<br><div><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el" aria-label="Video - 6 Seuss books won't be published for racist images"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">In search of something good to read? USA TODAY's <strong>Barbara VanDenburgh</strong> scopes out the shelves for this week’s hottest new book releases. All books are on sale Tuesday.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong>1. “This Is the Fire:</strong><strong>What I Say to My Friends About Racism,” </strong>by Don Lemon (Little, Brown, nonfiction)</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong>What it’s about: </strong>The host of <a target="_blank" href="/story/entertainment/tv/2020/11/07/cnn-don-lemon-president-trump-joe-biden-kamala-harris/6211859002/" rel="noopener" data-t-l="|inline|intext|n/a" class="gnt_ar_b_a">“CNN Tonight with Don Lemon,”</a> and one of only two Black national cable news anchors, poses solutions to the urgent question: How can we end racism in our lifetime?</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong>The buzz:</strong><a target="_blank" href="https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/don-lemon/this-is-the-fire/" rel="noopener" data-t-l="|inline|intext|n/a" class="gnt_ar_b_a">A starred review</a> for Kirkus Reviews calls it “a vital book for these times” and says Lemon "astutely diagnoses our nation’s greatest malady."</p><figure class="gnt_em gnt_em_img gnt_em_img__inset"><img class="gnt_em_img_i" style="height:454px" data-g-r="lazy" src="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2021/03/12/USAT/d5c970df-48ab-48e7-b354-15b0ac56deec-This_Is_the_Fire.jpg?width=300&height=454&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp" decoding="async" alt="“This Is the Fire: What I Say to My Friends About Racism,” by Don Lemon."/></figure><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong>2. “Justice, Justice Thou Shalt Pursue: A Life's Work Fighting for a More Perfect Union,”</strong> <a target="_blank" href="/story/entertainment/books/2020/10/16/justice-ruth-bader-ginsburgs-final-thoughts-included-new-book/3676262001/" rel="noopener" data-t-l="|inline|intext|n/a" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Ruth Bader Ginsburg</a> and Amanda L. Tyler (University of California Press, nonfiction)</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong>What it’s about: </strong>A collection of briefs, oral arguments, opinions, lectures and speeches from the late Supreme Court justice that traces her lifelong fight for equality.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong>The buzz:</strong> “An informative perspective on a tireless advocate for fairness and equity,” says <a target="_blank" href="https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/ruth-bader-ginsburg/justice-justice-thou-shalt-pursue/" rel="noopener" data-t-l="|inline|intext|n/a" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Kirkus Reviews</a>.</p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong>3. “Shooting Midnight Cowboy: Sex, Loneliness, Liberation, and the Making of a Dark Classic,”</strong> by Glenn Frankel (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, nonfiction)</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong>What it’s about: </strong>A masterful and detailed film history of the groundbreaking 1969 X-rated Oscar winner starring Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong>The buzz: </strong>“Frankel puts it all together with narrative verve, telling a propulsive tale about creativity,...</p></div> <style> .wrapper { text-align: center; } </style> <div class="wrapper"> <a class="button" href ="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2021/03/13/new-books-don-lemon-racism-ruth-bader-ginsburg/4658683001/">Read more <span>➤</span></a> </div>
