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'By MELISSA, SEVIGNY Irs buericutr To imagine a place mare ‘del er maseline than the cockpit oF 8 fcket ship The tesa the space re en Shrine it American histor to oten cen {ec on white men and elevate machismo. Fo the st pages of “The ix The Un {oldstoryof Americas First Women Asto- ‘nts the seence Journalist Loven Gush ‘elim this pee a8 female The opens witha quiet scene Anna Fisher, eight months pregnant wih ee ‘den, takes an overnight shit i the Tae ax ‘The Ute Story of Americas Fist Women Astronaut Bytom Grech space shuttle Challenger on June 17, 183, {guava is sites and buttons in 20 ‘ance ofthe manung launch A preghant ‘stonaut, writes Gr, had never Before teem possible: astronauts od all been ‘in, feemdight ig but notasolary (he! The next generation dell there, to. Fisher would iy that morning. The nono beng fst Wo ot Sl’ Rie But Grsh insists on equal recognition for the tve women who followed Bet Dudy Resa, Kathy Sulivan, uber, Rie Sade dn and Shasnon Luc. “The Sa" joined NASA astronaut corps in 197, the it ‘seta alo women Tough ech to Space Separately they Were a eaort, who new thet successes failures, woud Shipethe destinies of generations of Wem ‘Grustsilfuly weaves story that, at sir focanter space but the ogingot 3 ‘women a each eights that were fort ‘Sea tern — eral of "Whenthe Soviet Union pte fst man snspce nse the ated tates aed to ‘epeatthe eat st 2 ds ler The frst Soviet woman in space, Valentina Tesh ‘ova, sparred no sir surge in innova ton stead, Amerean journalists ders. ‘dhe "pp igure” and lack of stick NASA‘ nsitence on using test Jot for astronats wa ade facto ban of ‘wore a ere deep eld Belles about ‘what the astronaut John Glens termed “a {act feu soca order” “Then NASA devlopedthe space she, ‘mount to be a paradgm-hanging trans ‘ion from somedung dangerous an ex- pensive toa endeavor that Was cheap, ulin and se” With the sate ee 8 fnew Spe of seroma, "mission special [st wo coll bestest, enginers ot octet 878, posed by champion or ‘tutor of re bos most ety Brave versity both inside and_ outside the ‘gency, NASA lntted wamen to ap ‘si-pronge biography necessarily sweeping rater than timate, and Is Frnt fo want token more sb ach ‘roman’. motrations ant hes ‘Gruss en researched account shines Wvhen she ca offer those insets She vel on te precise moment when each fate Stead she could apy to be at strona the fulment of childhood ream. The 1978 class, thoigh dominates by 25 ete men, was the eosest NASA Nad ever come Grush wes," peking stronsats wh reflected the eve Make tamerca” pedestal and aids Hollywoedaing their Felationshps with one another They were neler dase trends nor feos compe ‘ores who "eo form united front ‘when they needed ‘They eontonted sexist news media ot teaton — often wih cool igi, though ‘Resniestands out or ber delight snark nd dealt with chauvinst speculation about romance and sex in space. Rides Story shines not because she Was is but for er ate to potet her pivaey and ‘ental health sd the media tena. Fisher, 10, pes gimpse ofthe some: ‘umes pall ensionbetteen te perso. ‘and professional; preparing for a dramatic Suttle msion to elve fo fae sate Its, se sneaks aay fom Mision Con ‘woo pump breast mil "The Sine also offers brie bt pga roles fo champions such as Ruth Bates Haris, 2 NASA employee who bravely blasted her superiors for thoi “near otal falure” in weleomng vest: the Mer Sir 3, a group of Women who underwent "aorous psa and psyehologial tes ingin 1061 to prove they cold met the Fequements to Be. estonauts and ‘Niele Nols (Lieutenant Unura fom *Sia Trek"), Who delared in NASA re cruitment videos "Yim speaking tthe ‘vo oma of humakind ~ munories tat women ate” "The day oa work ofthe astonsuts— surprisingly mundane ~ makes for fase hating reading. The "women test Scesuits, maneuver robot sven and ‘werk cut ie quirks of lateratng with Thakecllengues whokeeppnupealetars fn the ofice doors. The spacefights themselves contain plenty of drama and danger ‘Anjane familar with the 1986 Chat lenger disaster lfc chil when Gish frstmentionstherubber O-rings mento Drevent catastrophe explosions auriag tine, Get foreshadowing reminds Feaders that — despite NASAS goal to take space travel cheap, routine ad Se" —"comples engineering alvays in ‘olesris Resnik ulimately gave her fe forthe dream spaceigh. ns davig to coda Book on tagedy rather than tum BOL hese breaking emphasis" to Crust. point Courage and peseveance te ot Pra asta veto sgh ‘Tike space aveltselThe Si" widens cout vision of what fe means to beng to “te whole analy of mankind” ‘sont andes athe Janson Spoce Cntr 197 ram ie): Rew Seon, aly Rie ‘at ativan Shanon Lal, ana Per nd uty Res The Searcher Daniel Clowes’s new graphic novel recounts a woman's quest to understand her mother. 18, Daniel Clowes kicked off his comie Series “Eigtbal whan ise sued “Aan Orgy of Spite, Vengeance, Hopeless: ‘raskienoother eomieon the stands ad Tented soruicopia that brought nto harp rele Clower's remarkable seep ot ‘captures of his alienated characters inner ies hi suealte gs a papa fuperpovter a seabrosnly radiant honesty {hated no equal eames “iteratre To thse ang Eau tthe eter for ong, ut hoi together Clowes did Over l-year une uesshed bang Sst eeagewasand coming tage Sevbing wht wont cal happen a ‘sig rmsd eager cd ingest panel in comic. history (Cyou've grown ito a very” bestia ‘oun oma) athe whe oxming “rvone fom Mice Jagger o your leat fx. ‘ort attscool poset Tevwas a creative ruption that esta stad hereon rts ee Gn spite of his acerbic repitation) one of the most eoing. Chil and emote his ‘Smparhies might be, they ate neverthe lndaproeso at 17 econ urd less deop and afecting. It is precisely Gwe merseueny sess power what many consider his greatest ‘orks "Ghost World for one — andl ‘ate his atest grape novel, “Monee to tertaleo he typically stern kin We Sonong. is fanting in Vetany, Pen = “anartnajor~ potty andtexiles™ just. the war Bt its the 1960 and the Age of ‘Aquarius sinful Sing ad sone st Iuonary zetgetst he introduces, Ina ery oct of reinvention, Penny de Sos) eres ea eas ‘der onic, witha mytety man she ‘ratchingher mother bound fom relation Shiptorelatonshpanendlesecascade of Ise stators and ienky tates ony area ses ne tlestomake ends meet tears nto an¥one ‘vio questions her parenting Lite Mon Icarespondato the precaitybytadyingthe Stivation Irnkmatety arrives inthe for nd Penny cant seemita tp herself fom Soran dons hele oh at From thet mament on” Monica says, “1 baer say thr gin tne, Monica fe whch the grape oe bos os aed eas ‘erash makes all of Monica's early memo- Siesta dining te wea ae grandtather). Postrocovery, Monica rts wily sucess nde Wisnest Dotend pani down ge Monies county whose calamities she has never goten over Unilin (or un fate her mether and uncover the tat fer abandonment ~ and, in the proces, ‘questfororigins —forastableself—takes Her on strange and evisu. pas. She fr ne te tg decane Bt bizare elt whose leader might OF ‘ight ot be her father, There are onic {interes none Tobnay isan Soed ate decency tats en father young man sves his hometown ‘fom supernatural ivason ely tbe ‘warded the sorst way possible. The Sathish cen aging sade very wed indeed ‘Avpervasive air of apocalypse tangs ‘An air of apocalypse hangs over the book’ diverse proceedings. spesksowess git tate eter te ‘helm the story oF Monin. Ove arstor ‘mig nave na Kea Who se real Is bat lowes does lose track of et of er Monieas quest for all ofits outs twists, quite a blow to discover aftr a ietime of {Sirtle fantasies tat youre aot relly ‘pei apt he rand “The novels final chapter finds an aging Monica “in a state of nearcontentett andanswersarenotthesameashealing.A heweomereflers up the possibly ofthe ‘other's daughter: She cannot break ree ofthe ba nse ut ab ‘moving Nor ean she break fre, i seems ‘Whathsppensneet isthe weirdest wid In Ton Morrison's “Belov Paul D To'save her fram slavery that ber tothe tlghterove cam be a equal ow ‘pocayp Isn't It Rich? ‘Tivo books tell the story of America’s powerful and unwieldy financial institutions. 1y 1 BRADFORD DELONG “THE RULERS OF the exchange of mankind's gods ave aed ehrogh the ‘rm stiboarmest andthe om neon ences President Franklin. Roosevelt ‘Stat his fis gurl 1389 8 be icked off his New Dea. "The money ‘hangershave erm tr high sets in thetempleafour ciation, We mayo ‘The ret reference to Nate 2d FDR's implication tthe was gongs do the work the Lordi cleansing the tem. pe ofimplety were deliberate. The Uated Tent stage of the Great Depression. Keto the New Deal wasregiationotrytomake “American nance mer or he people Famine THE RET ‘The Old Gana the New Dea and FOR Fhe to Regulate American Captain By Dien Hergnes {we PRopLEM oF rwave ‘itera Few Fhanelal ntitatons Control Everything By toh Contes the ecqnomy, eather than forthe pluto ra Sipating Roosevelt i thie eu Se were overuheming martin the Honce and Senate, What he ands ea proposed anges woah Diana B. Henriques tes the extraordinary ‘Storyof how New Del financial regulation ‘was secomplsed It Was ined feat of esos temples by diving a many ‘changers The Gee Steal Act f 1903 Separated the Investment bonkers fom the insaone tn bank epost the Btn ets trenen Fs the Treasury Secretary ot ofthe Chairs "The system the New Deal created was supposed tobeimpersoalinthat no sigle ‘nbd thimb por thu my ould make o¢ break your busines. Inthe ‘ny you ould ways have 9 ange of ‘Counterparts, and you id ao lke one ‘fer You could ge down Wall Steet o up Avenue andfind someone ese ing, footie yterms moe se g90d oF bet Te es vas tht uo one should fd aimsel nthe situation thatthe Chicago ‘uiness magnate Same! Insll and is ‘.apanon oto ia prejesor of economies atthe Unversity Calforna Ber Jorma US Trey oft ante hor {luca mars Utopia: An Esa ‘ltrs ofthe Bret Cnty admiedly overeveraged uty network Gidin the ary 1800, hen LP organ had tfcred Ins ay extortonst oan to five his Depretsontreed. network ‘Hom callapse and made clear tocar f fnuciers tht he Wou! regard ie as eX {hetelyufreny they were tor enriqoes's nagrnve sal of complex has seated gallons of Bod to mate ‘hamters tie ener abt Ferdinand Pecora te cliantor atomey with "a dstinive ‘rls Back pompsetur” wh expose the orrupnon and adr the old system ina Stiee of mae Senate hestings. His ‘indigs insped the reforms ‘hat the Rosca aniston pat in place ‘Through rigors questioning and he 3 cious use af his topomna power, Pecora tutcovered te way Morgan ands rts in finance ved bankers and plans toby seinen st ape dacs with bifilar tin leer Pecora cg op ortnties for meta reciprocate The New Dea Would bea npersona syste ant ould be a fa ster: No ‘ody wot find that hie ws controled bythe decision of sone fancier 400 nas ‘se sted there moony be ret prices. ansmiting resouee sarees ind estimates of iire demand ana prot ‘hit thot al on see, andl co de ‘eto aves or ntinvest Those reforms branlly worked. Stock es oe aga sere irs {hat would be prefitable, and ence hope ‘ly serve he pute good. ‘Yet the 197s, peoplebeganto sete American economy a dominated By the tig tr that ha the mst practice wore: ing the rgelotory levers. Lepstor= Satght to use the creative estucion af {he market to make things more mabe again Torany including —therisks {fomloosening up the rate seemeow ‘The Federal Reserve fel pomerfl enowzh to construct rewall keep ancl ca a ‘Ke by Di, nancial interests concen: trated agai, Inthe 2st century, he old ‘eusts appear to be back, but in diferent sath Ifa ar mare competed a ess easter tel Tay we have wha the Harvard economist Join Coatescall "The Probem of Twelve Coates book an ex: pansion ofa scholarly paper fom 201 ‘entifisony eight problems: the fur in flex fund. pants — Vanguard Fae, ‘Stare Steet Blacks ad the ft pe vateequy plants ~ Apalln, Blekstone (Cary, RACK So why 1? fe no lear Perfups ve shoud ad the four tro ots bons: JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Chigronp, Wells Fargo. 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Jonathan Ea poshmote memo ater an even ts werent mo Ran, the Bris travel writer, nowt ‘and erica longtine resident of Sete, dea Jay athe ge Hs deat ‘oc ave in quant: Raban was dy fartcuate amateur agente misathope Faren avo son Byonatnan Raton He was eager to crack euphemism on the Shoat He wasa man of parts, oe wo ae: Renew ern aun ‘cad, Is our Lock that he let this ively fandbitereweet meso bet {iinseny oak it asta ‘covery: Rab dt stoke in 201 9 68 {hat at im shrunken lopsided, droning ‘eto wal Helton td abuts ‘ded after his stroke, he smoked an Up- ‘mh dete ia oh edi oe {displacement of my fry at my ova f cats marrage, and of is father's exper. feos in World War I Rabon father ae Songun stoners resco Du ‘where ineiaig the Battie of Anzio. The Ines memos the better ba became ‘ellesea fustandesperence Wefind ou ‘terial on his father cant help seeming dis tint by comparison, even thong fetes itr ahd oe nary dunn father and son that would suggest con. iyo sl tween hem Forse me Scant the parental and war materia is nese entire dy before he alowed it ‘orca is ee book rt for The sgzone to sleep. Hed forgotten to ip ata fetsurant: When hs doctors chided him for not ‘coming in sooner, besatee ime ‘ars iterate, ere sz unwel, Pi be a permanent tes dent ee Raban's renal fcukies were largely wate yh, hop he be hisbouy ws paralyzed. He wld need ier to walk ean raging low fot ‘ing bein Nn. He wou need tear, ting rom where totaly or nto are The. sre. “catapulted te? he ‘rntes ito hienewterennol age and de Se fe acy tbe alive a ‘ven buoyant. Being hoopaize sak Sed the travel writer In him, “Stange Sess he ere, ie alvays “a sure Source tease ae ‘ead, ce res and dik the ocasonal Soule glass of red ie, perhape ll Inside the mind of an outraged, indefatigable commentator on life. Bemard Shaw wrote in 118 to ply ‘right end wl hada leg amputees “"Foramanef jour potession wo lgsae caregivers, with thei baby talk. ('Do ou. ‘wanttogoputy now”) Buthereveredthe ood anew He found himself unsecout Scemestafiveeperisbetear dots at fad lam drs for Gb years ke the parched ‘rok bdo Monana summer stddeny ‘ing ot Water aga ewe and Sartingtobiubatte slightest sentimental provocation is wit was unimpaired, for sure, He ween id yo eer ng longeodatedepisxe of ‘Ar Tine Goes [By may be met cal or professienal help Upset tobe ake! abo his bows ways paragon ofthe nd” consolations of reading. He finds himself ert nor of eiso- Bish exparate. dug hada erueler fate He died nt 62 fom Lou Gehrig crear. abn had once ben a cominited oe of Postar: AHIstory of Europe Since 88 1 pein ad paper, as Dok a ast ‘rele of une bos endeared ult tues sate memos, He d- Ing Bal andthe Butter fling "i Plusible on more levels than T could es yr O87 a whch be and is English tone of materot-art ey a ray ey se he “The sections about his parents are most ‘scribes how their hopes and desires payest fut trough that eerecpondonce “Tas srry aad ote; dined me planted theirnew home: hated sue Ething from pois to changing nap pes: Ht was wire ty Ned in and for trembleor the flesh-and-blood couplet snllhavetolieup tothe eal they are se thy farhemse i te wong we pan wl ew say twa te comple Kept regan trys’ they mod both Rabon worked an this book for 2 years citer his stoke, Every writing a, be fskedhimselftwoquestens: “What have] lotrandA eng” Hefound Fest of his labors makes the responses (dea! a) very te and aa Essay / How to Raise a Warrior Queen / By Yiyun Li Faced with unbearable grief, the author returned toa short story she had taught to her students for years. _ncrie state oF 20, seven moths preg id ‘Working in research abn ot CH signe up fr a fght-weck heno-writing ess aught by James Alan MePherson I trned nan very fist sort ston In ‘oral which Jn eotuced about in clase, tough 1 ‘was to inexperienced to understand his excitement. 1 {old him yy hat was a see ist bu waned tobe 3 ‘water What do you mean you Want bea writer?" he “Vou rea writer” "That simmer Ji introduced met sae Babe store, aslo lent ne a taftered paperback of Ta sty’ “Master and Man and Other Stories” with notes from acomverston head with Ralph Eso srb- ‘led o te enpapers He mentioned a boo bed read a {ew Years earl ich he til though bout rom time {otie: Any Bloom’ star ellcton "Come o Me ‘Ate endof the eight wees, he gave mea Wrapped ‘resent forthe bag, whose due date was Spproaching om mie of ne ie carse i determined ya thane enesite? 11 Rad not ken MePhersons lass {tha summer; ot had been with aliferent wer — {he one ho told me hat English Was ot my ange fad that he sa point ny wring Eis ‘might have remained a sient, with diferent career ‘path aud se of accompusments and dsappomtnents. ‘ould Thave endured the same loss? The ci Tas ‘earn thea would ie 18 years ater by sue. But ny {thoughts about my led ear often Beetng: A ‘water's Job Isto catempate her characters aera tives ot hero Torrone Come to Me" tom the Morar aad eat before going into early abo: became a moher awrter ‘anthen acreatvesriing peoesor in that ore 1 Ihave never stopped readig and teaehng Tlstoy and Babel and fora wile every semester for 2 Years — aso ght Bloons Sver Woteastory fom "Come {oe ant Thad to stop Mystere wake mountain water ina ber {ites thc te Deut a tot Su ad aH 900 {ipteyond vou heat teyond your bay Aer we went "hovredimein the paring tad sa, “heck th aot= oe clneotsatan sn et a ‘lad ad thea they cere ike hel. ‘Ts opens “Sver Water stay bout — a how cane ever say what stor abo, jus a hos an ‘ne ever say wha fe s abut? Most years {had my ‘Students take tans reading the story aloud ines “There were dscnsions aera, aba craft and themes anti that ine bat Tl ot ase mich 0 ontnbute Al Wanted Was form studetstobear the ‘Stora had often eat nm min he uso ie fanddeah and all that comes inbetween, Rose, the Deal {iu sister ith the siver-water wc, has her fst. Freakdown at 5, and wil spend most athe next 10 ‘ears n hospital aise dies rm an overdose "Cls- ing tine she whiperso her Younger ister, Vie, the ‘rronars mot rent no, adnan Cd ellen (wore, sped Steer story's narrator, when Volt fads Rose wit a Seconl bot by her hand Violet nat ising ats, With Rose unt she des, TE had ben pressed during those years would nt have been al fo artclte my eas fer eocing the oy was not nterested in ta oo demonstrate how towne fon. I wanted only toveread twit new crop of young peopl every semester could even mark my fe aginst te try, each read under a Aierent, ever-changing ereamstance: my to sons ‘roving om infants nto toddlers, and then st soa ‘len; the publication of my frst boks, followed by ‘the books; te edition of fray dog, reocaing from the Mute to California and then othe East. ona; pi cxpresible ad inexpresale,enduable fndnendurale, Sometines means of distraction aod ‘estes become fe al Tn September 2017.1 taught “iver Water” forthe 2th ‘year Later tat week my son de. That rig Tid not, Slee, my min cieing witha mlb thoughts, a Feturning again and agin wane sive Water” as though it were te retro the might. Roses moa, learning of Rove's dea, embraces her recining daughter: Wario queens! she sai wrapping her thin SHrongarms acund me sed warrior ques Tone encountered @ woman aa took tou ater publishing work of nonfition abou my on sed ‘epressio,"Lony have ape question fr You: Do you Tove your cildren” she si Tsai Yes. She then S80 “Ityoutove your dren, no could you even nk of doing that to your cldren?™ Tid not remind her thet she hod promised to ask only ‘one question. fe mist bea smpler business fer er if Tove likes bee emirate, can salve al ings, lrg and sl variation othe question was once pat tome by my own mothe ater Tattempted suede: “Ho could you do that to m2” Perhaps all those eats tha was teaching “Sver ‘Woter Ted itout of prescience, reminder to mse that love solves er ile ofthe most mesng nd ‘evastating problems 1 wrote to Amy Bloom ten, tei ne about teaching “Siver Water" forthe ast "Aow yoo afte tha, she wrote tome and tame shout the low of her usb decid to retend "Come toNe” itd been mare than 20 years sine Fdread the ‘entre collection, mano the sri featuring hes breaks and bss Iwas surprised tha “siver Water” Xess the ast ina set of thre stories (Hos i Honget that) Teeter to are about Rase' father and mates, thei younger years, before marrage before pareat- hood when they athe protagonists of thelr wn Stores. twas strange thing after having known °S- ‘er Wats” nearly by heart to revisit he bes tha pre ‘ceded it twas akin ong ack tomy cio wen concepts ike marriage, parenthood and eaeer had hot been conceal, "Pech that was me was a reluctant protagonist of heron sory Ist fee that way. My om moter wil rever put he srs sraund me and al mea Warrior ‘Queen. eis the deepest woul of my het ave lost a ‘but theres diferent woud, equal eed fle: For over a yeu Toul pot tel my mother about the oss of my son, owing that no conor woul ere ‘ram et oly more words to wound “it you understand sufering. vty would youeven have chilen?" Tne fis time Vincent led me tat be ‘eso 10-1 Rad thought asa question al that ae, though 1 dtu ask my moder for {new te answer: Ste had ven met if so tat {aul ove het neon tonaly and excusivey: When ny eden were alas she often complained tht Floved them pore than T loved et Love so paramount a mtr in if sot always ‘enough to saves hie The aight after Vincent ded, my nin returning othe ean fom “Ser Water” ep ying ralsed hia asa warrior queen Tratsed mse asa warrior geen too, hough this L real oly recent might I though sa teaching “Silver Water” agin Why ne resume marking oes ie gaint this sary, nhc Tove falls shor, Love tps? = Mercy Corps ‘When white employees refused to work in a notorious TB hospital, a group of Black nurses came to the aid of New Yorkers. ‘iy MEREDITH WADMAN 1 wa, white nurses began deserting Sat- ‘olads Sea View Hosta atubercula Seat koown a a lace of as resort forthausandsof New Yorkers who could afford cae a an expensive private sa Perched a o0fothilinthensugged widernes, Sea View opened in 191 ae ‘nits it day filled wth 00 patents too ‘Si for general hospitals, By 1020, 16 ‘wards were vetiowng and its muses ‘creasingly outnumbered ae they cated for patents who, in Mara Smits’ Vii {eling “sweated an groaned and cried ‘uta they "coughed and eked and spt Seance mapenne ond ator The cine Defeating Diese evi opportunist Si Crow Sth, mary Black mre came New York work {veered State sand 8 apt, Sea Ve upblod ese nack sending swannsotive ‘erms onto bedpans and sheet, tables, ‘hats and door in her fst bon, "The Black Anges ‘The Untld Story of the ‘Nurses Who Helped ure Tuberelost? Sao pais Aninaetleportatofanera hen THE BLACK Nom ‘The Unto Story of the Nurses Who Helped Care berate ‘By Mara Sates treatable bane le ane American every minutes Others have coverestthi ter tory before. But this account breaks new ground by reeveringthoorgtten eres fa carps of Back women Who Stepped {ito aond that mo one ese woul "wien white ses stared fo the cys panicked commissioner of healta tured tothe oly skied caregivers be {ougtecou re: Black arses Whose ‘rer opportunites were al but yoness tin the fim Grove South. Hundreds a Seredthe cal Theirtenscynthetoce ot harsh workang conditions and pervasive as Is humbling ad lnslriag ~ 385 {heir eontition fo the development of breaktvough TB treatment Seen drugs were desperately needed In theirs lft he 2th century, phytase ‘administered “therapies” He gold salts ‘Sea View opened in 1913 and on ite First day filled with 800 patients too sick for general hospitals. land sawed out people’ nibs to collapse {hal acted ung, in the hopes a ho ing the infection’ progression. The po tent suffering the slow suffocation, ‘mostly (althogh bones, bri, tone, nes and gents cou also be iva fc) — was agonizing One young woman spent ea 10 years at Sea View BY {he time shed in 382: she was oni 20 $year ld Hundreds of eters languished, uring tuberculosis ito a read ob oes earer” Tots scene of despair marched the Bick Anges. We meet the tall gracef preacher's datigher Edna Suton, Wi ed Savanna Ga, onto encounter a sere setae eng ores dm her training at Harem Hospital (due the Morgue" for is shocking mortally rate) Aller srg at Sea Vin 1932 ‘Stttenbecameasuricalnrse working fn operating room where temperatures ul reach 107 degrees. She would Keep ‘ig wh dying paten, ater bringing herself solace by reiting favorite Bible ‘verses on the Staten san Fre ‘Serton nlsted her eanygong 1ye: lance, Virgina Alen, now one ofthe lst ling Black Angels as nade on te pe siti ward, Cisten ith faces and necks furnhgredandfingersclenened nto sal fst" waledin pain. eas aharrowingex Derlence“that'no amount of singing and ‘igor lying ith apes ors or “Then there wae Misoora Meadows Walker of Cine, wo arrived at Sea View at age 2 to work ona me's Ward where patents snarled at her 88 she “hive them, ting macabre ets among femeetees on tho wo be the next to ti. She woul sing “Swing Low, Sweet ‘Srulbe's subjects faced constant dis crimination in 4), Meadows-Walkebe- ame the fist Black homeowner on a Street near the hospital; white residents {eta drive her ot. She went on toe therefor decides, evetially mising ene ofr once baste nelhtors When a. new cafeteria at Sen View opened tables bore signs reading, “Re- ‘Served for Whites” The American Nurses Assocation repeatedly refed to amit Bac ruses, which mean many” Imig hve lef the horors of Sea View rere ineligible fr other jobs, The Black hse were so underpaid Stans ne "al starting salary at Sea View was 72 the ite mires ho fled the place were ‘makang $10, ‘Bt the dally indignities are best exer plied by the Behavior af Sea View ssuper= Intendent of mires, Miss Lora Doone ‘Mitchell "Teutonic" woman who wold ‘tallow her mises ca aac even os pa {ents sprayed them with Hacking ough Most nurses ston tested pose for TB emeelves ‘Sloss not at ber strongest when she tackles the seen, but she sll spine 8 livel para account ofthe est for a tite for TB, dovamentng the apelin Ine of protections for patents in elical teal and ie eager mals ie fot fdr drags tha el shore aga and aga ‘She follows several hey scents as they borin academic labs ane at big drs companies — potential profs often en ‘heir mands Anotabealrist was Edwand Robitaeka patoiogist whose own father had ied of TB He volunteered is meat SeaViefordceaies, testing andl {nately overseelng a landmare 195 al tft rektrough therapy enti But ‘Rae the Se View nurses who metic Tous eoleted the reams of patient dak that revealed the drug’ ffectvenes. "Tel Work. was masterful he sl Robbe of patents By te ne dis, Se View eeasedtofunctin ssa TB hospital 16 Ifanotherwise excellent boo, theresa sisappomtnglack of wansparency nS tessmoteto readers ih claims that al the aeounts an seenes in the book in dng quotes, thought and reactions fre based oneal reports eeroborsted by ‘rnten documentation Butt defies bait to write that Robie, preparing (0 eon tit am tops in 140, chew nto is hhands before tnbuttning hs woolen coat find hanging It on a hook” The seene Is Surced to meres With ene of sso, not yet born a the time nd unspecified fares and photos that he saved Theres debate among Writers as to whether invention in erative nono is good prictce. But even proponents gre that when i doe, needs to be ‘iesosed. And dno inspire con lence to lear trom the publisher that Silos has reversed her plas o pst ot Tinethe “completesoureetis' thats prom tae in the boos seemingly incomplete ‘eepite this a his ia book tha de- serves Yeading and remembering In ou Pandemic ge, and as TB canes oR {omiionofthemost vulnerable peoplecn the plane every yeas Chef’s Choice Awwoman finds herself in an elite community for the superrich in the Italian Alps, one of the last places on Earth where crops still grow {through Oregon tmnt cord heat wave ‘cross the Pate Northwest, | ulled over miehiad been rendered ghosts the edges everyting last and fan browned by how fesh and pure twas in spite of te Soundings, fas the sor of thing tht {ears the und and body in apposte dre: Bye Pam Zane reaiglydomnated by eavonment {tie ht ony Bete ambien favor a "tum Zhang second noe, he ow up tobe Boke engl yestern ta Much of These ss Gol cl {toot oring oto nec imactable, crop-smathering smog, the ‘ove! is arated by aan umes {eres vepeaton ha were ay thd crt sural ets on he Oe sei fc 9 cy ogee "heh er agpaton rece pox tuanaterenatt pty oredr bight eving bhi conan ye ‘cn opr a ny nn {Sedat somger a declaration hat ‘wll Iwas: longer se who left Cal tia vith caper andabiion: 8 ecko seated Seep ae cals reembitered een plato {iat rounds fy en eae on there wel resiens nest et ‘who masterminded much ofthe moun {ins research program breeding rae nd working three snetary depends on ‘ning the respect of her eniployers the pace bunyed by cries ke sole chetsceaie and hone-brlsed Vea, nd “antlnc that he ks eso of ee But abate fates aenys to Dae subject to the wil of government fas fin tothe whims ofthe wealthy investors ‘vo stints msson, By the time or Protagonist reales the extent ofthe de to shift course ~ the disasters too areat {ora single inividul to prevent Laced forte, tt prove other de fornia, dang vers nase herent A bubble’ fate ie always to burst, land it soon becomes obvious that this privileged oasis is built on unstable round. sensory texte and figuration, A sex fm glows, my hand ho ke between fino the transcendent: “Those reals of Yolk and sen fice, of ark bones fand makes itelevant, infinitesimal, what ‘une before, and whet came afer The tongues no the bran, tat zing keen “Theres an ornateness to this prose that { missing from much contemporary ten imagined to have m sort ntention Span and an interest only in the progres son, ike ina mulicourse tasting mene Sing nn sensation of oerfines hat asm celebration of pleasirevof the salvage fd redemption of te sensual of he last sch of we ta ye Fal the vite ofc his toe tho, On are foray ote the Bou of the mountain, Ads and the chet sive a fren ‘sho. ave been porenng. them ‘rough the sets of Mus, The salen etc at pe Their polster no longer crave the rarefied foaeftheelte they've adapt tothe ne ‘word andthe sbscine taste tht uround ening of this new world obsoete and ‘loomed to dcappear as thelr rage le Styles grow inpsrbie to sista, With ‘governed hy the strange new pleasures 10 As Seen on TV ‘The first half of Bideris presidency is presented as a series of made-for-television moments meant to inspire and assuage, ‘by ADAM TOOZE How WILL THE HISTORY ofthe Bien ad: Ininistragon be writen the ni paint wen America hogan fo hel or as @ ‘erst? Franklin Faers The Last Pol tican? an account of Biden's fist. 0 ‘years in offi i the fist aff a0 9. Sew Te has the makings of high drama (Csi flows eis The prblem i that, {rom Bide bleak aguraton te thes sere ofthe midterms, know the ‘Story inadeance Foor a ttf water fr The Atal, vives fase bende eoments is THE LASTPoUTIGAN the Stage tor Amaia Fate By Fenn oer fresh quotes that advisers and cabinet ‘embers yavetimlarelyenbackyround, ‘bt wo take a writer wit more sense {or the teflable unfolding of history than Foer to campelingly convey’ the mac Strom that ha tines conse the Bi behining the scripted, typecast feel that is book exudes the ruth about the Biden, scaring Foe. ejoys "the el tof being te Lender othe Fre Wor He has been wan his whole, ong for the opportuni: One of the inore telling imeosin the book deers a the O83 rate the sage for Bidens presidential Stoyreling. A gant porta of Franklin Rooweveltnow akes“prideatplace"above the occ heath If Trump ei the pes deny WEE, ene get the Fekng {hat the seretarie and aes ofthe Bien ‘siminietrton are living in a reboot of “The West Wing" ‘Oth carefully organinedset at east in For’ eng, outside events iru as Aseries of tilly reseed episodes. nthe Mile East, "Bib vetalates against Hs sas rocket attacks BY pummeling Gaza fndestroving «highs tha ised the tices of Aldazeera and Associted Press Journalists Fora few anon days, Bien ‘Wark his ersonal male to calm the I aks don “He man wer out of an ‘wahere Hiden saystoBibonthe phone. ‘Theresltisa promised ceae-fre These tual question of the Toure of Palestine hare registers “Ten there the Russian invasion of ‘Unrainc. A Foor somewhat coyiy re: ‘marks when Volodymyr Zens tock aut ont profesor history Calon dint Hes he ato hat fice in 2019 Biden may have known Ukraine ptiieal scene beter than the country's new president «pial a {ear From the outset of te confit, Bien ‘want ging o be drawm int World Wor Titan We iota toe Zelenseyo= ‘much, But, for Fou, grand strategy not the main theme. Wht mars Zelen skys tackof grate wen fered 9 it ‘of manion nd how Joe rom Sento! sctekrtoaayhakyouto Ameena Peitps Because itis an ise more dominated by the poe ete thee and ‘uaa ehalenge of China as a “peer ‘Simpettae” barely registers hn Poors teling, By contrast, the witha frm ‘Alghanistana personal port for Eien, {sender in reveaing deta Biden got hiv Bat at wht price? Bi den not shri rom acing the angry famies ofthe American sors led in {he withdrawal, But the previons yea, ‘ene ae eden camera ho respon ‘Sich fet forthe Afghanistan tht mer ica was leaving behind, the Ture res Gent shaped finger and thumb to arm 8 Biden hasarough efge Hone ase scandal by cling Voda Putin ale Biden slso appareniy remarked. tht Preside don outing th Bul Bock Eat et nL Broce Obama dat ow how to say sew you "properly wh as oer puts the ht elongation of vowels and the necessary hardness of his consonants” oer’ book above ail peyhodama of America’s poitical class. A es ear are ‘tions Retween Biden and the Deo rate "moderates” Kyrsten Sinema and Soe Amin the tom senator wh tt {he rightward end ofthe Demorate mn Jonge as two diferent sersins of ‘America One young, brashandeapacous; ‘he ther olsehook, sentiment a pop wh If te former administration as a pre seb, Trump waste toddler in chet Be en snot a toler, but Fae's description tte val egos adds up toa profoundly Unfstering portrait of Aree eronto ‘atest He characterizes Bien at {rent moments sina oot ek patsing and undiscpine. After accden {Gly ealing for regime change i Russia Sd having todo damage con, Biden lity ass wy he shen ‘vay John & Kennedy never wes Te ob fn anemer hangs sway in the ie, I youtolow the technocrats worn sets administration in “The Last Pai ‘la they tellamoresbstantal, poly ‘centered sory about the overcome cera and a New Washington con- Sets Fer recount tis by way of Be ‘lens atonal secur advser ake Sulivan ands trajectory trom ear Cli fonian to avocate of new ingest tex But tho erty secret Is that thar big ject ud Back Bester was stale led in he ead “Te impresave st of legisationehat hha emerged rom Bien’ fist term — the ‘American Rescwe Dn, the lnfstructre Actthe CHIPS semseondactr bl snd the TniationRetction Act Bh Back Be terchmetohe known —ieasmich prod {ct of eangressona ntiatve ast so the ‘Wate House. Wits days ogo on te on 5Shz,theoutine ofthe flaton Reucton Act seas dictated to Sumer aides by ‘Mancins st withthe final dete ‘worked out in basement af the Capt TMi ful of exposed pipes The tract tmp ofthe White Hoace was atin the taking of the Dl tn toring, t= ‘nda nto an elfective ply teal nay case, tecocratie magi 6 not wat Foers book i about. Biden, he i ‘Sts, mist be aged asa ald cheapo ‘etn On that sere, voiding tal defeat ‘Bt, Foe remiss, Bidens personal role i that surprising outcome Was ie Hea. His approval rags Were to age He has been waiting his whole, long fe for the opportunity. for him to campaign intensively Wat Sung the relist the Democrats Were ‘ot pata, ages in the form of the Supreme Cours rollback of Roe ©. ae Bie ma i eae ‘On abortion, hs Cathe ath leaves him profounchy torn “Wherever there ‘rere mine Biden wrote in 2007 memo, tere was home” Bus Foor gaely a. tes, hgh disapointed mano is fe spores, Bens res ofl ‘rth ett ving outrage te the Republicans to damnage themselves ase std othe Side" and helped to sting the subir, ‘te toad he Democrat oor intends ths portato the Bien presidency asconslaton fr former skep- tse mel bu cad comfort. Be ‘en, "the oaack wha could oer writs, haw emerged a the “father gure” ofthe Wist aman for hs age” But why? Foor forecbses the question fom the very outset I asthe iets, Bide s the ast paca, we should presumay ng toh fr a longa possi, ome ‘wat ma. 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Alfio an sige version ap eared in Ameria nder the tie “Hose yea Morante of Lines the sagn was never avaiable in Ms entety in English ul wow, courtesy ‘of New York Rew Books, a inspired Inthe first-person narrator a young wom fan namied Blea who ~ emerging fom 8 Yearstong iation ta the home of het eta, Rosary a poste wh tad ‘nce write out the ives of er ater fn grandma: airy cea, rand ‘She makes her way tothe oy where sho ‘tat Teodoro has boen disinberited; where- ‘spo she hes no astte of ne erento kept hares er rete het herself in the street, Morante tells us that “esewee tcl celal ae comes the beatifal Anns, One dyin bet {eons Atnameetster cousin, Edoardo, the Edoardo impels Anna to fall passionately In fove wit mim; and the, again a6 & fy fl vic is eigy Iesedices. 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