We review some outstanding nonfiction this week, including the graphic-format biography Washington's Gay General by Josh Trujillo, illustrated by Levi Hastings, "a dazzling reexamination" of U.S. independence, and Pamela Petro's "enchanting memoir" The Long Field, "so multifaceted that it resists easy categorization." And don't forget Mary Rodgers's Shy and Paul Newman's The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man, both now in paperback, perfect for toting to the park or beach. Plus, the "delightful, sweet graphic novel" Stars in Their Eyes by Jessica Walton, illus. by Aśka, a whirlwind queer YA romance set at a fan convention. And so many more!
Elizabeth Rush talks in The Writer's Life about her experience aboard a scientists' ship bound for Antarctica, chronicled in The Quickening (also reviewed in this issue).