Book Review: ‘The Wren, the Wren,’ by Anne Enright
In her eighth novel, “The Wren, the Wren,” Anne Enright gives voice to a daughter and granddaughter who fend for themselves after their patriarch’s abandonment.
Book Review: ‘The Wolves of Eternity,’ by Karl Ove Knausgaard
“The Wolves of Eternity” wrestles with conflicting worldviews in a tale of intersecting lives.
Erik Aschengreen, 88, Dies; Historian and Critic Illuminated Danish Dance
In books, articles and lectures across Europe and America, he broadened an international appreciation of his native country’s rich dance tradition.
Elon Musk and Naomi Klein Are Complicated
Our critic Jennifer Szalai discusses Walter Isaacson’s biography of the billionaire entrepreneur along with her recent profile of Klein, the Canadian writer and activist.
New Historical Fiction Books
From the dark heart of a misguided follower to the young hand of a diarist whose words outlived her, these novels encompass the full spectrum of humanity.
In ‘Bring No Clothes,’ Life Lessons From the Bloomsbury Group’s Wardrobe
An exhibition about the bohemian set’s “philosophy of fashion” goes deeper than just clothes.
What I’m Reading: Eclectic Edition
The fruits of a free-ranging reading week were a fascinating book on China and a political science paper that explains a quirk of far-right politics.
Book Review: ‘I Hear You’re Rich,’ by Diane Williams; ‘Elsewhere,’ by Yan Ge; ‘Let’s Go Let’s Go Let’s Go,’ by Cleo Qian
Speaking across linguistic and emotional boundaries, or perhaps not speaking at all, these characters leave the reader to read between the lines.
Book Review: ‘Mr. Texas,’ by Lawrence Wright
A rancher turned hero finds himself elected to the Statehouse in the novel “Mr. Texas.”
Audiobook review: ‘Poems of the Night,’ by Jorge Luis Borges
Read in both English and Spanish by Juanita Devis, the Argentine writer’s verses trace his descent into blindness.
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Takeaways From the Romney Biography: Thoughts on Trump, McConnell and More
The Utah Republican’s announcement that he would retire coincided with the publication of a forthcoming book based on extensive interviews in which he slammed his party and the Senate.
Éva Fahidi, Outspoken Holocaust Survivor, Dies at 97
She saw her family members marched off to their deaths while she went to a forced-labor camp. It took her almost 60 years to begin telling her story.
Interview: Jayne Anne Phillips
“Language, specific to the writer’s voice, rhythmic, weighted, moves me,” says the author, whose new novel is “Night Watch.” “Language is always the living soul of a narrative.”
Poem: ‘Fourth poem from the second continuation’
An evocation of motherhood as negative capability.
Do You Flip Past Epigraphs? Don’t Tell Angie Kim.
The author of “Happiness Falls” explains how — and why — she chose a quote from “The Little Prince” to set the tone for her novel.
Book Review: ‘50 Years of Ms,’ edited by Katherine Spillar
In its first half-century, Ms. magazine upended norms, disrupted the print world and made trouble. It was a start.
Book Review: ‘Beyond the Door of No Return,’ by David Diop
In his novel “Beyond the Door of No Return,” David Diop explores the secret life of Michel Adanson, who cataloged the natural world during the Enlightenment.
Peter C. Newman, 94, Journalist and Scourge of Canada’s Powerful, Dies
A historian as well, he challenged, with a muckraker’s spirit, the political and corporate establishment of a country he adopted after fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe.
In 'The Enchanters' James Ellroy brings Freddy Otash into 1960s L.A.
The Enchanters marks the return of Freddy O — a disgraced ex-LAPD cop and Confidential magazine dirt digger turned shifty private investigator and Hollywood fixer — and introduces Marilyn Monroe.
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