For Homeless Girl Scouts, It’s Not All Badges and Cookies
Nikita Stewart’s article about Troop 6000 landed them on the front page. Her book should lead to a bigger conversation about their struggles.
New & Noteworthy, From a Rock Memoir to Chinese Surrealism
A selection of recent books of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Locked in a Creative Struggle, With Rilke as Her Guide
Kate Zambreno’s novel “Drifts” is an inquiry into how the artist remains in a mist of dreamy attention and in the fire of productivity.
In ‘Rodham,’ Curtis Sittenfeld Reimagines Hillary’s Life
In this novel, an alternative biography of sorts, Hillary strides into the history books without Clinton at the end of her name.
‘The Chiffon Trenches,’ by André Leon Talley: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “The Chiffon Trenches,” by André Leon Talley
'The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes' Is A Lackluster Prequel To 'The Hunger Games'
While Suzanne Collins leaves readers uncertain of the answer to the question she poses in The Hunger Games — how much of character is innate, how much formed — it becomes painfully obvious here.
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'Rodham' Asks: Who Is Hillary Without Bill?
In Curtis Sittenfeld's new novel, Hillary Rodham dumps Bill Clinton and goes on to forge a life of her own, in law and then politics. It's an uncomfortable, moving, technically brilliant book.
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Finding Love — And Feeling Worthy Of It — In 'Felix Ever After'
Kacen Callender's new young adult novel centers on a queer, trans teen trying to find out who's behind a traumatizing transphobic act — a quest that takes him on an emotional roller coaster.
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Carnival Performer, Newly Separated; Attachment Issues
In Lisa Brown’s first long-form graphic novel, “The Phantom Twin,” a formerly conjoined twin touring in a sideshow feels the pang of cut ties.
A Few Brave Kids Battle a Toxic World
In Kenneth Oppel’s “Bloom,” three meek teenagers seem poised to inherit the earth. But what kind of earth will it be?
Classic Literature Meets Modern Teen Drama In 'By The Book'
In Amanda Sellet's charming young adult romance, a teenage bookworm transfers to the local public high school and discovers that the literary classics she lives by aren't quite a match for real life.
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Looking at Albert Camus’s “The Plague”
In 1948, Stephen Spender wrote for the Book Review about Albert Camus’s “The Plague,” a novel about an epidemic spreading across the French Algerian city of Oran.
One Young Mother and the Homelessness Crisis
Lauren Sandler talks about “This Is All I Got,” and Sarah Weinman discusses classic mysteries.
Why Sofas? These Books Explain the Joys and Mysteries of the Home
Whether you live in an apartment, house, mansion or cabin, here are books that will help you explore the meaning of where you are right now.
‘Killing People in Fiction Was Fun’: Mysteries That Have Stood the Test of Time
From Agatha Christie to Raymond Chandler to Patricia Highsmith, classic detective stories are given new life in audio form.
Anna Wintour Is Not the Star of André Leon Talley’s Memoir. He Is.
In “The Chiffon Trenches,” the former Vogue editor grapples with his own complicated story.
Dissecting Kissinger, and Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Rape, Torture, Murder, Beheadings — All in a Day’s Work for Marilyn Stasio
This week’s Crime column includes a computer gamer who is handy with a Samurai sword and a 14-year-old girl who solves a murder in an amusement park.
These Debuts Arrived at a Tough Time. They Deserve Your Attention.
If a first book is published in the midst of a pandemic, does it make a splash? For this crew, the answer should be yes.
New in Paperback: ‘Walking on the Ceiling’ and ‘Good Husbandry’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
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