (Man Overboard album).
Alfred Charles Sharpton Jr.[2] (born October 3, 1954) is an American civil rights and social justice activist, Baptist minister, radio talk show host, and TV personality, who is also the founder of the National Action Network civil rights organization.[3][4][5] In 2004, he was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. presidential election.[6] He hosts a weekday radio talk show, Keepin' It Real, which is nationally syndicated by Urban One, and he is a political analyst and weekend host for MSNBC, hosting PoliticsNation.[7][8][9]
Sharpton is known for making various controversial and incendiary comments over his career. He has been accused of making antisemitic and racially insensitive remarks as well as inciting incidents of violence.[10][11] In 1987 he was highly active in publicizing the Tawana Brawley rape allegations in the media; the allegation was later proved to be false.[12]
Early life
Alfred Charles Sharpton Jr. was born in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City, to Ada (née Richards) an
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