Leila Slimani Tells the Story of Her Interracial Grandparents in Post-WWII Morocco
“In the Country of Others” is the first installment of a planned trilogy fictionalizing the author’s family history.
A Fabulous Family History That’s More Fiction Than Fact
“The Almost Legendary Morris Sisters,” by Julie Klam, is the story of the author’s grandmother’s colorful first cousins and of the effort to get to the truth about their lives.
International Fiction: Summer’s in High Gear and So Are the Cities
“The Eternal Audience of One,” “Late Summer,” “Last Summer in the City” and “Waiting for the Waters to Rise” offer readers tales from around the globe.
‘Ramadan Ramsey’ Is a Story About Hope in Even the Harshest of Circumstances
Louis Edwards’s latest follows a young boy who seems destined for a life of disappointment but proves that a positive attitude can lead to great rewards.
‘Mrs. March’ Is a Housewife on the Brink. What’s Pushing Her Over the Edge?
Virginia Feito’s debut novel features a woman persuaded that her husband, a celebrated writer, has skewered her in his latest book. Is she right?
Book Review: “The State Must Provide,” by Adam Harris
“The State Must Provide,” by Adam Harris, shows how a history of racism and exclusion shaped higher education.
Who’s a Liberal?
Paul Sabin’s “Public Citizens” suggests that the antigovernment arguments of reformers like Ralph Nader paved the way for Ronald Reagan’s conservatism.
John Lewis’s Sequel to His Award-Winning Graphic Memoir, ‘March’
“Run: Book One” is a timely reminder that efforts to keep prospective voters from casting their ballots are nothing new.
When Sickness Eclipses Health, How Does a Marriage Survive?
Eleanor Henderson chronicles her family’s herculean struggle with illness in her memoir, “Everything I Have Is Yours.”
All Might Not End Too Well In Mona Awad's New Novel
In All's Well, a theater professor in chronic pain, ignored by doctors, believes putting on one of Shakespeare's least popular plays will renew her — and then three mystery men offer her a cure.
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In 'Like Other Girls,' You Can Be — And Play — Whatever You Want. Even Football.
Britta Lundin's Like Other Girls follows Mara, a hot-tempered 6'2" high school sports star who's booted from basketball for brawling, but finds a new life and a new way of being on the football field.
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Andrew Sullivan, No One’s Ally, Tells It as He Sees It
Sullivan’s new collection, “Out on a Limb,” traces his opinions and battles across 32 tumultuous years.
A Novel That Invokes History — But Can't Quite Define It
In Savage Tongues, Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi gives us a protagonist who speaks often of history and how it's affected her — but what, exactly, is "history" to her? Readers will be left wondering.
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America’s Dismal Foreign Policy — and What to Do About It
Andrew Bacevich’s “After the Apocalypse” analyzes the role of the United States in the world and concludes major changes are needed.
Here Are 4 Fabulous Beach Reads — Whether You're On A Beach Or Not
Late summer is the time to lose yourself in novels, so we asked author (and Key West resident) Meg Cabot to share a few of her favorite books to while away the hours on the water.
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Katie Kitamura Talks About ‘Intimacies’
Kitamura discusses her new novel, and James Lapine talks about “Putting It Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I Created ‘Sunday in the Park With George.’”
‘One of You Is a Monster’
In her latest column, Sarah Weinman explores four new novels, each dark in a different way.
The Lifesaving Power of Storytelling
In Donna Barba Higuera’s dystopian novel, “The Last Cuentista,” folk tales are a girl’s only hope of leading her brainwashed shipmates out of darkness.
A Chinese American Girl Learns That Her Name Contains Multitudes
Meilan, the protagonist of Andrea Wang’s debut middle grade novel, is really many Meilans — each inspired by a different Chinese character that sounds like her name.
The Icelandic Saga That Keeps Rita Dove Coming Back for More
“Bleak, modernist stuff! And yet revisiting that litany of betrayals and cruelties never fails to stir my spirits.”
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