America’s Immigration Paradox
Two new books, Jia Lynn Yang’s “One Mighty and Irresistible Tide” and Adam Goodman’s “The Deportation Machine,” take very different approaches to the immigration question.
In Search of Time Lost and Newly Found
Our critic Parul Sehgal examines how the notion of time — and how we describe it — has changed during the quarantine.
A ‘Hunger Games’ Prequel Focuses on an Unlikely Character
A teenage Coriolanus Snow stars in Suzanne Collins’s “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,” which is every bit as violent and jarring as the first three books.
In 'Dark Mirror,' Reporter Concludes: 'Snowden Did Substantially More Good Than Harm'
Edward Snowden handpicked Barton Gellman as one of three journalists he would work with to reveal government secrets. Gellman's book is an in-depth look at where he agreed and disagreed with Snowden.
(Image credit: Angela Gennaro/AP)
‘Drifts,’ by Kate Zambreno: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Drifts,” by Kate Zambreno
‘The Equivalents,’ by Maggie Doherty: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “The Equivalents,” by Maggie Doherty
‘The Motion of the Body Through Space,’ by Lionel Shriver: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “The Motion of the Body Through Space,” by Lionel Shriver
Before the Feminist Revolution, This ‘Messy Experiment’ Nurtured Female Talent
“The Equivalents,” by Maggie Doherty, combines the story of a Radcliffe College institute to support creative women with that of the friendship forged by five early fellows.
You May Not Like Lionel Shriver’s Characters. That May Be the Point.
In “The Motion of the Body Through Space,” a lifelong couch potato starts running, and trouble follows.
For This Lesbian Romance, World War II Is Just One Complication
Dola de Jong’s 1954 novel “The Tree and the Vine” is a portrait of two women dogged by issues too personal to be defined by political catastrophe.
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.
(Image credit: Scholastic)
'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.
(Image credit: Random House)
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.
(Image credit: Balzer + Bray)
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?
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