Lore Segal, a Master Storyteller, at the End of Her Story
At 96, Lore Segal is approaching death with the same startling powers of perception she brought to her fiction.
Book Review: ‘Our Evenings,’ by Alan Hollinghurst
In Alan Hollinghurst’s new novel, “Our Evenings,” a Burmese English actor grapples with race and ambition, sexuality and love in a bigoted world.
Robert Coover, Inventive Novelist in Iconoclastic Era, Dies at 92
Once called “probably the funniest and most malicious” of the postmodernists, his books reflected a career-long interest in reimagining folk stories, fairy tales and political myths.
Book Review: ‘Salvage,’ by Dionne Brand
For her new book, “Salvage,” the Trinidadian-born writer Dionne Brand rereads classic English novels, teasing out evidence of the ravages of colonialism.
Book Review: ‘The Black Utopians,’ by Aaron Robertson
Aaron Robertson’s grandparents had a farm in Promise Land, Tenn. In a new book, he explores the history and meaning of such utopian communities for African Americans.
Removing Books From Libraries Often Takes Debate. But There’s a Quieter Way.
Weeding, or culling old, damaged or outdated books, is standard practice in libraries. But in some cases it is being used to remove books because of the viewpoint they express.
Book Review: ‘Comrade Papa,’ by GauZ’
“Comrade Papa” is told from the perspective of two European arrivals to the West African country, nearly a century apart.
Reading With My Father
A conversation through books.
How Book Bans Happen Under the Radar
Thousands of books have been publicly challenged and removed from libraries in the past couple of years. Elizabeth Harris, who covers books and the publishing industry for The New York Times, explains how books are being pulled from libraries in a quiet process called weeding. Weeding normally allows librarians to keep collections current, but some lawsuits argue that it has been used instead to remove books for content about racism, sexuality and gender.
Book Review: ‘From Here to the Great Unknown,’ by Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough
In a new memoir, “From Here to the Great Unknown,” Elvis Presley’s daughter and granddaughter take turns exploring a messy legacy.
Lore Segal, Mordant Novelist of Émigré Life, Dies at 96
Transported to safe haven in England as a Jewish child in 1938, she explored themes of displacement with penetrating wit in autobiographical fiction like “Other People’s Houses.”
David Burnham, Times Reporter Who Exposed Police Graft, Dies at 91
Tipped off by the detective Frank Serpico, he wrote an explosive series on police corruption in New York City, sparking an investigation by the Knapp commission.
Book Review: ‘Paper of Wreckage,’ by Susan Mulcahy and Frank DiGiacomo
A new book chronicles the last 50 years of a notorious American tabloid.
Book Review: ‘Diary of a Crisis,’ by Saul Friedländer
In “Diary of a Crisis,” Saul Friedländer takes the violence and upheaval in Israel day by day.
Book Review: ‘Loot,’ by Adam Raz; ‘The Gates of Gaza,’ by Amir Tibon
An Oct. 7 survival memoir and a chronicle of theft in 1948 grapple with the history of a war-torn region.
Book Review: ‘Slaveroad,’ by John Edgar Wideman
John Edgar Wideman’s new book connects reflections on his own life to imaginative studies of historical figures.
Book Review: ‘The Hidden Globe,’ by Atossa Araxia Abrahamian
In “The Hidden Globe,” the journalist Atossa Araxia Abrahamian examines the rise of spaces where wealthy countries and companies bend rules and regulations to their advantage.
Book Review: ‘Melania,’ by Melania Trump
Slim and full of obfuscations, her memoir touches on business ventures and raising her son, but barely grapples with the mysteries of her marriage.
2 Books About Old Flames
Stephen McCauley’s novel about ex-spouses reuniting, in a sense; Jim Shepard’s noir about a fateful hit-and-run.
We Want to Know Your Questions About Theater, Film, Music and Culture
Your culture and entertainment questions answered by New York Times journalists and experts.
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