Nonfiction
Nonfiction content overview
Sociologist Allison Daminger ’12 Researched Mental Workload in Family Life
In What’s on Her Mind, Daminger shows women take on the majority of cognitive labor at home
Ted Floyd ’90 Recommends Three Books on Birding and Nature Study
Floyd’s latest book is a field guide to the birds of the U.S. and Canada
Todd Purdum ’82 Penned a Biography of Television Visionary Desi Arnaz
‘The biggest takeaway from Desi’s story for me is that talent in our country comes in all sorts of shapes and sizes, and sometimes in the most unlikely packages’
Andrew Hui *09 Studies the Study
In The Study: The Inner Life of Renaissance Libraries, Hui examines the origins and the ambivalent nature of personal spaces devoted to books
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
Will Bardenwerper ’98 Chronicles a Baseball Rebirth
Bardenwerper’s new book is Homestand: Small Town Baseball and the Fight for the Soul of America
Professors Catherine Clinton *80 and Rhae Lynne Barnes on ‘Roe’
A new book by the two history professors analyzes the current political turning point for abortion
Susan Wan Dolling ’76 *82 Celebrates Poetry of The Tang Dynasty in New Book
Jeremy Nobel ’77 Offers Insights into Human Loneliness and Hope for Lasting Solutions in New Book
PAW Book Club: ‘Going Infinite’ by Michael Lewis ’82
“On the witness stand, [Sam Bankman-Fried] came across as more dishonest than I’ve ever experienced him in life.”
























