For 30 Years, He Assumed the Identity of His Dead Friend. Now He’s Coming Clean.
In Maisy Card’s debut novel, “These Ghosts Are Family,” a Jamaican immigrant reckons with a decades-old lie in 21st-century Harlem.
A Literary Dinner Party? Anne Enright Would Prefer Lunch
“Somewhere outdoors in the sunshine, with a walk afterwards,” says the Booker-winning author of “Actress” and other books. “I am not as interested in what people say as in where they look.”
New & Noteworthy, From RuPaul to a Nine-Dish Meal
A selection of recent books of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Life Is Hard, So Why Not Wear Your Dog? Questions For Laura Zigman
Laura Zigman's compassionate, occasionally cringey and ultimately comforting new novel follows a middle-aged woman as she comes to terms with the ways her life hasn't turned out the way she'd hoped.
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Witchcraft, Field Hockey And 1980s Massachusetts Meet In 'We Ride Upon Sticks'
In Quan Barry's charming novel, a team's luck changes when its members pledge themselves to the forces of eternal darkness by signing a spiral notebook with Emilio Estevez's face on it.
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A Novelist-Turned-Cabby Hates His Life. Thanks to Uber, It’s About to Get Worse.
Lee Durkee’s sophomore novel, “The Last Taxi Driver,” mirrors his own experience behind the wheel of a cab.
In an Enchanted World, Echoes of Today’s Political Dramas
Living in a haunted nation, the 11-year-old hero of Pam Muñoz Ryan’s “Mañanaland” faces difficult questions about refugees and altruism.
Stymied By Perfectionism, 'Scratched' Author Struggles To Break Free
Elizabeth Tallent's profound memoir explores writer's block and the allure of perfectionism. After her third short story collection came out in 1993, she didn't publish another book for 22 years.
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Poems of Love and Desire That Push Back Against Oppression
In “Postcolonial Love Poem,” Natalie Diaz takes a traditional form and makes it her own, centering the experiences of queer women of color.
‘Writers & Lovers,’ by Lily King: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Writers & Lovers,” by Lily King
'The Power Notebooks' Daringly Explores Contradictions In Lives Of Women
Katie Roiphe's journal-like entries are a series of brief-but-potent meditations on women, autonomy, independence, and power — on "women strong in public, weak in private" — including herself.
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‘The Night Watchman,’ by Louise Erdrich: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “The Night Watchman,” by Louise Erdrich
The Literary Festivals to Hit This Year, From Brooklyn to Singapore
There is a rising interest around the world in events that connect authors with bibliophiles.
In Defense of Poetic Nonsense, With a Character Who Shares Your Frustration
Alice Notley’s new book-length epic, “For the Ride,” follows a figure struggling to figure out the terms of a strange new world.
Don’t Like What’s Happening in Our Country? Run for Local Office
In her new book, Adrienne Martini shares wisdom from her first campaign. (Spoiler alert: She won.)
Blurred Lines: An Essayist’s Dispatches on Slippery States of Being
In “Thin Places,” the bisexual half-Mexican former Christian writer Jordan Kisner offers 13 views of the “in between.”
Fighting to Save Their Tribe From Termination
In her new novel, “The Night Watchman,” Louise Erdrich brings to light a political battle from the 1950s that still reverberates today.
Wrestling With Prejudice in Three Debut Novels
Dennis Staples’s “This Town Sleeps,” Celia Laskey’s “Under the Rainbow” and Nana Oforiatta Ayim’s “The God Child” feature outsiders in unwelcome territory.
Utility Worker No. 6691 on Life Inside a Steel Mill
Struggling to pay off her student loans, Eliese Colette Goldbach applied for a job as a steelworker. Her memoir, “Rust,” explores her “complicated love” for the mill that hired her.
Katie Roiphe Puts Her Romantic History Under a Microscope
In “The Power Notebooks,” the author known for her polemical feminism examines her relationships with men, exposing the ways in which she’s ceded power as often as taken it.
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