Book Review: ‘Fixer,’ by Edgar Kunz
In “Fixer,” his second collection, the poet Edgar Kunz demonstrates a hard familiarity with the gig economy.
Georgia School District Canceled an Author’s Batman Talks After He Said ‘Gay’
An elementary school principal in Forsyth County emailed parents to apologize last week after Marc Tyler Nobleman used the word in a presentation about the origins of Batman.
New Histories on the Good and Bad of Military Leadership
Republicans are worried about the politics that shape our armed forces. Several recent books look at the good, the bad and the ugly of American military leadership and culture.
Book Review: ‘Terrace Story,’ by Hilary Leichter
“Terrace Story” is a novel about generations of women confronting the other side of reality.
Book Review: ‘The Fraud,’ by Zadie Smith
Her new novel, “The Fraud,” is based on a celebrated 19th-century criminal trial, but it keeps one eye focused clearly on today’s political populism.
Queer History Was Made in ’90s Clubs. These Fliers Captured It.
“Getting In,” a new book from David Kennerley, collects the edgy advertisements for parties at clubs like the Palladium and records a culture forged from defiance.
How Mathieu Belezi’s Novel About Algeria Became a Best Seller
Mathieu Belezi has been fascinated by the history of colonial Algeria for years. Acclaim finally came with his latest book, a sign of changing times.
Book Review: ‘Everything/Nothing/Someone,’ by Alice Carrière
In “Everything/Nothing/Someone,” Alice Carrière recalls her coming-of-age as the daughter of artists, and her eventual slip into dissociative disorder.
Book Review: “The Once Upon a Time World, “by Jonathan Miles
Jonathan Miles’s “Once Upon a Time World” is a delightful, dizzying romp through the world’s most glamorous muse: the French Riviera.
Book Review: ‘The Maverick,’ by Thomas Harding
“The Maverick: George Weidenfeld and the Golden Age of Publishing” recalls a champion of ideas with a knack for networking and a taste for the high life.
Two Books About Women Making Trouble
Life after marriage; life with prostitutes.
Jeff Daniels Unwinds With Hidden-Camera TV
The actor, musician and playwright has made a career out of finding ways to stay creative between “Dumb and Dumber” and “To Kill a Mockingbird.”
Book Review: ‘Orwell,’ by D.J. Taylor, and ‘Wifedom,’ by Anna Funder
A biography of George Orwell questions his saintly image, while a new book about his first wife, Eileen O’Shaughnessy, rescues her from invisibility.
Book Review: ‘The Deadline,’ by Jill Lepore
“The Deadline” collects 46 essays on subjects ranging from Herman Melville and Jane Franklin to feminism and A.I.
Isabel Crook, 107, Dies; Her Life in China Spanned a Century of Change
A noted educator and anthropologist, she spent almost her entire life in China, where she was a committed friend of the Communist government.
Book Review: ‘An Indigenous Present,’ edited by Jeffrey Gibson
A new book surveys a range of creative output from around the Americas, collectively replacing outdated narratives of Indigenous cultures with the perspectives of the artists themselves.
Robert McCloskey’s Artwork at Maine Library
Books or beach? In a coastal town, the decision is easy, thanks to artwork by the author of “Blueberries for Sal” and “Make Way for Ducklings.”
Newly Published, from Children’s Books to 1970s Counterculture
A selection of recently published books.
Audiobook Review: ‘How to Write About Africa,’ by Binyavanga Wainaina
A new recording revisits the late Binyavanga Wainaina’s rhetorical strength and disarming humor in a collection of essays, stories and satire.
Review: ‘Funny Things: A Comic Strip Biography of Charles M. Schulz,’ by Luca Debus and Francesco Matteuzzi
Rather than treading on sacred ground, Luca Debus and Francesco Matteuzzi’s “Peanuts”-style biography brings Charles M. Schulz and the strip together as one.
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