‘The Witches Are Coming’ by Lindy West: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “The Witches Are Coming,” by Lindy West.
‘In the Dream House’ by Carmen Maria Machado: An Excerpt
An excerpt from ‘In the Dream House’ by Carmen Maria Machado
New & Noteworthy, From Harold Bloom to the Women of Congress
A selection of recent books of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Battlefields: Recent Books in Military History
Thomas E. Ricks looks at accounts of an African-American fighter pilot, the European resistance, United States generals and more.
A Book Full of Reasons to Love Paris
In “The Seine: The River That Made Paris,” Elaine Sciolino traces the course of France’s iconic waterway, from source to sea, from past to present.
Love, Sex and Atom Bombs in a Debut Novel of the American West
Shannon Pufahl’s “On Swift Horses” weaves an entanglement of attractions in postwar California.
How Two Black Women a Century Apart Experience Racism
Margaret Wilkerson Sexton’s new novel, “The Revisioners,” is told from the perspectives of a freed slave and her present-day descendant.
Here Comes Lindy West, and She’s Holding a Broom
“Fine, if you insist,” West tells men in “The Witches Are Coming,” her new essay collection. “This is a witch hunt. We’re witches, and we’re hunting you.”
ISIS Lost Mosul in 2017, but the Story Began Thousands of Years Ago
James Verini’s “They Will Have to Die Now” describes the battle for Mosul and the region’s long history.
Carmen Maria Machado Opens Up About Her Domestic Abuse
Her debut memoir, “In the Dream House,” connects her adult traumas with her deepest childhood fears.
South American Literature’s Master of Malaise
Listlessness was Juan Carlos Onetti’s great theme. He ushered Spanish-language fiction into modernity and influenced writers from Julio Cortázar to Mario Vargas Llosa.
A Poet Maps the Landscapes of Memory
Charles Wright, who has gathered five decades of work in the hefty new volume “Oblivion Banjo,” is obsessed with his own past and the nature of time.
'The Great Pretender' Seeks The Truth About 'On Being Sane In Insane Places'
Journalist and Brain on Fire author Susannah Cahalan writes in an urgent, personal book that the '70s study by David Rosenhan had an outsized effect on psychiatry — and may have been fatally flawed.
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Grandparents Are Heroes, and Also Totally Normal People
New picture books celebrate the special bond between young people and their elders.
The Dionne Quints Were Premature and Tiny. But Fame Was the Real Problem.
Sarah Miller’s “The Miracle and Tragedy of the Dionne Quintuplets” captures the sad situation of five little girls who became a Depression-era spectacle.
In 'Get A Life, Chloe Brown,' Love Doesn't Cure All — But It Sure Is Fun
Talia Hibbert's new novel stars Chloe, who's determined to get a life after years of coping with chronic pain, and Red, the mysterious and extremely annoying (at first) super at her new building.
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Mark Morris: Loves Dance, Hates Brussels
In his memoir, “Out Loud,” the founder of the Mark Morris Dance Group is frank about drugs and his sex life and the sex lives of others.
You'll Float Away On The Warm Waters Of 'The Starless Sea'
Erin Morgenstern's long-awaited followup to The Night Circus imagines a world of magical doors leading to a literal underground sea — surrounded by layers of pleasurable mystery and mythography.
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Kevin Wilson Is On Fire In 'Nothing To See Here'
Wilson's new novel centers on a young woman taking care of two kids with a disturbing ability: When upset, they burst into flames. But in Wilson's hands, what could be scary is funny, even beautiful.
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The 2019 New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Books
We invite you to take a look at this year’s winners.
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