Maureen Corrigan's 2022 Favorites

Also A Poet

Frank O'Hara, My Father, and Me

by Calhoun, Ada

Book - 2022

"genre-defying memoir and work of criticism, as well as a love letter to O'Hara's poetry and to the city that inspired it." - Maureen Corrigan, NPR "genre-defying memoir and work of criticism, as well as a love letter to O'Hara's poetry and to the city that inspired it." - Maureen Corrigan, NPR Show less

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Constructing A Nervous System

A Memoir

by Jefferson, Margo

Book - 2022

"virtuoso fusion of different forms: memoir, quick riffs and cultural criticism" - Maureen Corrigan, NPR "virtuoso fusion of different forms: memoir, quick riffs and cultural criticism" - Maureen Corrigan, NPR Show less

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The Facemaker

A Visionary Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I

by Fitzharris, Lindsey

eBook - 2022

"narrative history [that] stood out for me this year... [It] tells the story of British surgeon Harold Gillies' pioneering work in reconstructing the...Show more "narrative history [that] stood out for me this year... [It] tells the story of British surgeon Harold Gillies' pioneering work in reconstructing the faces of some of the estimated 280,000 men who suffered facial trauma during World War I" - Maureen Corrigan, NPR Show less

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Foster

by Keegan, Claire

Downloadable Audiobook - 2022

"Keegan is a writer who revels in emotional tension, the suspense of the unspoken, the held breath." - Maureen Corrigan, NPR "Keegan is a writer who revels in emotional tension, the suspense of the unspoken, the held breath." - Maureen Corrigan, NPR Show less

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If I Survive You

by Escoffery, Jonathan

Book - 2022

"Escoffery's debut collection of short stories overwhelmed me with its originality, heart, wit and sweeping social vision." - Maureen Corrigan, NPR "Escoffery's debut collection of short stories overwhelmed me with its originality, heart, wit and sweeping social vision." - Maureen Corrigan, NPR Show less

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Lucy by the Sea

A Novel

by Strout, Elizabeth

Book - 2022

"Strout's spare sentences and her simple pacing constitute her own idiosyncratic take on Hemingway's famous iceberg theory, in which a depth of meani...Show more "Strout's spare sentences and her simple pacing constitute her own idiosyncratic take on Hemingway's famous iceberg theory, in which a depth of meaning and emotion lurks beneath the surface of the words on the page." - Maureen Corrigan, NPR Show less

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The Revolutionary

Samuel Adams

by Schiff, Stacy

Book - 2022

"timely account of how the colonists came to think of themselves not as Bostonians or Virginians, but as Americans, and how Samuel Adams, the so-call...Show more "timely account of how the colonists came to think of themselves not as Bostonians or Virginians, but as Americans, and how Samuel Adams, the so-called forgotten founder, played an essential role in that transformation." - Maureen Corrigan, NPR Show less

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Signal Fires

by Shapiro, Dani

Book - 2022

"Shapiro's profound new novel jumps around in time to piece together the story of a car accident, two families and what persists even after neighborhoods change, people grow old and collective memories fade." - Maureen Corrigan, NPR "Shapiro's profound new novel jumps around in time to piece together the story of a car accident, two families and what persists even after neighborhoods change, people grow old and collective memories fade." - Maureen Corrigan, NPR Show less

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Trust

by Díaz, Hernán

Book - 2022

"an ingeniously constructed historical novel with a postmodern point, namely that readers can't wholly trust any of the slippery stories we read here" - Maureen Corrigan, NPR "an ingeniously constructed historical novel with a postmodern point, namely that readers can't wholly trust any of the slippery stories we read here" - Maureen Corrigan, NPR Show less

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Young Mungo

A Novel

by Stuart, Douglas

Book - 2022

"a 15-year-old Protestant boy named Mungo falls in love with a Catholic boy. If that premise sounds sentimental, consider that the outer frame of Stu...Show more "a 15-year-old Protestant boy named Mungo falls in love with a Catholic boy. If that premise sounds sentimental, consider that the outer frame of Stuart's novel is a suspense story not just about innocence lost, but slaughtered." - Maureen Corrigan, NPR Show less

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Maureen Corrigan's favorite books of the year: 10 disparate reads for a hectic 2022

https://www.npr.org/2022/11/30/1139749381/best-books-2022-maureen-corrigan-fresh-air

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Maureen Corrigan is a professor of literature at Georgetown University. See the full reviews of these titles on the NPR website. Maureen Corrigan is a professor of literature at Georgetown University. See the full reviews of these titles on the NPR website. Show less

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