Graywolf Press’s New Publisher is Looking for Talent in New Places
Carmen Giménez, Graywolf’s new executive director, wants to search for writers where ever “people are talking or thinking, or being creative or having a voice.”
Albert Woodfox, Survivor of 42 Years in Solitary Confinement, Dies at 75
His term in solitary was perhaps the longest in American history. He described how he kept his sanity, and dignity, in an acclaimed memoir.
Mary Ellin Barrett, Daughter and Defender of Irving Berlin, Dies at 95
When the great American songwriter’s character came under attack after his death, Ms. Barrett sought to correct the record with a candid but tender memoir.
Melissa Bank, Author Whose ‘Girls’ Guide’ Was a Phenomenon, Dies at 61
Her story collection “The Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing,” her first book, has been translated into dozens of languages and has sold more than 1.5 million copies.
Ronald J. Sider, Who Urged Evangelicals to Social Action, Dies at 82
He often bucked the rightward trend among some Christians, and in a popular 1977 book he argued that faith meant more than just personal salvation.
Poems in Practice and in Theory
Elisa Gabbert talks about her poetry criticism and her own poems, and Ian Johnson discusses Wang Xiaobo’s novel “Golden Age.”
Overlooked No More: Alda Merini, a Poet of Mental Illness
Countless fans have been intrigued by her verses carrying erotic and sacred imagery, and by her life, from her childhood in Milan to her time spent in asylums.
Review: ‘Recreation,’ by Mitch Epstein
Between the 1970s and 1990s, the photographer captured a nation at leisure.
Review: ‘Mount Chicago,’ by Adam Levin
“Mount Chicago,” Adam Levin’s new novel, is an absurdist epic for an age of disasters.
Review: ‘Shy,’ by Mary Rodgers and Jesse Green
The daughter of Richard Rodgers, confidante of Stephen Sondheim and composer of “Once Upon a Mattress” holds nothing back in “Shy.”
Review: ‘Bonsai,’ by Alejandro Zambra
In “Bonsai,” Alejandro Zambra tells the story of two young lovers whose lives, relationship and heartbreak intertwine with art and literature.
“The Baby-Changing Station” by Rhett Miller and Dan Santat
Older siblings react to the arrival of new babies — in a picture book, a chapter book, an early reader and a middle grade novel.
‘The Sandman’ Is Coming to TV. Here’s Why That’s a Big Deal.
For decades, fans have hoped for an adaptation of the Neil Gaiman story, a seminal work in the world of comics and beyond. A series version arrives Friday on Netflix.
A Conversation on ‘Desperate Characters’
The writer Sigrid Nunez speaks about Paula Fox’s 1970 novel.
6 Audiobooks to Listen to Now
This list includes a lot of murders, real or imagined.
Sarah J. Maas’s Life Sounds Like Pure Chaos — in a Good Way!
Here’s what it looks like for a fantasy author to exist in three different spheres at once.
Review: ‘Acne,’ by Laura Chinn; ‘Walking Gentry Home,’ by Alora Young; ‘Fruit Punch,’ by Kendra Allen
Three women pay homage to their painful pasts with grace, lyricism and a sense of humor.
Lynne Tillman By the Book Interview
“As a kid-reader, I thought a library was the great thing to build in life,” says the novelist, whose new book is the nonfiction “Mothercare.” “Now, unless you have a huge house with enormous rooms, this desire leads to mayhem and depression.”
10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Poem: Final Poem for My Father Misnamed In My Mouth
The speaker grapples with the grief of losing a father who was missing while alive, but in death feels omnipresent.
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