Two young women, dormitory mates, embark on their education at a big state university. Five years later, one is earning a good salary at a prestigious accounting firm. With no loans to repay, she lives in a fashionable apartment with her fiance. The other woman, saddled with burdensome debt and a low GPA, is still struggling to finish her degree in tourism. In an era of skyrocketing tuition and mounting concern over whether college is "worth it," Paying for the Party is an indispensable contribution to the dialogue assessing the state of American higher education. A powerful expose of unmet obligations and misplaced priorities, it explains in vivid detail why so many leave college with so little to show for it. Drawing on findings from a five-year interview study, Elizabeth Armstrong and Laura Hamilton bring us to the campus of "MU," a flagship Midwestern public university, where we follow a group of women drawn into a culture of status seeking and sororities. Mapping different pathways available to MU students, the authors demonstrate that the most well-resourced and seductive route is a "party pathway" anchored in the Greek system and facilitated by the administration. This pathway exerts influence over the academic and social experiences of all students, and while it benefits the affluent and well-connected, Armstrong and Hamilton make clear how it seriously disadvantages the majority. Eye-opening and provocative, Paying for the Party reveals how outcomes can differ so dramatically for those whom universities enroll.

Arlie Hochschild is best known for her contributions to the domestic division of labor (The Second Shift), emotional labor (The Managed Heart), the rationalization of the home (Time Bind), the commodification of private life (The Commercialization of Intimate Life, The Outsourced Self). In her latest book, Strangers in Their Own Land, Hochschild takes her notion of “feeling rules” to Louisiana, exploring the emotional foundations of right wing politics (The Tea Party and support for Donald Trump) by studying divergent responses to one of the most pressing issues facing the region – environmental pollution. On the basis of her fieldwork, conducted between 2011 and 2016, Hochschild advances the “deep story” of supporters of the American right: “…the shifting moral qualifications for the American Dream had turned them into strangers in their own land, afraid, resentful, displaced, and dismissed by the very people who were, they felt, cutting in line.”

故事发生在20世纪80年代的美国，美籍韩裔男子雅各布（史蒂文·元 Steven Yeun 饰）带着妻子莫妮卡（韩艺璃 饰）和两个孩子大卫（Alan S. Kim 饰）、安妮（Noel Cho 饰）一起从熟悉的西海岸搬到了偏僻而又陌生的阿肯色州。虽然对于丈夫的这一决定，莫妮卡的心中十分的反对，但她拗不过雅各布的坚决和顽固，只得被迫夫唱妇随。
蛮荒之地的生活既不舒适也不有趣，在最初的新鲜感过去之后，大卫和安妮很快就开始怀念起过去的生活了。之后，孩子们的外婆也来到了他们的身边，给这个家庭带来了一丝热闹的气息。雅各布没有发现的是，当他将越来越多的时间和精力投入到开发农场这件事情上时，他和妻子之间的距离就越来越远。

本书是美国文化偶像琼·狄迪恩的代表作，是第一批向公众揭示二战后美国繁荣表象下失序现实的作品，在当时的美国社会掀起现象级的热议，并由此成为影响至今的美国文学殿堂级非虚构写作。书中收录了琼·狄迪恩20多篇名作，包括《向伯利恒跋涉》《加州梦》《黄金梦里人》等。
狄迪恩以冷冽笔 锋和灼热自我，疏离又深陷，还原了1960年代的美国，特别是加州的反文化潮。 “万物解体，中心再难维系”：社会繁华昌盛的表象下，传统的价值观和生活方式已然开始崩塌，而新的未来却遥不可及。社会彻底走向失序，中产阶级生活危机重重，嬉皮士运动兴起；一整代人沉浸在虚无与迷惘中，作出近乎可笑的无力反抗——这是触及美国一个时代灵魂的完整记录。
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★《江城》作者何伟推荐九部非虚构作品之一
斯坦福大学等高校指定暑期阅读书目
《纽约时报》“20代年轻人应读的11本书”之一
《时代》《卫报》“百大非虚构作品”
★ 美国文化偶像琼·狄迪恩成名作/代表作
★“（琼·狄迪恩是）几十年来，美国政治和文化最尖锐、最被尊敬的观察家。”——奥巴马为狄迪恩颁发美国国家人文奖章授奖词
★以尖锐的视角审视美国的嬉皮士年代，记录1960年代美国的反文化浪潮，再现了一整个时代的情绪。
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关于1960年代美国最有力的著作。
——《时代》
《向伯利恒跋涉》是一个时代的衡量标准，其读者已经不仅仅是其读者了，而是其追随者，其仰慕者，其信徒。
——《名利场》
琼·狄迪恩是美国最伟大的作家之一，同时也是美国最知名的文化偶像之一。
——《洛杉矶时报》
“狄迪恩”不再是一个普通的名词，她的名字已然成为了形容词，“狄迪恩般的”“狄迪恩式的”，指代其相关的一切：一位超脱、充满洞见和预知，但却有着脆弱感的女作家，她揭开美国之疮痍，使其活生生地暴露在美国读者们的面前。
——《卫报》
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中心再难维系。这个国家，破产公告、公开拍卖通知满天飞；随意杀人事件、流离失所的孩子、废弃无人的家园屡见不鲜；那些在文物上涂鸦破坏的人，连四字单词都会拼错。这个国家，总有家庭无缘无故地消失，留下没有还完的账单与抵押到期的文件。青少年们在外游荡，没有过去，也没有未来，如同长蛇蜕皮；孩童懵懂无知，也再无机会了解维系这个社会的游戏规则。人们销声匿迹。孩子不知去向。父母人间蒸发。被抛下的人们漫不经心地填写完失踪报告，然后自顾自地继续活下去。
这个国家，并没有如火如荼的革命，也没有因敌人的包围而走投无路。这是一九六七年的美国。市场稳定，国民生产总值高，多少人慷慨陈词，表达自己崇高的社会理想。
——琼·狄迪恩，《向伯利恒跋涉》

1890-1920年代，被称为美国的进步主义时代。新工业的发展、新发明的出现、大公司的兴起，改变着经济景观和社会图景，它们带来令人眼花缭乱的大量消费品，数百万的额外工作以及比任何时候都多的财富，同时也带来了激化的社会矛盾。利用近期社会史的丰富学识，斯蒂芬·J·戴勒展示了这些变革是怎样影响着各种背景和职业中的美国人，进步时代的美国人为经济保障、自主权以及社会地位而奋斗着，通过这种展示，他向我们提供了关于美国历史中这一关键时代的引人入胜的新诠释。

　　拉里·戈普尼克（迈克尔·斯图巴 Michael Stuhlbarg 饰）是美国明尼苏达州双城区某大学的物理教授，学校正决定是否颁发给他终身教授资格时，一位韩国学生向拉里抱怨考试评分不公，遭拒绝后则向拉里行贿。与此同时，拉里的妻子朱迪斯（莎瑞·莱尼克 Sari Lennick 饰）说她爱上了鳏夫塞·艾伯曼（弗雷德·迈拉麦德 Fred Melamed 饰），要求离婚。不仅如此，拉里的无业神经质哥哥亚瑟（理查德·坎德 Richard Kind 饰）越来越成为负担，儿子的犹太成人礼在即，女儿偷钱准备为鼻子做整容手术，而一封匿名信更是要将他的前程毁掉。焦头烂额的拉里求助于多位犹太牧师拉比，但信仰便能帮他走出困境吗？　　本片获英国电影电视协会奖最佳原创剧本提名及金球奖音乐剧和喜剧类最佳男主角提名（迈克尔·斯图巴）。

An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States
In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America—the first African American to serve in that role—she helped create the most welcoming and inclusive White House in history, while also establishing herself as a powerful advocate for women and girls in the U.S. and around the world, dramatically changing the ways that families pursue healthier and more active lives, and standing with her husband as he led America through some of its most harrowing moments. Along the way, she showed us a few dance moves, crushed Carpool Karaoke, and raised two down-to-earth daughters under an unforgiving media glare.
In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites readers into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her—from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work, to her time spent at the world’s most famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it—in her own words and on her own terms. Warm, wise, and revelatory, Becoming is the deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily defied expectations—and whose story inspires us to do the same.

Follows the journey of a handgun, from its manufacture through its violent odyssey into the hands of a disturbed teenager who uses it to kill a teacher, and raises painful questions about the legal and cultural realities of firearms. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

Since the election of Scott Walker, Wisconsin has been seen as ground zero for debates about the appropriate role of government in the wake of the Great Recession. In a time of rising inequality, Walker not only survived a bitterly contested recall that brought thousands of protesters to Capitol Square, he was subsequently reelected. How could this happen? How is it that the very people who stand to benefit from strong government services not only vote against the candidates who support those services but are vehemently against the very idea of big government?
With The Politics of Resentment, Katherine J. Cramer uncovers an oft-overlooked piece of the puzzle: rural political consciousness and the resentment of the “liberal elite.” Rural voters are distrustful that politicians will respect the distinct values of their communities and allocate a fair share of resources. What can look like disagreements about basic political principles are therefore actually rooted in something even more fundamental: who we are as people and how closely a candidate’s social identity matches our own. Using Scott Walker and Wisconsin’s prominent and protracted debate about the appropriate role of government, Cramer illuminates the contours of rural consciousness, showing how place-based identities profoundly influence how people understand politics, regardless of whether urban politicians and their supporters really do shortchange or look down on those living in the country.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, NAMED BY THE TIMES AS ONE OF "6 BOOKS TO HELP UNDERSTAND TRUMP'S WIN"
"You will not read a more important book about America this year."—The Economist
"A riveting book."—The Wall Street Journal
"Essential reading."—David Brooks, New York Times
From a former marine and Yale Law School graduate, a powerful account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a broader, probing look at the struggles of America’s white working class
Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis—that of white working-class Americans. The decline of this group, a demographic of our country that has been slowly disintegrating over forty years, has been reported on with growing frequency and alarm, but has never before been written about as searingly from the inside. J. D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional, and class decline feels like when you were born with it hung around your neck.
The Vance family story begins hopefully in postwar America. J. D.’s grandparents were “dirt poor and in love,” and moved north from Kentucky’s Appalachia region to Ohio in the hopes of escaping the dreadful poverty around them. They raised a middle-class family, and eventually their grandchild (the author) would graduate from Yale Law School, a conventional marker of their success in achieving generational upward mobility.
But as the family saga of Hillbilly Elegy plays out, we learn that this is only the short, superficial version. Vance’s grandparents, aunt, uncle, sister, and, most of all, his mother, struggled profoundly with the demands of their new middle-class life, and were never able to fully escape the legacy of abuse, alcoholism, poverty, and trauma so characteristic of their part of America. Vance piercingly shows how he himself still carries around the demons of their chaotic family history.
A deeply moving memoir with its share of humor and vividly colorful figures, Hillbilly Elegy is the story of how upward mobility really feels. And it is an urgent and troubling meditation on the loss of the American dream for a large segment of this country.

From the prizewinning author of The Nine , a gripping insider's account of the momentous ideological war between the John Roberts Supreme Court and the Obama administration.
From the moment John Roberts, the chief justice of the United States, blundered through the Oath of Office at Barack Obama's inauguration, the relationship between the Supreme Court and the White House has been confrontational. Both men are young, brilliant, charismatic, charming, determined to change the course of the nation—and completely at odds on almost every major constitutional issue. One is radical; one essentially conservative. The surprise is that Obama is the conservative—a believer in incremental change, compromise, and pragmatism over ideology. Roberts—and his allies on the Court—seek to overturn decades of precedent: in short, to undo the ultimate victory FDR achieved in the New Deal.
This ideological war will crescendo during the 2011-2012 term, in which several landmark cases are on the Court's docket—most crucially, a challenge to Obama's controversial health-care legislation. With four new justices joining the Court in just five years, including Obama's appointees Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, this is a dramatically—and historically—different Supreme Court, playing for the highest of stakes.
No one is better positioned to chronicle this dramatic tale than Jeffrey Toobin, whose prize-winning bestseller The Nine laid bare the inner workings and conflicts of the Court in meticulous and entertaining detail. As the nation prepares to vote for President in 2012, the future of the Supreme Court will also be on the ballot.

阅读《下沉年代》，如同坐在第一排观看美国梦的午夜葬礼
“这是一个时代苍凉的侧影：受挫的努力，被辜负的信任，凋零的生机，以及日渐黯淡的希望。力透纸背的书写，栩栩如生的人物，呈现了美国三十多年的沧桑巨变，也为当下社会撕裂的悲剧写下了发人深省的前传。”——刘擎，华东师范大学教授
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☆ 延续《光荣与梦想》时间线的美国社会内层新史，一部定义我们时代的史诗
☆ 一本书写尽美国梦碎三十年：四个人的一生，四个阶层的剧痛，一代人的失败挽歌
☆ 许倬云、刘擎、周濂、欧逸文推荐，荣获美国国家图书奖，超20家机构年度好书：
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☆《纽约客》资深作家操刀，新世纪非虚构顶峰之作，入选 Slate 25年来最佳50本非虚构
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仿佛在一夜之间，世界轰然倒塌。所有老派的行事规矩和道德准则被抛在一旁，华盛顿的说客比政客还多，纽约交易部门不再有禁忌，佛罗里达州的楼价跌到谷底，铁锈地带的钢铁工厂相继关门，南方的农场不再耕种烟草。富者更富，穷人更穷。
美国国家图书奖得主乔治·帕克跟踪四位不同阶层的60后美国人——追逐美国梦的南方白人农民，失去工厂岗位的非裔女性工人，在华尔街和华盛顿之间穿梭的精英，借互联网经济发迹的硅谷大佬——展现四段沉浮人生，揭开四种阶层剧痛，写出一代人的愤怒与悲哀。
这是唯一一代生活不断下沉的美国人：他们生在战后经济增长的黄金年代，摸爬滚打半生后，却迎来传统社会结构的轰然倒塌。
在主角的故事之外，此书如电影镜头般扫视美国近三十余年的社会变迁，绘成一幅文化、经济、政治交织的全景流动长卷。作者为政客纽特·金里奇、作家雷蒙德·卡佛、沃尔玛创始人山姆·沃尔顿、说唱歌手Jay-Z等人立传，以十位时代偶像映射出十种或回响、或沉沦的时代精神；也记下成千上万迷失在房地产市场的投机者，成千上万占领华尔街的抗议者，成千上万挣扎在生存线上的沉默者，写尽美国梦碎三十年。
阅读《下沉年代》，如同坐在第一排观看美国梦的午夜葬礼。这是献给每一个美国人的安魂曲，也是一本关于时代转折及世界剧变的当下启示录。
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乔治·帕克指出今天的美国正在解体，旧日熟悉的机构，如地方小银行、工会会所、工厂厂房、教堂，以及地方活动主体的各种从事社会服务的“俱乐部”，正在逐渐消失殆尽。美国国内不仅有阶级的区别，还有人群之间的区别，个体也在寻找自己的属性和类别。各个群体，也都在为自己争取更好的地位。社会成员中弱势者，又在争取个人完全的自由和平等。如此横切、竖切的后果，是美国最后会被切割成为许多孤立、离散的个人。——许倬云，历史学家
这是一个时代苍凉的侧影：受挫的努力，被辜负的信任，凋零的生机，以及日渐黯淡的希望。力透纸背的书写，栩栩如生的人物，呈现了美国30多年的沧桑巨变，也为当下社会撕裂的悲剧写下了发人深省的前传。——刘擎，华东师范大学教授
《下沉年代》有点像黄仁宇的《万历十五年》，试图通过一个年代，书写更为漫长的社会变迁。《纽约客》资深作家帕克巧妙地将大人物和小人物交错着写，兼顾造就时代的人和被时代造就（或毁灭）的人。——方柏林，旅美学者
如同乔治·奥威尔的作品，乔治·帕克的写作带着一股道义之力。《下沉年代》，一本横扫一切、铿锵有力、以至于每个人都应该阅读的作品。——大卫·格雷恩，著有《花月杀手》
《下沉年代》是我们国家过去三十年来发生的非凡故事。乔治·帕克写就了一部定义我们时代的史诗，读起来奇妙、亲切和真实。——戴斯特·费尔金斯，著有《跑步在最绝望的城市》
乔治·帕克呈现了我们生活和时代的历史，以洞察的眼光捕捉到我们失去的美国。——劳伦斯·赖特，著有《末日巨塔》
现在，那些在第二次经济大萧条中破碎的心灵和生命，为自己找到了雄辩的代言人和狂热的捍卫者：乔治·帕克。《下沉年代》是美国的悲剧，亦是文学的胜利。——大卫·弗鲁姆，美国知名时评人
独创，锋利，勇敢，至关重要。我这么多年来读到最好的非虚构作品之一。——凯瑟琳·布，著有《地下城》
乔治·帕克为二战后的美国社会契约写出一曲忧伤但又如爵士乐般轻快的安魂曲。在这片越来越吵、难以抑制的土地上，你会为那些活在越来越沉默的绝望生活中的人们发笑和落泪。——大卫·M. 肯尼迪，普利策奖得主
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结合小说般的叙事和严谨的纪实报道，乔治·帕克撕开美国表面下的破碎裂痕。通过贯穿大城市和小城镇的经济衰退，他以敏锐的眼光审视银行家和华尔街，同时追踪我们诸多经济基础设施的痛苦解体。他精准描绘了奋斗者和普通工人的肖像，对富人、野心家、乃至恶臭的名流进行了快照般的捕捉，生动展现了富层阶级与平民之间日益扩大的鸿沟。——美国国家图书奖授奖辞
从现在开始的一百年里，第一本能让人理解这个时代的书，可能是乔治·帕克的《下沉年代》，一部既详尽又意义深远的里程碑作品。——《西雅图时报》
一本兼具野心和慈意之书，以多重角度看待当下的美国。书中充满蜂鸣般的悲情和愤怒，对那些困在校准不当的金融机械齿轮的人们传达了特别的同情。——《纽约时报》
从沃尔特·惠特曼到约翰·多斯·帕索斯，从诺曼·梅勒和厄普代克到汤姆·沃尔夫和亨特·汤普森，小说家和记者总能在普通美国人的生活中发现顽强且机敏的个人主义，对机遇的坚硬信念，以及走出黑暗时代的道路。当下，帕克对国家现状进行了灰暗的描写，令人痛心，却也真实准确。他没有提供虚假希望，亦不给出好莱坞式结局，但是在另一种美国创造力中，在雷蒙德·卡佛式故事和爱德华·霍珀式画像中，在人的尊严和心灵中，他找到了一种力量——当人们因生活崩溃而深感孤独时，这种埋藏在肌肉记忆中的力量会爬升上来。——《华盛顿邮报》
《下沉年代》是一部将叙事推向极限的非虚构作品，直抵通常只有虚构作品才能达到的罕见层级。它写了一部伟大小说所能写尽的一切，但更为特别的是，它也完成了小说似乎不再愿意做的事——更为有趣，更愿意做实验。作者帕克迅速转换视角，打乱叙事，相信读者会在令人震惊的平行叙事中做出自己的判断。——《Esquire》
《下沉年代》是一段献给迷失时光的抒情安魂曲，为了那些被裁减的梦想和屈服的希望。这本书让人着迷，也令人心碎，它是一部丰盈的艺术之作，展示了所有失去希望和允诺的美国人如何受苦。——《每日科斯》
作为《纽约客》特约作家，乔治·帕克是美国最好的非虚构作家之一。就其敏锐性而言，《下沉年代》更像是一本小说，而不是非虚构作品。此书更有感染力。——《金融时报》
一本庞大、高度原创的纪实作品，证明了在这个世界上，新闻报道的未来并不黯淡。帕克的写作是一场险峻的冒险，让人为之侧目。——《纽约书评》
这是最好的时代，也是最坏的时代，帕克出色的叙事如同狄更斯本人第一次将所有这些历史都融入一本书中。这本书事关各种各样的人，无论贫富，他们都陷入经济动荡和社会变革的持续风暴中。人们周围的一切都在变化，珍爱之物尽被销毁。帕克以绝对专业的纪实手法讲述了人们的故事，却比大多数美国当代小说敢于做到的要更加详尽，更有质感，当然，也更具野心。——《洛杉矶时报》
帕克发出一种异常清晰、充满人道的美国之声，它继承了纪实文学的传统，让常人生活超越日常。当我们的后代审视这个现代帝国的遗迹，并从中筛选出文化残骸，这样的美国之声便是延续久远的微小宝藏。——《独立报》
除了本身题材外，《下沉年代》更像是一本实验小说，以其书写的范围、对当代生活质感的体现及包容不同思想的方式，从扬斯敦的社区组织者写到自由主义互联网大亨，它会让读者们联想到“美国三部曲”和《无尽的玩笑》。诸如书写鲍威尔的传记体文章，发在《巴黎评论》中也并不违和，因为这本书不只是关于真相，更是充满智慧、讽刺和惊人的想象力。——《巴黎评论》
帕克的叙事是文学性的，而非规范性的：他不提供政策建议，也不谋求崇高。如同一本伟大的政治小说，《下沉年代》以前所未有的清晰揭示了一个问题，但让读者自己去寻找解决方案。但是，这既是一个绝望的故事，也是一个坚韧的故事。帕克的角色们会做出或好或坏的决定，享受意外好运和不幸，他们竭力维持，他们屈服于生活，接着又更加努力。他们的生活值得被细细讲述，不仅因为具有启发性，更因为它们是如此美丽动人。——《华盛顿月报》

究竟是什么塑造了真正的你？电影将聚焦乔伊·高纳（杰米·福克斯配音）。这位中学音乐老师获得了梦寐以求的机会——在纽约最好的爵士俱乐部演奏。但一个小失误把他从纽约的街道带到了一个奇幻的地方“生之来处”（the Great Before）。在那里，灵魂们获得培训，在前往地球之前将获得他们的个性特点和兴趣。决心要回到地球生活的乔伊认识了一个早熟的灵魂“二十二”（蒂娜·菲 配音），二十二一直找不到自己对于人类生活的兴趣。随着乔伊不断试图向二十二展示生命的精彩之处，他也将领悟一些人生终极问题的答案。

Alaska, 1920: a brutal place to homestead, and especially tough for recent arrivals Jack and Mabel. Childless, they are drifting apart - he breaking under the weight of the work of the farm; she crumbling from loneliness and despair. In a moment of levity during the season's first snowfall, they build a child out of snow. The next morning the snow child is gone - but they glimpse a young, blonde-haired girl running through the trees.

This little girl, who calls herself Faina, seems to be a child of the woods. She hunts with a red fox at her side, skims lightly across the snow, and somehow survives alone in the Alaskan wilderness. As Jack and Mabel struggle to understand this child who could have stepped from the pages of a fairy tale, they come to love her as their own daughter. But in this beautiful, violent place, things are rarely as they appear, and what they eventually learn about Faina will transform all of them.

HBO宣布续订《副总统》第七季，将于2019年回归。

A Washington Post reporter’s intimate account of the fallout from the closing of a General Motors’ assembly plant in Janesville, Wisconsin—Paul Ryan’s hometown—and a larger story of the hollowing of the American middle class.
This is the story of what happens to an industrial town in the American heartland when its factory stills—but it’s not the familiar tale. Most observers record the immediate shock of vanished jobs, but few stay around long enough to notice what happens next, when a community with a can-do spirit tries to pick itself up.
Pulitzer Prize winner Amy Goldstein has spent years immersed in Janesville, Wisconsin where the nation’s oldest operating General Motors plant shut down in the midst of the Great Recession, two days before Christmas of 2008. Now, with intelligence, sympathy, and insight into what connects and divides people in an era of economic upheaval, she makes one of America’s biggest political issues human. Her reporting takes the reader deep into the lives of autoworkers, educators, bankers, politicians, and job re-trainers to show why it’s so hard in the twenty-first century to recreate a healthy, prosperous working class.
For this is not just a Janesville story or a Midwestern story. It’s an American story.

刚在元旦度过91岁生日的弗雷德里克· 怀斯曼（Frederick Wiseman）在长达275分钟的新作中，为我们呈现了一幅以波士顿市政厅为起点的美国画卷——关于市长、政府运作、民主的细节与困境。
这部被法国《电影手册》列为“2020年度十佳影片”之首的纪录片，拍摄于2018年秋和2019年冬，如同一颗时间胶囊，更像是部政治预言。

Getting in is only half the battle. The Privileged Poor reveals how―and why―disadvantaged students struggle at elite colleges, and explains what schools can do differently if these students are to thrive.
The Ivy League looks different than it used to. College presidents and deans of admission have opened their doors―and their coffers―to support a more diverse student body. But is it enough just to admit these students? In The Privileged Poor, Anthony Jack reveals that the struggles of less privileged students continue long after they’ve arrived on campus. Admission, they quickly learn, is not the same as acceptance. This bracing and necessary book documents how university policies and cultures can exacerbate preexisting inequalities and reveals why these policies hit some students harder than others.
Despite their lofty aspirations, top colleges hedge their bets by recruiting their new diversity largely from the same old sources, admitting scores of lower-income black, Latino, and white undergraduates from elite private high schools like Exeter and Andover. These students approach campus life very differently from students who attended local, and typically troubled, public high schools and are often left to flounder on their own. Drawing on interviews with dozens of undergraduates at one of America’s most famous colleges and on his own experiences as one of the privileged poor, Jack describes the lives poor students bring with them and shows how powerfully background affects their chances of success.
If we truly want our top colleges to be engines of opportunity, university policies and campus cultures will have to change. Jack provides concrete advice to help schools reduce these hidden disadvantages―advice we cannot afford to ignore.

The twenty-fifth anniversary edition of one of the most iconic novels of our time-now in a dazzling graphic package Winner of the National Book Award, "White Noise" tells the story of Jack Gladney, his fourth wife, Babette, and four ultraA-modern offspring as they navigate the rocky passages of family life to the background babble of brand-name consumerism. When an industrial accident unleashes an "airborne toxic event," a lethal black chemical cloud floats over their lives. The menacing cloud is a more urgent and visible version of the "white noise" engulfing the Gladneys-radio transmissions, sirens, microwaves, ultrasonic appliances, and TV murmurings-pulsing with life, yet suggesting something ominous.