What Does It Mean to Be Liberal?
In his new book, “The Struggle for a Decent Politics,” the political philosopher Michael Walzer grapples with a definition.
Book Review: “B.F.F.,” by Christie Tate
In her new memoir, “B.F.F.,” Christie Tate looks at her history of failed platonic relationships and learns something about herself.
Book Review: ‘Someone Else’s Shoes,’ by Jojo Moyes
In “Someone Else’s Shoes,” Jojo Moyes puts a fresh spin on the classic plot where characters swap circumstances.
As Wallace Stevens Once Put It: Hi!
Poetic beginnings — first lines, or first poems in collections — do a lot of work in setting the tone and the reader’s expectations.
Linda Pastan, Poet Who Plumbed the Ordinary, Dies at 90
In 15 collections, beginning in the early 1970s, she wrote of family, nature, loss and sometimes dogs.
Book Review: ‘Big Swiss,’ by Jen Beagin
In Jen Beagin’s “Big Swiss,” a sex therapist’s transcriptionist fantasizes about sleeping with a married female patient, who also happens to go to her dog park.
A Look Ahead at the Season’s Big Books
Gilbert Cruz and Tina Jordan discuss the upcoming books they’re most excited to read in the next few months.
John Guillory’s ‘Professing Criticism’ Asks, What Is Literary Criticism For?
John Guillory’s “Cultural Capital,” published amid the 1990s canon wars, became a classic. In a follow-up, “Professing Criticism,” he takes on his field’s deep funk.
Review: ‘An Assassin in Utopia,’ by Susan Wels
Susan Wels’s “An Assassin in Utopia” links President Garfield’s killer to the atmosphere of free love and religious fervor that gripped Oneida, N.Y., in the late 1800s.
Brazil’s Lula Promised ‘More Books in Place of Guns.’ Can He Deliver?
In his first terms as president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva expanded the scope of who could get published in the country, and who could access books. His return to the presidency comes with expectations, and hurdles.
Book Review: “Eric Loves Animals (Just Like You!),” by Eric Carle
Klassen had been influenced by the quietly revolutionary artist before Carle made a single book for children.
Book Review: ‘Essex Dogs,’ by Dan Jones
“Essex Dogs,” the first novel in a projected trilogy by the historian Dan Jones, imagines a hard-bitten band of mercenaries hired to invade France on behalf of their English king.
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Newly Published, From Climate Fiction to a Lost Congolese Princess
A selection of recently published books.
Alex Prud’homme Wishes He Was in the Room Where It Happened
“That toothsome meal arguably saved the Republic,” says the journalist, whose new book is “Dinner With the President: Food, Politics, and a History of Breaking Bread at the White House,” of Thomas Jefferson’s so-called Dinner Table Bargain. “The debate at Jefferson’s reverberates today.”
They Crossed Paths in Second Grade. Now They’re Best Sellers.
When “Master Slave Husband Wife” came out last month, Ilyon Woo teamed up with her old friend Imani Perry for her first book event.
Poem: Birthday
Wonder needs no ornaments, only an invitation, and to have been born at all.
Three Young Girls Went Into the Woods. Two Came Out.
Kate Alice Marshall’s new novel, “What Lies in the Woods,” is elevated by unexpected plot twists, deep psychological perspicacity, and an endlessly interesting dance between past and present.
13 New Books Coming in February
A salty historical romp, two deep dives into the entertainment industry, a handful of memoirs and Salman Rushdie’s much-anticipated new novel, “Victory City.”
Book Review: ‘Victory City,’ by Salman Rushdie
His new novel is about a kingdom that is founded on pluralism but fails to live up to its ideals.
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