Ghostwriters Emerge From the Shadows
Practitioners of the solitary and highly secretive profession got together to compare notes and celebrate their work.
11 Vintage Interiors Books to Fuel Your Home Design Fantasies
From Edith Wharton’s treatise on décor to a portrait of 1990s Tokyo, the books that designers return to again and again for inspiration.
Book Review: ‘Last Acts,’ by Alexander Sammartino
“Last Acts,” by Alexander Sammartino, is a satire of contemporary America set at a firearms shop in Phoenix.
Book Review: ‘Twilight Territory,’ by Andrew X. Pham
Andrew X. Pham’s first novel, “Twilight Territory,” imagines an unlikely romance during a nation’s fight for independence.
Book Reviews: ‘Lovers in Auschwitz,’ by Keren Blankfeld; ‘Cold Crematorium,’ by József Debreczeni
“Lovers in Auschwitz” and “Cold Crematorium,” two works by journalists published 74 years apart, offer different ways of representing the horrors of the Holocaust.
Book Review: ‘Madness,’ by Antonia Hylton
In “Madness,” the journalist Antonia Hylton explores the hidden history of Crownsville Hospital, and America’s continuing failure to care for Black minds.
Book Review: ‘Legacy,’ by Uché Blackstock
In “Legacy,” Dr. Uché Blackstock writes about losing her pioneering physician mother and the pervasive health woes of Black Americans.
Book Review: “The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels,” by Janice Hallett
“The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels,” a modern take on the epistolary novel, is hard to put down.
Book Review: ‘The Lede,’ by Calvin Trillin
Calvin Trillin collects many of his inimitable profiles and essays about journalism in “The Lede.”
Poet Crystal Wilkinson Explores Black Appalachia Cooking in Her New Book
In her new book, “Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts,” the poet Crystal Wilkinson explores her family history through cooking and recipes.
Book Review: ‘Disillusioned,’ by Benjamin Herold
“Disillusioned,” by Benjamin Herold, follows five families living in the burbs — where they contend with struggling schools, degraded infrastructure, poverty and discrimination.
Charles O. Jones, Expert on Congress and the Presidency, Dies at 92
As a professor of political science and an author, he displayed a distinctive gift for simplifying the complexities of the American political system.
Book Review: ‘The Rebel’s Clinic,’ by Adam Shatz
Adam Shatz’s “The Rebel’s Clinic,” a new biography of the psychiatrist and revolutionary Frantz Fanon, aims to restore complexity to a man both revered and reviled for his militancy.
Book Review: ‘Who Owns This Sentence?’ by David Bellos and Alexandre Montagu
Plato and Pushkin, Mickey Mouse and “The Simpsons” make (permissible) appearances in this surprisingly zippy history of copyright protection.
Book Review: ‘The Showman,’ by Simon Shuster
In “The Showman,” the journalist Simon Shuster trails the entertainer-turned-wartime president as he rallies the world for support.
Lev Rubinstein, Russian Poet and a Critic of Putin, Is Dead at 76
He helped found a defiant avant-garde movement fusing art and prose and was outspoken against the invasion of Ukraine. He died after being hit by a car in Moscow.
6 Great Historical Y.A. Novels for Teens
Sharon Cameron, the author of “Artifice” and other young adult novels, recommends some of her favorite Y.A. historical fiction.
Book Review: ‘Dead in Long Beach, California,’ by Venita Blackburn
In her new novel, “Dead in Long Beach, California,” Venita Blackburn explores the chaos of mourning by following a woman who stumbles into an ethically dubious way to cope with loss.
Read Like the Wind: Nesting Books
An editor recommends the literary version of nesting dolls.
Overlooked No More: Beatrix Potter, Author of ‘The Tale of Peter Rabbit’
She created one of the world’s best-known characters for children, and fought to have the book published, but she never sought celebrity status.
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