Book Reviews

Takeaways From the Romney Biography: Thoughts on Trump, McConnell and More

NY Times Book Reviews - Thu, 09/14/2023 - 1:49pm

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

NY Times Book Reviews - Thu, 09/14/2023 - 1:24pm

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

NY Times Book Reviews - Thu, 09/14/2023 - 10:52am

“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’

NY Times Book Reviews - Thu, 09/14/2023 - 5:01am

An evocation of motherhood as negative capability.

Do You Flip Past Epigraphs? Don’t Tell Angie Kim.

NY Times Book Reviews - Thu, 09/14/2023 - 5:01am

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

NY Times Book Reviews - Thu, 09/14/2023 - 5:00am

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

NY Times Book Reviews - Thu, 09/14/2023 - 5:00am

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

NY Times Book Reviews - Wed, 09/13/2023 - 6:18pm

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.

NPR Book Reviews - Wed, 09/13/2023 - 4:31pm

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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Book Review: ‘Mexikid’ and ‘Salsa Magic’ Help Children Celebrate Hispanic Heritage

NY Times Book Reviews - Wed, 09/13/2023 - 5:01am

A Mexican American family heads to Jalisco in their Winnebago and a “bruja” from Puerto Rico steps out of a cab in Brooklyn.

Michael Cunningham Talks About ‘Day,’ His New Novel

NY Times Book Reviews - Wed, 09/13/2023 - 5:01am

His new book, “Day,” is his first in nearly a decade. “How does anybody,” he said, “write a contemporary novel that’s about human beings that’s not about the pandemic?”

Drew Barrymore Dropped as National Book Awards Host After Strike Backlash

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 09/12/2023 - 8:56pm

The actor and TV host’s decision to return her talk show to the air, bypassing striking writers, made her a magnet for criticism, online and off.

Pulitzer Prizes Expand Eligibility to Noncitizens

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 09/12/2023 - 5:31pm

The jury for the memoir category had raised concerns that the citizenship requirement was excluding a large part of American culture.

'Daughter' explores a dysfunctional relationship between father and daughter

NPR Book Reviews - Tue, 09/12/2023 - 11:06am

Daughter is an intensely psychological novel, one that poses questions it doesn't, and maybe can't, answer. There are flashes of Claudia Dey's usually excellent writing, but not consistently enough.

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Takeaways From the Romney Biography: Thoughts on Trump, McConnell and More

Éva Fahidi, Outspoken Holocaust Survivor, Dies at 97

Interview: Jayne Anne Phillips

Poem: ‘Fourth poem from the second continuation’

Do You Flip Past Epigraphs? Don’t Tell Angie Kim.

Book Review: ‘50 Years of Ms,’ edited by Katherine Spillar

Book Review: ‘Beyond the Door of No Return,’ by David Diop

Peter C. Newman, 94, Journalist and Scourge of Canada’s Powerful, Dies

In 'The Enchanters' James Ellroy brings Freddy Otash into 1960s L.A.

Book Review: ‘Mexikid’ and ‘Salsa Magic’ Help Children Celebrate Hispanic Heritage

Michael Cunningham Talks About ‘Day,’ His New Novel

Drew Barrymore Dropped as National Book Awards Host After Strike Backlash

Pulitzer Prizes Expand Eligibility to Noncitizens

'Daughter' explores a dysfunctional relationship between father and daughter

Egos! Drama! Desmond Child, a Pop Hitmaker, Is Telling His Story.

‘Water for Elephants’ Musical to Arrive on Broadway Next Spring

What Happens on Page 76 in This Season’s Books?

Book Review: ‘Taming the Street,’ by Diana B. Henriques, and ‘The Problem of the Twelve,” by John Coates

Book Review: ‘The Six,’ by Loren Grush

Book Review: ‘A House for Alice,’ by Diana Evans

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