ET Read Home, a monthly reading list

For September, a biography, some movie magic, and a pre-order

Paid subscribers get two extra issues a month. One of those is ET Read Home, suggestions of books to read right now. Some are relatively new releases, others are already published works that are timely or books that I’ve been thinking about for some reason or another and think you might find useful, too.

If you’re looking for an unusual biography…

Eva Hoffman, On Czeslaw Milosz

I’m reading this now and it’s completely wonderful. It’s not a comprehensive biography (for that, I’d recommend Milosz: A Biography), but it’s very insightful and Hoffman weaves in her own story, too. This could have the effect of centering herself, but instead it just brings still more humanity to Milosz’s story.

If you’re onto the Austrians…