How ‘Sesame Street’ Changed Childhood Forever
In “Sunny Days,” David Kamp traces a revolutionary decade in kids’ TV.
In Richard Ford’s New Stories, Ambivalence Is the Default Condition
His collection “Sorry for Your Trouble” features characters who find that the pieces of their lives no longer fit.
The Challenges of a Threatening World
In “The World,” Richard Haass urges Americans to educate themselves about an increasingly dangerous planet.
African-Americans in the New Deal
Jill Watts’s “The Black Cabinet” highlights the struggles of those African-Americans who worked in the Franklin Roosevelt administration.
‘What Pea Disrupts Your Sleep, Princess?’
In “The Shapeless Unease,” the British novelist Samantha Harvey ponders her struggles with insomnia.
A French Expert Surveys the Entire Middle East
Gilles Kepel’s “Away From Chaos” is a useful overview of the many changes that have roiled the Muslim world.
The Spy Who Handed America’s Nuclear Secrets to the Soviets
Nancy Thorndike Greenspan’s “Atomic Spy” offers new material on Klaus Fuchs, the notorious Manhattan Project physicist.
Tragedy in the Middle East
Noah Feldman’s “The Arab Winter” tries to find hope in a grim turn of events.
Murderbot Makes A Triumphant (And Cranky) Return In 'Network Effect'
Martha Wells' freethinking robot stars in its first full-length adventure, remaining just as misanthropic and TV-obsessed as ever, even as it attempts to figure out who kidnapped it and its friends.
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These 'Little Eyes' Watch The World Burn
In her new novel, Samanta Schweblin gives everyone in the world a little critter that's basically a Furby with a webcam — naturally, this does not end well, for the owners, the devices, or anyone.
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The Book That Shaped Foreign Policy for a Generation Has More to Say
Hans Morgenthau’s “Politics Among Nations” taught thinkers from George F. Kennan to Henry Kissinger to put national interest above idealism. America is still learning that lesson.
Inside a House in Queens, a Dark Side of the Immigrant Story
Francesca Momplaisir’s debut novel, “My Mother’s House,” examines the depths of depravity from three perspectives, including a home’s.
A Question of Theme
An author offers an alternative perspective for his novel, while readers revisit Moynihan and comment on the literary tastes of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
The Angry Children Are Our Future
Lydia Millet talks about “A Children’s Bible,” and Barry Gewen discusses “The Inevitability of Tragedy.”
In 'Dirt,' Bill Buford Is Able To Offer An Authentic Adventure In French Cooking
As a longtime Paris resident, at first I feared Dirt might be yet another expat tale of moving to France en famille, with all its tedious clichés. I should have known better.
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Young BFFs, Looking for Likes in All the Wrong Places
In Abby Sher’s “Miss You Love You Hate You Bye,” two best friends prove to be their own worst enemies.
Working for Social Change, High School Students Find a Social Life
In “Yes No Maybe So,” by Becky Albertalli and Aisha Saeed, two teenagers from different backgrounds feel a spark while canvassing for a local politician.
An Epic Storm Turns a Summer Holiday Into Potent Allegory
In Lydia Millet’s masterly new novel, “A Children’s Bible,” kids and their parents on holiday confront societal collapse when a storm of biblical proportions strikes the Northeast.
In ‘Stray,’ Stephanie Danler Asks How a Victim Becomes a Perpetrator
The author of “Sweetbitter” has written a memoir about the pain she’s suffered from — and caused to — those she’s loved.
New in Paperback: ‘The Old Drift’ and ‘Cake’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
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