Alta, Irreverent Feminist Poet and Small-Press Pioneer, Dies at 81
She wrote lusty work about her life. She also started what may have been America’s first feminist press, Shameless Hussy, in her garage.
Book Review: ‘Night Stories: Folktales From Latin America,’ by Liniers, and ‘Plain Jane and the Mermaid,’ by Vera Brosgol
A comics collection’s sibling narrators and a graphic novel’s hapless heroine change their stories as they go along.
PEN America’s Literary Gala Goes Forward After a Season of Protest
The free-expression group has been engulfed by debate over its response to the Gaza war that forced the cancellation of its literary awards and annual festival.
6 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Overlooked No More: Bill Hosokawa, Journalist Who Chronicled Japanese American History
He fought prejudice and incarceration during World War II to lead a successful career, becoming one of the first editors of color at a metropolitan newspaper.
In the Corporate World, Woke Is the Rage but Greed Is Still King
Three new books chronicle businesses where executive self-enrichment at the expense of workers — and sometimes the law — prevails.
Interview: Kara Walker on Her Collaboration With Jamaica Kincaid
Audiobooks have let the artist “stay invested in stories while working with my hands.” Her new project: illustrating Jamaica Kincaid’s “An Encyclopedia of Gardening for Colored Children.”
A Leading Free Expression Group Is Roiled by Dissent Over Gaza
As it cancels events amid criticism of its response to the Israel-Hamas war, PEN America faces questions about when an organization devoted to free speech for all should take sides.
Book Review: ‘Massacre in the Clouds,’ by Kim A. Wagner
In a new book, the historian Kim A. Wagner investigates the slaughter by U.S. troops of nearly 1,000 people in the Philippines in 1906 — an atrocity long overlooked in this country.
Book Review: ‘Henry Henry,’ by Allen Bratton
Allen Bratton’s novel transforms the rise of Henry V into a contemporary story about a brash gay man grappling with abuse and guilt.
Book Review: ‘Our Kindred Creatures,’ by Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy
“Our Kindred Creatures” details the rise, and contradictions, of the animal welfare movement.
Alice Munro, Nobel Laureate and Master of the Short Story, Dies at 92
Her stories were widely considered to be without equal, a mixture of ordinary people and extraordinary themes.
Alice Munro: An Appraisal
The Nobel Prize-winning author specialized in exacting short stories that were novelistic in scope, spanning decades with intimacy and precision.
Book Review: ‘The Race to the Future,’ by Kassia St. Clair
In “The Race to the Future,” Kassia St. Clair chronicles the 8,000-mile caper that helped change the landscape forever.
Finding Beauty in the Chaos, and God in Cherry Blossoms
Tracing his path from homelessness to proud parenthood, the writer Carvell Wallace recounts a lifetime of joy and pain in his intimate memoir.
Book Review: ‘Chasing Hope,’ by Nicholas D. Kristof
In “Chasing Hope,” the veteran Times journalist remembers the highs and lows of his storied career.
Book Review: ‘Morning After the Revolution,’ by Nellie Bowles
In “Morning After the Revolution,” an attack on progressive activism, the journalist Nellie Bowles relies more on sarcasm than argument or ideas.
Book Review: ‘Skies of Thunder,’ by Caroline Alexander
In the riveting “Skies of Thunder,” Caroline Alexander considers what it took to get supplies to Allied ground troops in China.
Book Review: ‘Late Admissions,’ by Glenn C. Loury
The professor and social commentator Glenn Loury opens up about his vices in a candid new memoir.
Are Plants Intelligent? If So, What Does That Mean for Your Salad?
A new book, “The Light Eaters,” looks at how plants sense the world and the agency they have in their own lives.
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