Gabrielle Union Likes to Read in the Bathroom
“It’s quiet, I am left alone, it’s optimal temperature, I feel like I’m killing a couple birds with one stone, and I can retain what I’ve read.”
What Has One Eye and 1,200 Heads? An Old English Riddle, That’s What!
Riddles are as old as the English language and, as Adrienne Raphel explains, can tell us a lot about Anglo-Saxon culture — as long as we are able to solve them.
A Writer Reckons With the Fact That ‘People Love Dead Jews’
Dara Horn’s new essay collection looks at the ways the Jewish past has been contorted to elide the actual realities of anti-Semitism.
Writer Maggie Nelson Asks What It Means To Feel Free
In On Freedom's allusive, blunt, funny essays, the author of The Argonauts and The Art of Cruelty tries to imagine freedom as it exists in the contemporary contexts of art, sex, drugs, and climate.
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Three Books — And Three Lessons — 20 Years After 9/11
These books provide a detailed accounting of events that have defined the U.S. role in the world in the first part of the 21st century. None makes for cheery reading, but all offer sobering lessons.
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In This Poetic New Novel, An Ancient Form Of Dance Frees A Modern Storyteller
Shruti Swamy has won awards for her short fiction; The Archer, her debut novel, is a coming-of-age tale inspired by the graceful, precise storytelling of India's ancient Kathak dance form.
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'Poet Warrior' Centers On The Role Of Poetry, Art And Music In Joy Harjo's Life
More than an autobiography following a strict chronological path and detailing all major events, this book focuses on the role of art in the U.S. poet laureate's life and her development as an artist.
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Married 39 Years, and Ready to Call It Quits Over Their Kids’ Objections
In María Amparo Escandón’s third novel, “L.A. Weather,” readers can expect a year of stormy days.
Newly Published, From a Naked Humans Society to Kyoto Travels
A selection of books published this week.
Colm Toibin Imagines the Life of Thomas Mann in ‘The Magician’
Toibin’s new novel is a survey of the German writer’s monumental career, complicated family life and hidden sexuality.
A Heart-Rending Novel About an Intersex Teenager Forced to Live as a Boy
In her debut, “An Ordinary Wonder,” Buki Papillon explores the complex, and often painful, experiences of a Nigerian teenager forced to deny her identity.
'Into The Forest' Tells Story Of One Family's Escape From Nazi-Created Zhetel Ghetto
While the story of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising is well-documented, pockets of Jewish resistance surfaced in smaller ghettos across Nazi-occupied central-eastern Europe too. Zhetel is one such place.
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‘Beautiful Country,’ by Qian Julie Wang: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Beautiful Country,” by Qian Julie Wang
Nothing Is Going To Be OK In This Wrenching, Beautiful Story Collection
Ye Chun's new story collection Hao takes its name from a Chinese word meaning "good," or "everything's OK" — but the characters in these stories are sick, afraid, out of time, and anything but OK.
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In Tokyo, a Bored Wife Seeks Excitement
Emily Itami’s debut novel asks an age-old question: Does marriage and kids mean monotony and obligation or is there room for one’s authentic self?
Stuck With a Sick Parent in Hospital Hell
Lo Yi-Chin’s novel “Faraway” recounts a Taiwanese man’s struggle to get his father home from mainland China.
For This Basketball Team, a Championship Was Just the First Challenge
In “Brothers on Three,” Abe Streep follows a high school basketball team through both a championship season and a reservation suicide epidemic.
On Matters of Race, Randall Kennedy Demands Thinking Over Feeling
Kennedy’s new essay collection, “Say It Loud!,” challenges many common beliefs in the name of individuality.
Moving to New York With Little Cash but Charm to Spare
“Happy Hour,” a debut novel by Marlowe Granados, follows a pair of thrifty, stylish and nimble young women navigating the big city.
Trans Rights and Gender Identity
In “Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality,” Helen Joyce argues against an increasingly popular idea.
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