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Carol Memmott

spent more than two decades as a reporter and editor for USA Today mostly covering popular culture, books and television. She has interviewed dozens of celebrities including J.K. Rowling, Stephen King, Queen Latifah, Matt Damon, Kevin Costner, Stephanie Meyer, John Grisham and E.L. James. Since leaving USA Today in 2013, Carol has taught a writing course at American University in Washington, D.C. and written for numerous media outlets including The Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune and People. She lives in Virginia with her husband, Mark, and Linus and Fenix, two incredibly handsome rescue dogs.

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Book Review: The rise of the Subprimes

The hard-knocks imagery in the opening pages of The Subprimes (Harper; May 12, 2015) is riveting. Homeless people, tucked into ragged sleeping bags, are camped out under a “crumbling freeway, so dilapidated and overdue for resurfacing you could glimpse through the cracks the sooty undercarriages of cars passing overhead.” Above…
Carol Memmott
May 5, 2015