Book Review: ‘Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin),’ by Sly Stone with Ben Greenman
At the age of 80, Sly Stone has finally produced his memoir, and it gives a strong sense of this giant’s voice and sensibility.
Book Review: Children’s Science Fiction Novels by Donna Barba Higuera, Patricia Forde and Jeanne DuPrau
Jeanne DuPrau’s “Project F,” Patricia Forde’s “The Girl Who Fell to Earth” and Donna Barba Higuera’s “Alebrijes” answer the question, Could this be the beginning of the end?
Audiobook Review: ‘The Motherlode,’ by Clover Hope
On the genre’s 50th anniversary, “The Motherlode” honors contributions by the women, like Salt-N-Pepa, Roxanne Shanté and Megan Thee Stallion, who’ve made it what it is today.
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Celebrating Literature That ‘Brings the World Close’
Words Without Borders, a magazine dedicated to literature in translation, is turning 20 at a fraught time. How to celebrate words when bombs are dropping?
Who Is Hannah Grace? And Why Won’t She Show Her Face?
The author of “Icebreaker” and “Wildfire” has her own reasons for avoiding the limelight.
Poem: […]
In this poem from a Palestinian American writer, absence becomes atmosphere.
Book Review: ‘Same Bed Different Dreams,’ by Ed Park
“Same Bed Different Dreams” is the rare sophomore novel that has the wild, freewheeling ambition of a debut.
Interview: Jeff Tweedy
“I read them the way that people surf the internet today, maybe,” says the Wilco frontman, whose new memoir is “World Within a Song.” “So I know everything.”
Celebrity Narrators: The ‘Matchmaking’ Behind Britney Spears and Michelle Williams
Snippets of Michelle Williams’s narration of Britney Spears’s new memoir have proved explosively popular online. But what goes into selecting a celebrity reader for an audiobook?
Book Review: ‘Fierce Ambition,’ by Jennet Conant
As recounted in Jennet Conant’s biography, Marguerite Higgins played the high-stakes game of journalism in a man’s world.
Searching for Brian Friel, and His Mythical Ballybeg
Irish Repertory Theater’s season-long survey of the playwright’s work prompted our reporter to seek out the Irish town that inspired the imaginary site of so many of his plays.
Book Review: ‘How to Build a Boat,’ by Elaine Feeney
In Elaine Feeney’s latest book, a child’s grief-driven engineering dream connects a handful of isolated citizens in a small Irish town.
Book Review: ‘The Genius of Israel,’ by Dan Senor and Saul Singer
In “The Genius of Israel,” Dan Senor and Saul Singer take a look at the economic strength and high quality of life for some of the people who live in a troubled country.
Read Your Way Through Lima
Lima is a city of contrasts and contradictions — gray and tropical, dense and isolated. Augusto Higa Oshiro, one of its writers, recommended books and authors that have captured its complexity.
How Britney Spears Wrote ‘The Woman in Me’
Three authors helped Britney Spears get her life story on the page.
How Britney Spears Wrote ‘The Woman in Me’
Three authors helped Britney Spears get her life story on the page.
New Books Try to Offer Shelter from Dementia’s Storm
Mixing the medical and the personal, several memoirists find literary analogies the best way to capture unwelcome visits to “unimaginable lands.”
New, Luscious Romance Books
Our romance columnist recommends four new books.
The Met Opera Puts On a Malcolm X Marathon
Ahead of its new production of Anthony Davis’s “X,” the house hosted a starry, 18-hour reading of Malcolm X’s autobiography.
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