Book Review: ‘Playing God,’ by Mary Jo McConahay
In “Playing God,” the journalist Mary Jo McConahay argues that an alliance of extremely conservative bishops and Catholic activists is exerting a profound impact on our national politics.
Book Review: ‘Take What You Need,’ by Idra Novey
“Take What You Need,” by Idra Novey, depicts the complicated feelings of a young woman and her former stepmother, against a backdrop of artistic ambition, rural poverty and despair.
Book Review: ‘Brother & Sister Enter the Forest,’ by Richard Mirabella
In Richard Mirabella’s debut novel, “Brother & Sister Enter the Forest,” the sudden reunion of estranged siblings leads to an overdue reckoning with past trauma.
Book Review: ‘Our Best Intentions,’ by Vibhuti Jain
In Vibhuti Jain’s debut novel, “Our Best Intentions,” a bloody crime scene and a missing suspect prompt a biting examination of race, wealth and privilege in a small suburban community.
Book Review: “Kunstlers in Paradise” by Cathleen Schine
Take one 24-year-old, add a seasoned family member and introduce a pandemic. Welcome to Cathleen Schine’s new novel!
Kenzaburo Oe, Nobel Laureate and Critic of Postwar Japan, Dies at 88
With his powerful novels and essays, Mr. Oe tried to ensure that Japan learned the lessons of its 20th-century militarism.
Book Review: ‘Poverty, by America,’ by Matthew Desmond
The new book by the sociologist and author of “Evicted” examines the persistence of want in the wealthy United States, finding that keeping some citizens poor serves the interests of many.
Book Review: ’Birnam Wood,’ by Eleanor Catton
“Birnam Wood,” by the Booker Prize winner Eleanor Catton, is a fast-moving ecological novel and a generational cri de coeur.
Book Review: ‘In Search of Amrit Kaur,’ by Livia Manera Sambuy
After chancing upon a 1924 photo of Her Royal Highness Rani Shri Amrit Kaur Sahib in a Mumbai museum, an Italian journalist set out to discover who she was.
How Mia Couto’s Words Help Weave the Story of Mozambique
Couto’s language is enriched by his country’s idioms, voices — and possibilities. “We are still in the process of creating one nation,” he said, made of “different languages, different beliefs.”
Broken Bones, Broken Hearts and Broken Souls
An editor recommends old and new books.
6 Books About Mushrooms for Fans of ‘The Last of Us’
If “The Last of Us” has you unnerved by fungi, these six books can offer some new perspective. (Our spore-bearing, mysterious little neighbors aren’t completely evil — promise.)
Book Review: ‘The Collaborators,’ by Ian Buruma
Ian Buruma’s “The Collaborators” takes on three complex, disparate figures with notably controversial war records.
Book Review: ‘Hello Beautiful,’ by Ann Napolitano
In “Hello Beautiful,” Ann Napolitano puts a fresh spin on the classic story of four sisters.
Suzy McKee Charnas, Writer of Feminist Science Fiction, Dies at 83
She was best known for “The Holdfast Chronicles,” a series about a dystopic world in which once-enslaved women conquer their former male masters.
19 Works of Nonfiction to Read This Spring
New memoirs, a landmark biography of Martin Luther King, Jr., a look at the woman who helped halt the rise of a K.K.K. leader — and more.
Overlooked No More: Dilys Winn, Who Brought Murder and Mystery to Manhattan
She opened Murder Ink, believed to be the nation’s first mystery bookstore, and brought fans together through interactive whodunits and other events.
22 Works of Fiction to Read This Spring
Watch for reality-bending explorations of time and space, a Western horror novel from Victor LaValle and new fiction from Han Kang. Plus: Tom Hanks (yes, that Tom Hanks) releases his debut novel.
Books About the Oscars
Just in time for the Academy Awards, our critic Alexandra Jacobs discusses two recent books on the subject, Michael Schulman’s “Oscar Wars” and Bruce Davis’s “The Academy and the Award.”
She’s the Very Model of a Modern Academic
When Natalia Petrzela isn’t teaching or writing, she’s podcasting or getting into Hollywood scrapes. It’s all part of what it means to be a scholar in 2023.
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