‘The Pull of the Stars,’ by Emma Donoghue: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “The Pull of the Stars,” by Emma Donoghue
‘The Unidentified,’ by Colin Dickey: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “The Unidentified,” by Colin Dickey
Zadie Smith Hopscotches From The Personal To The Political In 'Intimations'
Smith began Intimations: Six Essays at the onset of the pandemic and finished it shortly after George Floyd's killing. Although only 100 pages, there's something worth quoting on virtually every page.
Exhausting Effect Of FOIA Requests Evident In 'Baseless'
Nicholson Baker's book misses the mark in an aim to take readers on a quest to discover if the U.S. used biological weapons developed in the '50s — and to examine the failings of public records law.
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Where Evil Lurks
The latest crop of horror fiction includes “Malorie” — Josh Malerman’s sequel to “Bird Box” — as well as “Mexican Gothic,” “Wonderland” and more.
Combining Indictment With Insight, A Historian Offers Context For The Age Of Trump
Anne Applebaum writes in Twilight of Democracy that heir to fears and hatreds, even advanced societies are straining under repeated blows: protracted war, economic disruptions, migration, a pandemic.
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A Woman Who Resisted the Japanese Military
Robert J. Mrazek’s “The Indomitable Florence Finch” is the story of a Filipino woman who saved American lives, survived torture and lived to be 101.
The Biases We Hold Against the Way People Speak
In “How You Say It,” Katherine Kinzler focuses on linguistic discrimination, how your accent can determine the way you are perceived.
The Real 'Hamnet' Died Centuries Ago, But This Novel Is Timeless
Maggie O'Farell's new novel confront's a parent's worst nightmare: The loss of a child. In this case, it's Hamnet, the real-life son of William Shakespeare, whose death may have inspired Hamlet.
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Two Syrian Brothers, One Longing to Stay, the Other Determined to Leave
“The Road From Raqqa,” by Jordan Ritter Conn, retraces the divergent paths of two siblings through Syria’s civil war.
Did America Use Bioweapons in Korea? Nicholson Baker Tried to Find Out
“Baseless,” the novelist’s new work of nonfiction, is the record of a frustrated investigation and an indictment of government secrecy.
New & Noteworthy, From Free Speech to True Crime
A selection of recent titles of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
An American Poet Shaped by the Futility and Sadism of War
In “The Beauty of Living,” the scholar J. Alison Rosenblitt delves into E.E. Cummings’s formative experiences as an ambulance driver and prisoner during World War I.
Remembering the Time Meat Fell From the Sky
In “The Unidentified,” Colin Dickey looks at phenomena that science seems unable to explain, and at the cults that have developed around them.
The Consolations of Jane Austen
Through the trials of new motherhood and the loss of a parent, Rachel Cohen read the English novelist exclusively. “Austen Years” is her memoir of the experience.
Where the Sick Get Sicker and the Sane Are Driven Mad: Behind Bars
In “Waiting for an Echo,” Christine Montross, a psychiatrist who works in prisons, catalogs the devastating effects of incarceration on the mentally ill.
Why Is Women’s Work Still Undervalued and Unacknowledged?
In “The Double X Economy,” Linda Scott sums up years of research on the vast shadow economy of female workers and ways to change it.
An Unidentifiable Stranger Plunges a Community Into Crisis in ‘Pew’
The new novel by Catherine Lacey features a narrator of no discernible gender, race or past and a Christian town whose tolerant posture is sorely tested.
Don’t Believe History Repeats Itself? Read This Book
Emma Donoghue’s “The Pull of the Stars” takes readers inside an ill-equipped Dublin hospital during a viral pandemic — in 1918.
In 'The Answer Is ...' Jeopardy! Host Alex Trebek Carefully Curates His Responses
In his new memoir, the TV icon reflects on his cancer diagnosis and presents brief, sometimes compelling glimpses into his history, as he aims to convince the world he's just an average guy.
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