Heather Cox Richardson Wants You to Study History
The author of “Democracy Awakening” and a popular politics newsletter makes a powerful case for studying the past.
Interview: Tiya Miles
“My favorite author was Madeleine L’Engle,” says the National Book Award-winning historian, whose new book is “Wild Girls: How the Outdoors Shaped the Women Who Challenged a Nation.” “In middle school I would ride the city bus to the public library and check out L’Engle’s novels for teens.”
Michael Chiarello, Chef and Food Network Star, Dies at 61
His culinary empire included several restaurants, an olive oil company, a winery and retail stores with a robust catalog business.
'How to Say Babylon' centers on resisting patriarchy and colonialization
Safiya Sinclair's memoir follows her journey from a scared and sheltered Rasta girl in Jamaica to a strong and self-assertive woman — exploring just how poetry became her savior.
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3 witchy books for fall that offer fright and delight
Whether the witches are good, misunderstood, or just plain wicked — some fun fall fantasy reading options include The Witches of Bone Hill, Night of the Witch, and After the Forest.
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Salman Rushdie to Write Memoir About Stabbing Attack
Rushdie, who was grievously injured onstage last year, said the forthcoming book was a way “to answer violence with art.”
Halloween Is Coming: 7 New Comics for Horror Fans
These spine-tingling thrillers involve talking animals, vampires and zombies, supernatural monsters and serial killers.
India Charges Novelist Arundhati Roy Over a 2010 Speech
The action against a Booker Prize winner was the latest in a growing crackdown on free expression by the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Justin Torres Finds Inspiration in the Erasures of Queer History
His second book, “Blackouts,” a finalist for the National Book Award, shifts between fact and fiction to tell an intergenerational story.
Book Review: ‘Klan War,’ by Fergus M. Bordewich
A new history by Fergus M. Bordewich examines Ulysses S. Grant’s battle against white supremacist terror.
New Crime Books to Read in October: ‘West Heart Kill,’ ‘Edge of the Grave’ and More
Our crime columnist, Sarah Weinman, on four buzzy October releases.
New Crime Novels, From ‘West Heart Kill’ to ‘Edge of the Grave’
Our crime columnist, Sarah Weinman, on four buzzy October releases.
In Jhumpa Lahiri's 'Roman Stories,' many characters are caught between two worlds
In her return to short stories, the Interpreter of Maladies author returns to fiction that powerfully conveys her characters' efforts to navigate geography and culture to find a place in the world.
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Book Review: ‘The Leftover Woman,’ by Jean Kwok
“The Leftover Woman” follows two struggling women living completely different lives. How do their paths overlap?
Book Review: ‘The Children’s Bach’ and ‘This House of Grief,’ by Helen Garner
With the republication of “The Children’s Bach,” a 1984 novel, and “This House of Grief,” a 2014 account of a murder trial, the Australian writer Helen Garner is ripe for discovery by American readers.
Book Review: ‘The Upside-Down World,’ by Benjamin Moser
In “The Upside-Down World,” Benjamin Moser roams the galleries of the Netherlands in search of clues to the artists’ biographies.
Book Review: ‘Brainwyrms,’ by Alison Rumfitt
In her new book, “Brainwyrms,” Alison Rumfitt reimagines contemporary anti-trans bigotry as a ravenous helminth that causes its hosts to go violently mad.
Book Review: ‘MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios,’ by Joanna Robinson, Dave Gonzalez and Gavin Edwards
“The Reign of Marvel Studios” captures how movies based on comic-book properties came to dominate pop culture. At least until now.
Revisiting The Brownies’ Book, a Magazine for Black Children Published by W.E.B. Du Bois
An anthology that combines new work with selections from The Brownies’ Book, a children’s magazine launched by W.E.B. Du Bois, is bringing its mission to bear in a new national context.
Book Review: ‘Every Man for Himself and God Against All,’ by Werner Herzog
The filmmaker’s new memoir, “Every Man for Himself and God Against All,” prompts a critic’s incredulity.
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