Books

‘Garden State’ Writer John Hennessy ’87 Recommends Poetry

Giri Nathan ’13 Captures a New Tennis Rivalry

Some say it’s too early to elevate Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, but the co-founder of Defector Media disagrees

Achille Tenkiang ’17 Founds Baldwin Institute to Foster Creative Resistance

The organization uses James Baldwin’s literature to engage youth in thoughtful conversations on literature and race

Lauren Ling Brown ’12 Sets a Thriller at a Princeton Eating Club

‘Some Princeton students have reached out saying that they really identified with the characters, especially multiracial young women, and that meant so much to me’

Morgan Jerkins ’14 Explores Love Across Generations in New Novel

Bates College Professor Therí A. Pickens ’05 Recommends Poetry

Allison Light ’18 Finds a Career in Audiobooks

‘I’m trying to combine the things that I know and the things that I love,’ Light says

Will Bardenwerper ’98 Chronicles a Baseball Rebirth

Bardenwerper’s new book is Homestand: Small Town Baseball and the Fight for the Soul of America

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Rob Kutner ’94 Recommends Books on Humor

For those who could use a laugh, Kutner’s latest is The Jews: 5,000 Years and Counting

Ambika Vora-Nagino ’15 Penned a Fantasy Series

‘Writing this book became more of a catharsis and an escape from a corporate job that did get very stressful’

On Shakespeare, Jodi Picoult ’87 Just Doesn’t Buy It

‘When I started to learn more about Emilia Bassano, I couldn’t believe how seamlessly her life plugged in all of the question marks and gaps that exist in Shakespeare’s’

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Cassandra James ’23 Recommends Romantasy Novels

James graduated from Princeton with a book deal for Capitana, a romance/fantasy novel she wrote during her junior year

‘By Any Other Name’ by Jodi Picoult ’87

‘I never set about to write this story because I wanted to take down Shakespeare. I did it because I love those plays, and I wanted to understand how they...

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