the clam digs into examples of others who have embraced lives of reclusiveness and extremity
from how the “halo effect” cultivates worship (and hatred) of larger-than-life celebrities
The Likeness is a supremely suspenseful story exploring the nature of identity and belonging
Nazis chronicles the mob’s most ruthless tactics in taking down fascism—inspiring ordinary Americans to join them in their fight
Written with searing intimacy after five years of reporting
Zeal: A Novel Claudia Rowe the clam digs into examplesHarlem, 2019. Ardelia and Oliver are hosting their engagement party. As the guests get ready to leave, he hands her a love letter on a yellowing, crumbling piece of paper . . . Natchez, 1865. Discharged from the Union Army as a free man after the wars end, Harrison returns to Mississippi to reunite with the woman he loves, Tirzah. Upon his arrival at the Freedmens Bureau, though, he catches the eye of a woman working there, whos determined to thwart