Book Review: ‘A Ballet of Lepers,’ by Leonard Cohen
A posthumous release of the songwriter’s unseen novel and stories from the 1950s reveals his nascent fascination with human frailty.
‘Luckiest Girl Alive’ Review: Lean In, to Outrage
Mila Kunis plays a successful career woman who faces a horrific incident from her past in this drama based on the novel by Jessica Knoll.
Meredith Tax, Feminist Author, Historian and Activist, Dies at 80
An uncompromising voice in the women’s movement’s second wave, she focused on working-class women and later on women’s rights around the world.
11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Annie Ernaux Is Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature
Ernaux’s writing has spoken particularly to women and to others who, like her, come from a working class seldom depicted with such clarity in literature.
Didier Eribon on Ernaux: She captured ‘in one sentence what I couldn’t say in a page.’
The French philosopher and sociologist said that Ernaux had always been “a great personal inspiration.”
In Annie Ernaux, a Nobel Laureate Who Plumbs Her Own Passions
The French writer, who was awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature, blurs the line between fiction and memoir with spare prose she has characterized as “brutally direct.”
Ernaux makes her memory the muse for books that examine, and re-examine, her life.
Book Review: ‘Pretty Baby,’ by Chris Belcher; ‘Hysterical,’ by Elissa Bassist; ‘I’m Not Broken,’ by Jesse Leon
Three memoirs recount past harm — consensual and not.
Ignoramuses Are Gaining Ground, Andy Borowitz Warns
In his new book, the satirist and comedian traces the rise of ill-equipped politicians and considers how to thwart them.
The Climate Novelist Who Transcends Despair
Lydia Millet believes the natural world can help us become more human.
Temple Grandin Is a Visual Thinker Who Hates Graphic Novels
“It is too difficult for me to constantly switch back and forth between the pictures and the text bubbles,” says the animal behaviorist and advocate for autistic people, whose new book (with Betsy Lerner) is “Visual Thinking.” “I like technical and scientific books with lots of illustrations.”
‘Coal Miner’s Daughter’: Bringing Loretta Lynn’s Story to Life
The 1976 book (and its 1980 film adaptation) helped the world see the country star’s remarkable resilience. The writer who worked by her side remembers his one-of-a-kind collaborator.
How Bram Stoker’s Dracula Became ‘Dracula Daily,’ and an Internet Sensation
A recluse plagued by yearning and existential loneliness, the count found new life, and new readers, during the pandemic when the novel was serialized.
Book Review: “Half American,” by Matthew F. Delmont
“Half American,” by the historian Matthew F. Delmont, provides a fresh account of the war, stressing the particular challenges — from segregation to racist violence — confronted by Black service members.
Newly Published, From Ancient Paper to a Kentucky Farm
A selection of recently published books.
Theo Richmond, Who Revived the Past in a Polish Shtetl, Dies at 93
For “Konin: A Quest,” Mr. Richmond, a filmmaker, conducted 200 interviews to memorialize the culture of his forebears that vanished once the Nazis arrived.
Book Review: ‘LOOKING FOR THE HIDDEN FOLK,’ by Nancy Marie Brown
In “Looking for the Hidden Folk,” Nancy Marie Brown makes a strong case for everyday wonder.
2022 National Book Award Finalists Are Announced
Twenty five books, spread across five categories, were named on Tuesday, including fiction, nonfiction and poetry. The winners will be announced next month.
Book Review: “Waging a Good War” by Thomas E. Ricks
In “Waging a Good War,” Thomas E. Ricks examines the civil rights movement through the lens of military history.
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