About Kristin Fritz
Kristin Fritz is an editor living in New York City. Most days she can be found out for a run, in downward dog, or at her desk at Random House.
November 30, 2012
Barbara Kingsolver’s Flight Behavior: Keeping Course with Perfect Fiction
Dellarobia Turnbow is a woman left deposited into her life, raising two children, married to a man who doesn’t quite live up to her desires, answering to a mother-in-law to whose desires Dellarobia doesn’t live up. So what happens when a woman steps off-course?
November 21, 2012
Everything You Want to Know About Abraham Lincoln in 5 Handy eBooks
In his New York Magazine review of 'Lincoln,' David Edelstein said, 'By the time the movie ends, you don’t feel as if you know Lincoln – few, in his own time, claimed to know him. But you feel as if you know what it was like to be in his presence.' If you'd rather get to know the man, check out one of these reads.
November 7, 2012
The Truths of Storytelling: Elie Wiesel’s Hostage
“Life is a tale. When I was a child, this is what everyone told me; as an adult I repeated it.” So says Shaltiel Feigenberg, who sits at the center of Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel’s latest novel, Hostage.
October 31, 2012
5 Early Stephen King Tales to Scare You Half to Death
Fright is a special thing and fear and Stephen King's brand of fright goes beyond witches and goblins and ghosts. Case in point: five early Stephen King works that will scare the hell out of you.
October 30, 2012
A Firsthand Account of Victim 1’s Fight Against Jerry Sandusky: Silent No More
On June 22, 2012, it was reported that Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky was convicted of forty-five counts of sexual abuse. Here is the story of the first victim to come forward, Aaron Fisher, previously known only as Victim Number One.
October 20, 2012
Comedy, Tragedy, and What Happened to Sophie Wilder
Christopher R. Beha's debut novel shares the intimate story of Charlie Blakeman and Sophie Wilder, two literary souls whose paths cross in life more than once -- but still not enough.
October 2, 2012
The Foodie Bible: Peter Kaminsky’s Culinary Intelligence
Kaminsky's Culinary Intelligence is part food memoir, part guide to healthy eating, and all entertainment. If eating were an art, Kaminsky would be a master of the medium.
September 20, 2012
A Hell of a Ride with Lance Armstrong: The Secret Race by Tyler Hamilton with Daniel Coyle
Former professional cyclist Tyler Hamilton shares his account of what life on Lance Armstrong's Tour de France-winning team was really like -- doping allegations and all.
September 14, 2012
Coming of Age in the Army of Israel: Shani Boianjiu’s The People of Forever Are Not Afraid
The transporting nature of literature is one of many reasons to read -- and one of the many reasons to pick up Shani Boianjiu's debut novel.
September 9, 2012
When Heartbreak Is Worth It: Katherine Paterson’s Newbery-winning Bridge to Terabithia
This classic young adult novel is as poignant and timeless today as it was when it was originally published in 1978 -- a fitting read for young adults and big adults alike.
August 27, 2012
Not-So-Precious Relationships: Inside, by Alix Ohlin
Ohlin's latest novel brings together four characters who are anything but perfectly -- but who are perfectly enthralling.
August 13, 2012
Your Cure for Olympics Separation Anxiety: Chris Cleave’s Gold
Closing ceremonies got ya' down? In need of a little more excitement, competition, heartbreak, and glory? Then the latest from the author of Little Bee is the novel for you.
August 5, 2012
The Truth About Marilyn Monroe: How Much Do We Really Know?
On the fiftieth anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s death, get to know Norma Jeane Mortenson in an entirely new way in Lois W. Banner’s in-depth exploration, Marilyn: The Passion and the Paradox.
July 26, 2012
20 Years at the Front Door of The New Yorker: Janet Groth’s The Receptionist
Imagine it is the 1950s and you are freshly graduated and ready for the big time. Imagine you land your dream job at one of the most prestigious publications in the world. Now: Imagine where you may go from there. The Receptionist is the true story of what one woman did with her lucky break.
July 6, 2012
Pulp Noir Meets Modern-Day L.A.: Savages, by Don Winslow
A SoCal marijuana operation run by a botany major and Navy SEAL is running smoothly -- until a cartel moves up from Mexico and tries to take up some of their space. As quickly as the story begins, things get out of hand. And now a movie directed by Oliver Stone.
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