Book Review: ‘I Must Be Dreaming,’ by Roz Chast
In “I Must Be Dreaming,” the cartoonist serves up nutty nocturnal admissions, considers theories of sleep and, yes, imagines losing her teeth.
Book Review: ‘Prequel,’ by Rachel Maddow, and ‘Democracy Awakening,’ by Heather Cox Richardson
Rachel Maddow’s “Prequel” and Heather Cox Richardson’s “Democracy Awakening” follow plots against America hatched by homegrown autocrats.
Vladimir Nabokov’s Best Books: A Guide
Clever and dexterous, his writing delights in puzzles, puns and lepidoptera. Here’s where to start. (There’s so much more than “Lolita.”)
Vladimir Nabokov’s Best Books: A Guide
Clever and dexterous, his writing delights in puzzles, puns and lepidoptera. Here’s where to start. (There’s so much more than “Lolita.”)
Good Mom, Bad Mom, Possessed by Evil Mom
In Jennifer McMahon’s new novel, “My Darling Girl,” a woman must protect her family from a terrible darkness lurking in her abusive mother.
Ghost Stories!
A collection of spooky short fiction by Edith Wharton and a historical nonfiction narrative about a woman who claimed to be haunted.
Jada Pinkett Smith on Will Smith, Chris Rock and Her New Book, ‘Worthy’
In her new memoir, “Worthy,” she answers big questions, poses others to readers and sets the record straight on her marriage to Will Smith.
Writing the Biography of America’s First Black Woman Novelist
In “The Life and Times of Hannah Crafts,” Gregg Hecimovich pieces together the story of a woman who fled slavery, and whose manuscript was lost for more than 150 years.
Book Review: ‘Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind,’ by Molly McGhee
In Molly McGhee’s debut, “Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind,” debt-laden citizens are recruited to “audit” others’ dreams — all in the name of productivity.
Book Review: ‘My Work’ by Olga Ravn
In her vivid second novel, “My Work,” Olga Ravn evokes the disorientation of new parenthood.
Louise Glück, 1943-2023: 5 Great Poems to Read
The American writer, who won a Nobel Prize in 2020, wrote with cool clarity and often puckish wit.
Louise Meriwether Dies at 100; in 1970, a New, Black Literary Voice
Writing of life in Harlem, she emerged at the same time as Toni Morrison and Maya Angelou but never achieved their fame, though James Baldwin was an admirer.
Louise Glück, Nobel-Winning Poet Who Explored Trauma and Loss, Dies at 80
Acclaimed as one of America’s greatest living writers, she blended deeply personal material with themes of mythology and nature.
Colette Rossant, 91, Dies; Gave French Cuisine a Global Flourish
A prominent cookbook author, critic and memoirist, she reinvigorated the dishes of her native France with a globe-trotter’s sensibility.
The Books We’re Looking Forward to for the Rest of the Year
New fiction from Michael Cunningham, Sigrid Nunez and others; a candid Mitt Romney biography; and memoirs by Barbra Streisand, Britney Spears and more.
Frankfurt Book Fair Cancels Award Ceremony for Palestinian Author
Organizers cited the Israel-Hamas war as the reason for stepping back from honoring a novel about the 1949 murder of a Palestinian girl by Israeli soldiers.
Khaled Khalifa, Syrian Novelist ‘Exiled at Home,’ Is Dead at 59
His books, laced with humor and often banned in his country, chronicle centuries of strife in the Middle East, earning critical praise and an international readership.
LeVar Burton to Host National Book Awards
The actor and literacy advocate will host the ceremony after the National Book Foundation dropped its original host, Drew Barrymore.
Book Review: ‘Dialogue With a Somnambulist,’ by Chloe Aridjis; ‘Dearborn,’ by Ghassan Zeineddine; ‘Every Drop Is a Man’s Nightmare,’ by Megan Kamalei Kakimoto
New fiction by Chloe Aridjis, Ghassan Zeinnedine and Megan Kamalei Kakimoto ranges from the fabulist to the vaguely autofictional.
How Jesmyn Ward Is Reimagining Southern Literature
The novelist is competing with giants like William Faulkner, while mapping territory all her own.
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