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.
(Image credit: St. Martin's Press)
‘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.
(Image credit: Catapult )
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.
Sally Rooney’s Novel of Letters Puts a Fresh Spin on Familiar Questions
“Beautiful World, Where Are You” asks readers to consider everything from the nature of fame to our place in the modern world.
His Mother Is Terminally Ill. His Father, a Mystery.
In Atticus Lish’s second novel, “The War for Gloria,” a teenage boy shoulders grueling family hardships.
How One New York Firefighter Remembers 9/11 — and What He Learned
Joseph Pfeifer was a battalion chief on 9/11, and his memoir, “Ordinary Heroes,” vividly describes the day as seen by someone at ground zero.
A Poet-Nun Inspired This Tale Of Medieval Ambition, Pleasure And Aspiration
Lauren Groff digs deep into the past with Matrix, based on the real-life writer Marie de France. Little is known about the real Marie, but Groff gives us an ambitious, complex, striving woman.
(Image credit: NPR)
Dawn Turner Looks Back on Her ’70s Girlhood, and Those Who Got Left Behind
“Three Girls From Bronzeville” follows three close-knit children as they grow up to become radically different women.
Why Did Two People So Poorly Matched Stay Together So Long?
Christopher Sorrentino’s memoir, “Now Beacon, Now Sea,” examines the endurance and effects of his parents’ confounding marriage.
Venita Blackburn Captures the Wonder, and Danger, of Young Womanhood
The stories in “How to Wrestle a Girl” follow characters in lust, in grief, in fear and online.
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