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Gabriel García Márquez Wanted to Destroy His Last Novel. It’s About to Be Published.

NY Times Book Reviews - Wed, 03/06/2024 - 12:01am

The publication of “Until August” adds an surprising twist to his legacy, and may stir questions about posthumous releases that contradict a writer’s directives.

'Grief Is for People' is an idiosyncratic reflection on friendship and loss

NPR Book Reviews - Tue, 03/05/2024 - 2:28pm

Sloane Crosley's memoir about a friend who died by suicide takes the form of a "traditional" elegy, but there's nothing traditional about Crosley's arresting observations on being engulfed by grief.

Rabbi Ellen Bernstein, Who Saw Ecology as God’s Work, Dies at 70

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 03/05/2024 - 2:27pm

She linked her passion for the natural environment to the precepts of the Hebrew Bible, beginning with the Garden of Eden.

Kennedy Ryan's new novel, plus 4 other new romances by Black authors

NPR Book Reviews - Tue, 03/05/2024 - 10:35am

Black romance authors have been some of the leading advocates for change in the books industry. This Could Be Us, the latest by bestselling author Kennedy Ryan, hits shelves today.

A New Publisher Promises Authors ‘the Lion’s Share of the Profit’

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 03/05/2024 - 5:04am

Authors Equity is tiny but has big industry names behind it. Its founders hope their profit-sharing approach and experience will entice authors.

Cristina Henríquez Sails the Panama Canal

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 03/05/2024 - 5:03am

In her new novel, “The Great Divide,” Cristina Henríquez tells the story of the forgotten lives behind the construction of the engineering marvel that cut a path between continents.

Book Review: ‘Tell,’ by Jonathan Buckley

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 03/05/2024 - 5:02am

“Tell,” by Jonathan Buckley, is a missing-person mystery recounted in fragmentary anecdotes.

Book Review: ‘Women Behind the Wheel,’ by Nancy A. Nichols

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 03/05/2024 - 5:01am

In a chronicle laced with memoir, Nancy A. Nichols explores how the automobile has provided both freedom and dangers for female motorists.

Book Review: ‘The House of Hidden Meanings,’ by RuPaul

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 03/05/2024 - 5:00am

Chronicling the high-heeled path to drag-queen superstardom, the new memoir also reveals a celebrity infatuated with his sense of a special destiny.

Book Review: ‘Fruit of the Dead,’ by Rachel Lyon

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 03/05/2024 - 5:00am

Rachel Lyon’s novel “Fruit of the Dead” updates the Greek myth with a pharma tycoon who lures an aimless slacker to his private island.

This oral history of the 'Village Voice' captures its creativity and rebelliousness

NPR Book Reviews - Mon, 03/04/2024 - 1:56pm

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Tricia Romano's The Freaks Came Out To Write chronicles the passion and talent that made a great American newspaper — and the forces that killed it.

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RuPaul Is Sending a Rainbow Bus to Give Away Books Targeted by Bans

NY Times Book Reviews - Mon, 03/04/2024 - 10:05am

The star, whose show “RuPaul’s Drag Race” has an international following, is one of the founders of a new online bookstore promoting underrepresented authors. The giveaways are part of its outreach.

Book Review: ‘A Great Disorder,’ by Richard Slotkin

NY Times Book Reviews - Mon, 03/04/2024 - 5:01am

After a career of framing the country’s past through the myths that inspire Americans to fight, kill and make money, Richard Slotkin wants to find a gentler story.

Book Review: ‘Say Hello to My Little Friend,’ by Jennine Capó Crucet

NY Times Book Reviews - Mon, 03/04/2024 - 5:01am

In her novel “Say Hello to My Little Friend,” Jennine Capó Crucet explores existential questions of isolation and belonging through two unlikely figures.

Book Review: ‘Parasol Against the Axe,’ by Helen Oyeyemi

NY Times Book Reviews - Mon, 03/04/2024 - 5:00am

In Helen Oyeyemi’s “Parasol Against the Axe,” a woman’s trip to Prague becomes a meta-narrative about connection with art, people and more.

Book Review: ‘Anita de Monte Laughs Last,’ by Xochitl Gonzalez

NY Times Book Reviews - Mon, 03/04/2024 - 5:00am

In “Anita de Monte Laughs Last,” by Xochitl Gonzalez, two Latina women working a decade apart fight to break out in the New York art scene.

Brain Cancer Was Supposed to Kill Me. Instead, It Gave Me a Second Life.

NY Times Book Reviews - Mon, 03/04/2024 - 5:00am

A devastating diagnosis prompted a reporter to revisit his past — and repair its mistakes.

Book Review: ‘Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring,’ by Brad Gooch

NY Times Book Reviews - Sun, 03/03/2024 - 5:00am

In his thoroughly researched “Radiant,” Brad Gooch considers the short, blazing life of the ’80s artist, activist and man about downtown.

Book Review: ‘Change,’ by Édouard Louis

NY Times Book Reviews - Sun, 03/03/2024 - 5:00am

“Change,” Édouard Louis’s latest work of autofiction, retraces his trajectory from abject poverty to life as a cultured Parisian.

Book Review: ‘Your Absence Is Darkness,’ by Jon Kalman Stefansson

NY Times Book Reviews - Sun, 03/03/2024 - 5:00am

“Your Absence Is Darkness,” a novel by the Icelandic writer Jon Kalman Stefansson, is a complex history prompted by one man’s quest.

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