How Toni Morrison Wrote Her Most Challenging Novel
‘Jazz’ is a roaming, musical book, writes the poet Morgan Parker. It reads differently than the author’s others and is said to have been her favorite.
Kelly Ripa Wrote for So Long, She Wore Out Her Chair
The morning show veteran did not mince words when she described her journey to become a first-time author.
Book Review: ‘The Sassoons’ by Joseph Sassoon
In “The Sassoons,” Joseph Sassoon charts his family’s triumphs and tragedies across continents and centuries.
Ken Burns By the Book Interview
“What about ‘O Pioneers!’ or ‘My Ántonia’?” asks the documentarian and author of the forthcoming photo book “Our America.” “For that matter, what about Gabriel García Márquez? We do not have a copyright on the word ‘American.’”
Poem: The Son I’ll Never Have
This poem adroitly explores complex emotions around the speaker’s decision not to have a child.
Review: ‘The Passenger,’ by Cormac McCarthy
In “The Passenger,” a pair of siblings contend with the world’s enigmas and their own demons.
Book Review: ‘Seduced by Story,’ by Peter Brooks
In “Seduced by Story,” the literary critic Peter Brooks argues that a “mindless valorization of storytelling” has crept into every aspect of public discourse, from politics to cookie packages, with alarming results.
Murder in the Mosque
In “Blackwater Falls,” Ausma Zehanat Khan introduces a Muslim police detective bent on bringing justice to marginalized communities.
Recent Books of Military History
Historians rethink North America before colonization, American racial divisions over two centuries and a Persian Empire under steady duress.
Newly Published, From Homecoming Queens to Visual Thinking
A selection of books published this week.
Review: In This ‘Wuthering Heights,’ Music, Moors and Untamed Spirits
Emma Rice’s glorious stage adaptation of Emily Brontë’s novel is a feat of storytelling, with a singing and dancing chorus embodying the moors.
Book Review: ‘The Last Chairlift’ by John Irving
At 900 pages, “The Last Chairlift,” his 15th novel, is an overstuffed family saga about a screenwriter very much like the author himself.
Book Review: ‘The Escape Artist,’ by Jonathan Freedland
Jonathan Freedland’s “The Escape Artist” tells the story of Auschwitz’s horrors — and the multitudes who refused to listen.
Book Review: ‘The Escape Artist,’ by Jonathan Freedland
Jonathan Freedland’s “The Escape Artist” tells the story of Auschwitz’s horrors — and the multitudes who refused to listen.
Book Review: ‘Rap Capital,’ by Joe Coscarelli
In a regional game, rap’s Southern contingent has come to dominate its counterparts in New York and L.A.
Book Review: ‘README.txt,’ by Chelsea Manning
In a new memoir, “README.txt,” the former military intelligence analyst tells her life story and explains her decision to blow the whistle on U.S. actions in the Middle East.
Paul Newman’s Humanity and Star Power
When the actor appeared in the movie version of “Nobody’s Fool,” Richard Russo saw another side of him.
Shehan Karunatilaka Wins Booker Prize for ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’
The Sri Lankan writer received the award, one of the most prestigious literary prizes in the world, for his second novel, which examines the trauma of his country’s decades-long civil war.
The Oldest Surviving Book in the Americas
Dating from 1100, the fourth known Maya codex reveals this ancient civilization’s staggering understandings of — and reverence for — time, the cosmos and the role of the human scribe.
How Atlanta History Shaped Lil Baby and Generations of Rappers
The city is home to one of the world’s most important musical ecosystems, and the 27-year-old is one of its biggest new stars.
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