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92NY Halts Literary Series After Pulling Author Critical of Israel

NY Times Book Reviews - Mon, 10/23/2023 - 6:06pm

The organization put the series on pause after several writers withdrew from events to protest its decision not to hold a reading last week with an author who had criticized Israel.

Natalie Zemon Davis, Historian of the Marginalized, Dies at 94

NY Times Book Reviews - Mon, 10/23/2023 - 4:30pm

She wrote of peasants, unsung women, border crossers and, most popularly, Martin Guerre, a 16th-century village impostor recalled in a 1980s movie.

Book Review: ‘America Fantastica,’ by Tim O’Brien

NY Times Book Reviews - Mon, 10/23/2023 - 11:25am

Tim O’Brien’s manic satire follows a disgraced journalist on a criminal road trip through a myth-addled nation.

In 'I Must Be Dreaming,' Roz Chast succeeds in engaging us with her dreams

NPR Book Reviews - Mon, 10/23/2023 - 11:14am

Talk about a dream, kill a conversation. But not in the case of graphic novelist Roz Chast. Even her subconscious emanations present deliciously skewed takes on life's absurdities and fraught moments.

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Book Review: ‘Sonic Life: A Memoir,’ by Thurston Moore

NY Times Book Reviews - Mon, 10/23/2023 - 5:01am

In a new memoir, the rock luminary details his long career and the music that shaped him.

Poetry Review: ‘All Souls,’ by Saskia Hamilton, ‘Information Desk,’ by Robyn Schiff, and ‘Razzle Dazzle,’ by Major Jackson

NY Times Book Reviews - Mon, 10/23/2023 - 5:00am

In different ways, Saskia Hamilton’s “All Souls,” Robyn Schiff’s “Information Desk” and Major Jackson’s “Razzle Dazzle” contend with the creative impulse and the human condition.

Book Review: ‘Endangered Eating,’ by Sarah Lohman

NY Times Book Reviews - Mon, 10/23/2023 - 5:00am

In “Endangered Eating,” the food historian Sarah Lohman explores the onetime staples disappearing from our tables.

Book Review: ‘Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever,’ by Matt Singer

NY Times Book Reviews - Mon, 10/23/2023 - 5:00am

In “Opposable Thumbs,” Matt Singer recalls the risky business of putting newspaper movie critics on TV — and the “combustible chemistry” that made it a hit.

Book Review: ‘The Big Time: How the 1970s Transformed Sports in America,’ by Michael MacCambridge

NY Times Book Reviews - Sun, 10/22/2023 - 5:01am

Michael MacCambridge’s “The Big Time” rewinds to the ’70s, when showy personalities and compelling rivalries turned sports into mass entertainment.

Book Review: ‘This Is Salvaged,’ by Vauhini Vara; ‘Company,’ by Shannon Sanders; ‘Holler, Child,’ by LaToya Watkins

NY Times Book Reviews - Sun, 10/22/2023 - 5:00am

Collections by Vauhini Vara, Shannon Sanders and LaToya Watkins feature characters caught in the challenges and contradictions of being alive.

American Stories and a British Romance

NY Times Book Reviews - Sat, 10/21/2023 - 7:50am

An editor recommends Lorrie Moore’s “Birds of America” and Mary Webb’s “Precious Bane”

Book Review: ‘Judgment at Tokyo,’ by Gary J. Bass

NY Times Book Reviews - Sat, 10/21/2023 - 5:02am

In “Judgment at Tokyo,” the political scholar Gary J. Bass examines the post-World War II prosecution of Japanese military atrocities and makes the case for the real efficacy of international law.

Ali Stroker Has Tips for Fellow Sleep-Deprived Working Moms

NY Times Book Reviews - Sat, 10/21/2023 - 5:02am

The Tony winner and author talked about the Broadway shows she’ll see once she can stay up late again, and the podcast that comforted her during the pandemic.

‘Oppenheimer,’ ‘The Maniac’ and Our Terrifying Prometheus Moment

NY Times Book Reviews - Sat, 10/21/2023 - 5:00am

How an ancient Greek myth explains our terrifying modern reality.

Book Review: ‘Tupac Shakur: The Authorized Biography,’ by Staci Robinson

NY Times Book Reviews - Sat, 10/21/2023 - 5:00am

Access to the late rapper’s journals gives Staci Robinson’s authorized biography a rare intimacy, without delving deeply into his music.

Dr. Roland Pattillo, 89, Champion for the Provider of ‘Immortal’ Cells, Dies

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 10/20/2023 - 6:29pm

He wanted to put a face on the source of cells that led to striking medical advances, and through him a best seller and a movie did just that, telling the tale of Henrietta Lacks.

Since Israel-Hamas War, Events About Palestinian Culture Have Been Canceled

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 10/20/2023 - 5:30pm

Some fear that the raft of cancellations at this moment of war and tragedy is limiting opportunities to foster dialogue and greater understanding.

Eva Kollisch, Lesbian Rights Advocate and Memoirist, Dies at 94

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 10/20/2023 - 5:09pm

A former refugee from Nazi-occupied Austria, she became an openly lesbian voice in the women’s movement and a key leader in feminist studies.

How Superheroes Took Over the Multiplex

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 10/20/2023 - 2:54pm

Dave Gonzales and Joanna Robinson, who collaborated with Gavin Edwards on the new book “MCU,” talk about Marvel Studios and the reign of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

5 mysteries and thrillers new this fall

NPR Book Reviews - Fri, 10/20/2023 - 2:51pm

It's almost Halloween — and, anyway, fall is always a great time for mysteries and thrillers. Here are a few we recommend.

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