Book News: From Two Scholars, African-American Folk Tales for the Next Generation
In their new collection, Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Maria Tatar have reintroduced stories from the African diaspora.
By the Book: Jason Segel: By the Book
The actor and co-author of, most recently, “Otherworld” has been reading a lot of plays. “There is such an admirable fearlessness in that world.”
Critic's 'Ghost List' Has Books, Music And A TV Show That Deserve A Second Look
Every year, critic John Powers is haunted by the things he wishes he'd reviewed. The themes his 2017 "Ghost List" range in spirit from cosmic surrealism to ripped-from-the-headlines immediacy.
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Nonfiction: Propane, Peapods and Perplexities
In “Vacationland,” John Hodgman wrestles with the comic trials of home ownership in Maine and Massachusetts, along with the indignities of middle age.
Nonfiction: Underneath Romain Gary’s Many Masks
Two newly published books by the French author who pulled off one of the most elaborate literary deceptions of all time.
New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Maureen Corrigan Picks Books To Close Out A Chaotic 2017
Fresh Air's book critic says her 2017 list is chaotic in a good way. "These books zing off in all directions: They're fresh, unruly and dismissive of the canned and contrived."
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Nonfiction: Are the American West’s Wildfires Inevitable?
Michael Kodas’s “Megafire” and Edward Struzik’s “Firestorm” analyse the misguided history and dire results of America’s wildfire management policy.
For December, Forget Wrapping Presents And Treat Yourself To These 3 Romances
Escape from the holiday whirl with three tasty romances, featuring a duke with an epic library, a young girl finding herself in the big city and a proper lady finding love where she least expects it.
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Nonfiction: Making Citizens’ Lives Better
David Goldfield’s “The Gifted Generation” explains the importance of government.
Fiction: Lives Other Than His Own
In Jenny Erpenbeck’s timely novel, a retired classics professor finds his routine existence transformed when he befriends a group of African refugees.
Match Book: Dear Match Book: Reading about Reading
Seeking books about other books and about the people who contribute to, live and breathe the world of literature.
Nonfiction: The Hand of the Comic Artist
Manohla Dargis reviews two new books that examine the aesthetics and the business of comics, from Superman to R. Crumb.
Nonfiction: The Comic Strip’s Heyday in ‘Cartoon County’
Cullen Murphy recounts his coming-of-age among the elites of American illustration.
Profile: Eluding Censors, a Magazine Covers Southeast Asia’s Literary Scene
Mekong Review’s contributors include some of the best-known authors, journalists and academics who follow the region.
The Book Review Podcast: ‘The Second Coming of the KKK’
Linda Gordon talks about “The Second Coming of the KKK”; Scott Kelly discusses “Endurance: A Year in Space, a Lifetime of Discovery”; and editors from the Book Review talk about our 10 Best Books of 2017.
Nonfiction: The Last Civic Remnant of Authentic Spirituality at Christmastime
Jonathan Keates’s “Messiah: The Composition and Afterlife of Handel’s Masterpiece” seeks to save the oratorio from centuries of misinterpretatin.
Books News: Jacqueline Woodson to Explore Belonging in Two Upcoming Books
A middle-grade novel and a picture book, to be published in 2018, explore what being American really means.
Sketchbook | Graphic Review: Reading ‘Catcher in the Rye’ Today
An illustrated review of J. D. Salinger's classic from a 21st-century perspective.
Nonfiction: Great Art, Repugnant Politics
“Growing Up With the Impressionists,” the childhood diary of Julie Manet, daughter of Berthe Morisot and Eugene Manet, reveals some unsavory views.
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