Book Review: ‘Mr. B,’ by Jennifer Homans
“Mr. B,” by Jennifer Homans, explores the life of the Russian-born choreographer, as well as the beauty and pains of his art.
Louise Kennedy’s Debut Novel Taps into Her Childhood Amid The Troubles
The book, “Trespasses,” captures the texture of life in Northern Ireland — details, objects and images that carry “incredible emotional weight.”
Book Review: ‘A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto,’ by China Miéville
In “A Spectre, Haunting,” the British fantasy writer and political activist China Miéville makes the case for why Marx and Engels’s famous pamphlet remains vital today.
Book Review: “Gilded Mountain,” Kate Manning
In “Gilded Mountain,” Kate Manning explores the bedrock of the labor movement through the experience of one family.
Msgr. John Meier, Who Searched for ‘Historical Jesus,’ Dies at 80
For more than three decades, he worked on his multivolume series, “A Marginal Jew,” drawing praise from Pope Benedict XVI.
Thomas Cahill, Popular Writer of Ireland’s History, Dies at 82
His book “How the Irish Saved Civilization” became a best seller and helped open the door to a new appreciation of that country’s culture.
Ralph Macchio siempre será el ‘Karate Kid’ y al fin está en paz con eso
En sus nuevas memorias, la estrella de los 80 se reconcilia con el papel que lo ha devuelto a las pantallas gracias a ‘Cobra Kai’.
A Factual Account of Truman Capote, Notorious Embroiderer of Truth
In “Deliberate Cruelty,” Roseanne Montillo delves into a grisly mystery involving one of the writer’s many nemeses.
A Factual Account of Truman Capote, Notorious Embroiderer of Truth
In “Deliberate Cruelty,” Roseanne Montillo delves into a grisly mystery involving one of the writer’s many nemeses.
Teaching Children About Climate Change
Two new picture books and a novel for young readers place children at the center of environmental calamity.
Book Review: ‘White Horse,’ by Erika T. Wurth
In Erika T. Wurth’s new horror novel, “White Horse,” a woman searches for the truth about her vanished mother, an investigation that involves confronting literal and metaphorical ghosts.
Book Review: ‘Surrender,’ by Bono
In his new book, “Surrender,” the singer remembers hanging out with everyone from the Edge to Bill Gates.
Children’s Books About Immigration
Five new children’s books explore the meaning of home.
Book Review: ‘Foster,’ by Claire Keegan
Claire Keegan’s new novella sends a poor child into a childless home in southeast Ireland.
Gerald Stern, Poet of Wistfulness, Anger and Humor, Dies at 97
Mr. Stern, who drew on his own upbringing and the death of his sister, began writing late in life and earned the 1998 National Book Award, among other accolades.
Carmen Callil, Founder of the Feminist Press Virago, Dies at 84
She upended the clubby male landscape of British publishing, and expanded the literary canon, reintroducing works by forgotten women authors.
Book Review: ‘The Grimkes,’ by Kerri Greenidge
“The Grimkes,” by the historian Kerri Greenidge, provides a nuanced, revisionist account of an American family best known for a pair of white abolitionist sisters.
Book Review: ‘The Lemon,’ by S.E. Boyd
“The Lemon” is the satirical debut by a team of three authors writing under the pseudonym S.E. Boyd.
Emily Dickinson, at Home in Her ‘Full-Color Life’
The poet’s house museum in Amherst, Mass., gets a vibrant, historically correct makeover, underlining that she was not just a reclusive woman in white.
Jason Zinoman Talks About David Letterman
The Times’s comedy critic discusses his 2017 biography, “Letterman: The Last Giant of Late Night,” and the Times Magazine writer Sam Anderson talks about Oklahoma City and his 2018 book, “Boom Town.”
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