Bookforum is Returning, Months After its Closure Was Mourned in the Literary World
The literary magazine will be back in print in August, with a new publishing partner: The Nation.
Poem: Conditions for Retention
The coldness of Jennifer Nelson’s title stands in stark contrast to the warmth and vitality of the world evoked in the poem.
Julie Garwood, Best-Selling Romance Novelist, Dies at 78
She first became known for novels set in the distant past. She later wrote contemporary tales that involved computer hacking and Ponzi schemes.
Book Review: ‘Plunder,’ by Brendan Ballou; ‘These Are the Plunderers,’ by Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Rosner
Two new books offer harsh assessments of private equity firms that specializes in buying up companies only to saddle them with debt and squeeze them for profits.
Why Are We So Afraid of Reading?
Book bans, chatbots, pedagogical warfare: What it means to read has become a minefield.
Book Review: ‘Holding Pattern,’ by Jenny Xie
The heroine of Jenny Xie’s debut novel, “Holding Pattern,” is back at her childhood home and learning to love herself.
Book Review: ‘Mrs. S,’ by K Patrick
The protagonist of K. Patrick’s “Mrs. S,” a boarding school worker questioning her gender expression, falls into a torrid affair with the headmaster’s wife.
Authors of ‘And Tango Makes Three’ Sue Over Florida Law Driving Book Bans
The authors of a picture book about a penguin family with two fathers sued the state and a school district that removed the book from libraries.
Book Review: ‘Old Enough,’ by Haley Jakobson
In Haley Jakobson’s compassionate debut novel, “Old Enough,” a college sophomore must navigate her first steps into young adulthood while unpacking the trauma of past abuse.
Book Review: ‘The Quiet Tenant,’ by Clémence Michallon
“The Quiet Tenant” offers multiple perspectives on a monster who keeps his victim and his young daughter under the same roof.
Book Review: ‘The Translations of Seamus Heaney,’ edited by Marco Sonzogni
As seen in a new collection, “The Translations of Seamus Heaney,” the Nobel laureate was a prolific and skilled interpreter of other poets’ work.
Reframing the West: New Fiction Makes Room for Voices Long Denied
A wave of novels is drawing from wellsprings of race, class and gender to expand the genre.
A Walk Through the History of New York City
Ahead of next year’s 400th anniversary of the Dutch colony of New Netherland, the historian and author of “The Island at the Center of the World” offers a walking tour of often-overlooked Native American and Black sites.
In NYC, an Immersive ‘Great Gatsby’ Takes You Back in Time
The theatrical performance of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel, opening this month at the Park Central Hotel, is the latest in a very long, heavily sequined line of “Gatsby” adaptations.
Book Review: ‘Beyond the Shores,’ by Tamara J. Walker.
In “Beyond the Shores,” the historian Tamara J. Walker explores the lives of African Americans drawn to other countries by pleasure, employment and war.
Saskia Hamilton, Poet Who Edited Another Poet’s Letters, Dies at 56
In addition to her prizewinning writing, she was known for editing the correspondence between the poet Robert Lowell and the writer Elizabeth Hardwick.
Book Review: ‘The Sullivanians,’ by Alexander Stille
In “The Sullivanians,” Alexander Stille recalls the heyday of an experiment in communal living that blurred the boundaries between therapists, patients and lovers.
Book Review: ‘Fat Time and Other Stories,’ by Jeffery Renard Allen
In his new story collection, “Fat Time and Other Stories,” Jeffery Renard Allen distorts reality to explore the lives of Black people.
Book Review: ‘By All Means Available,’ by Michael G. Vickers
In “By All Means Available,” the veteran strategist Michael G. Vickers tallies achievements and missteps across the Cold War and the war on terror.
Jezebels, Jazz and Rijsttafel
An editor recommends old and new books.
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