She’s Seeking Power, But She’s Not Power-Seeking
A young protagonist is up against strange creatures and authoritarian rulers in Erin Entrada Kelly’s “Lalani of the Distant Sea,” a fantasy based on Filipino folklore.
Secrets and Lies
“Spies,” by Marc Favreau, introduces the danger, sacrifice and ingenuity of 20th-century espionage to a new generation of readers.
A New Book From the Creator of ‘Wonder’ Tells a Holocaust Story
In R.J. Palacio’s graphic novel “White Bird,” a grandmother finally shares her harrowing tale of survival under the Nazis.
Whitney Houston’s Longtime Confidante Breaks Her Silence
In “A Song for You,” Robyn Crawford publicly acknowledges her turbulent, and at times romantic, relationship with the pop icon.
'The Mysterious Affair At Olivetti' Attempts To Find A Cold War Conspiracy
Biographer Meryle Secrest chases a theory that two key Olivetti computer visonaries' deaths did not happen as officially recorded. While a gripping read at times, there's not a lot of solid ground.
(Image credit: Knopf)
American Artists, Inspiring and Enchanting
New picture books about creators including Ruth Asawa, Maya Angelou and August Wilson let children get to know the real-life people behind great works.
Saving Birds by Ruffling Some Feathers
In Celia C. Pérez’s “Strange Birds,” four girls are determined to stop a scout tradition involving real birds.
'The Deep' Sings With Many Voices
Rivers Solomon's lyrical, wrenching new novella is based on a track from the experimental rap group clipping., about a peaceful undersea race descended from slaves thrown overboard in the Atlantic.
(Image credit: Gallery/Saga Press)
Fiction That Takes You Back in Time
These four fall novels are set long ago, from 17th-century Iceland to the Civil War to an 18th-century penal colony.
Why Seth Meyers Loves Having Authors on His Show
“They are, by nature, storytellers. … Writing is magic, so to have people who can do the tricks talk it about makes for good conversation.”
Cult of the Literary Sad Woman
From Jean Rhys to Joan Didion, fiction is awash in female suffering. Leslie Jamison considers affliction’s allure — and its more promising alternatives.
'A Marvelous Life' Holds Stan Lee High As The Man Who Made Superheroes Matter
Danny Fingeroth spends some time unpacking Lee's long-running dispute with Jack Kirby and others over ownership, but mainly offers strong insights into the forces that drove Lee and Marvel to success.
(Image credit: Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic)
It’s the Year 2172: Time to Fight the Bloody Biafran War Again
Two sisters enter combat in Tochi Onyebuchi’s “War Girls,” a futuristic replay of the Nigerian conflict. Cue the flying robot warriors.
Picture Books for the Wild at Heart
A shack in the forest. A good, long hike. A solstice celebration. Carson Ellis, Eliza Wheeler, Gary D. Schmidt and more remind us how to be at home in the wilderness.
New Israeli Fiction: A Reluctant Bride, a Brave Survivor and Fables for a Modern World
Originally written in Hebrew, these translations offer a look at humanity writ large.
What if You Could Go Back in Time to Stop Terrorists Before They Strike?
Johannes Anyuru’s new novel imagines a time traveler who alters the course of history.
What’s So Funny, Kid?
Some emotional predicaments we never grow out of. Hilarious new books by Bob Shea, Liz Climo and more mine them for cross-generational humor.
Kids Love Multi-Volume Series About Big Families. No Wonder.
The latest of Karina Yan Glaser’s Vanderbeekers books, featuring a large, biracial clan in Harlem, offers a case study in the pleasures of the familiar.
'In The Dream House' Invents A New Form Of Memoir To Convey A Haunting Nightmare
Under Carmen Maria Machado's narrative of a psychologically abusive relationship lies an academic view of female queerness, a play, a choose your own adventure book, a look at the mechanisms of abuse.
(Image credit: Graywolf Press)
Jenny Slate's 'Little Weirds' Is Just Not Weird Enough
The stand-up comic's essays have soft and lovely moments, steering readers toward finding their own vulnerabilities. But Slate is not as open to self-exposure on the page as she is on the stage.
(Image credit: Little Brown & Co. )
Pages
Search this Site
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
