Book Review: ‘The Militia House,’ by John Milas
In “The Militia House,” by John Milas, an abandoned building in Afghanistan captivates and terrifies the Marines stationed nearby.
A lost world comes alive in 'Through the Groves,' a memoir of pre-Disney Florida
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Anne Hull grew up in the rural interior of Central Florida during the 1960s and '70s. Her memoir evokes a land of perfect citrus, and the cruel costs of its harvest.
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Milan Kundera: An Appreciation
His best novels, charged with a distrust of authority, retain their sweep and power.
In 'The Vegan,' a refreshing hedge-fund protagonist
Andrew Lipstein achieves the difficult feat of realistically animating a hedge fund manager who talks and moves as real hedge fund managers might, but who is compelling and not overly alienating.
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Book Review: ‘Nineteen Claws and a Blackbird,’ by Agustina Bazterrica; ‘Zero-Sum,’ by Joyce Carol Oates; ‘The Best Possible Experience,’ by Nishanth Injam; ‘Emergency,’ by Kathleen Alcott
New short fiction by Agustina Bazterrica, Joyce Carol Oates, Nishanth Injam and Kathleen Alcott.
Milan Kundera, Czech Literary Star, Dies at 94
Mr. Kundera, the author of “The Unbearable Lightness of Being,” was known for sexually charged novels that captured the suffocating absurdity of life in his native Czechoslovakia.
An Exiled Publisher Creates a ‘Brotherhood Across Tibetans’
Buchung Sonam co-founded a press to nurture the writing of Tibetans, helping provide through literature a sense of home for a stateless population.
John le Carré’s Best Books
His clever, melancholic mind produced some of the most enduring heroes in spy fiction. Here are his best books.
John le Carré’s Best Books
His clever, melancholic mind produced some of the most enduring heroes in spy fiction. Here are his best books.
Book Review: ‘Blight,’ by Emily Monosson
“Blight,” by Emily Monosson, chronicles the threats fungal pathogens pose to humans, animals and plants as the world’s most devastating agents of disease.
Book Review: ‘Jews in the Garden,’ by Judy Rakowsky
In “Jews in the Garden,” the journalist Judy Rakowsky helps a relative uncover the truth of what happened to their family during World War II.
Book Review: ‘Directions to Myself,’ by Heidi Julavits; ‘Lesbian Love Story,’ by Amelia Possanza; ‘Strong Female Character,’ by Fern Brady
New books by Heidi Julavits, Amelia Possanza and Fern Brady explore a future of self-discovery by mining the past.
Book Review: ‘Not Even the Dead,’ by Juan Gómez Bárcena
“Not Even the Dead,” a novel by Juan Gómez Bárcena, is a transhistorical epic with echoes of Cormac McCarthy and Joseph Conrad.
Book Review: ‘Under the Eye of Power,’ by Colin Dickey
In “Under the Eye of Power,” Colin Dickey unearths the long, disturbing history of fearmongering in American politics and culture.
'When Crack Was King' follows four people who lived through the drug epidemic
An excellent work of people-first journalism, Donovan X. Ramsey's book offers a vivid and frank history and highlights how communities tend to save themselves even as they're being targeted.
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Book Review: ‘The Truth About Max,’ by Alice and Martin Provensen
A previously unknown manuscript explores the ultimately unknowable psyche of the Provensens’ favorite feline.
Book Review: ‘When Crack Was King,’ by Donovan X. Ramsey
In “When Crack Was King,” Donovan X. Ramsey offers a fresh history of the epidemic that gripped minority communities, inflamed media coverage and led to draconian drug laws.
My Unlikely Writing Teacher: Pedro Martinez
Looking to a maestro on the mound to improve your writing game.
'The Skull,' Jon Klassen's latest children's book, is darker than his previous ones
Author and illustrator Jon Klassen is best known for children's books like I Want My Hat Back and This is Not My Hat. His latest, The Skull, is an adaptation of a traditional folktale.
Behind ‘Oppenheimer,’ a Prizewinning Biography 25 Years in the Making
Martin Sherwin struck the deal and dove into the research. But it was only when Kai Bird joined as a collaborator that “American Prometheus” came to be.
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