Book Review: “The Red Widow,” by Sarah Horowitz
The toast and terror of Belle Epoque Paris, Marguerite Steinheil was a society hostess, a woman of letters, a muse — and probably a murderer.
New Crime Fiction
In “The Rising Tide,” old school chums who meet on an island off the Northumberland coast become murder suspects.
Betty Gilpin Is a Vivid Talker
The Emmy-nominated star of “GLOW” and “The Hunt,” is also, it turns out, a pretty imaginative writer, as her new book of essays shows.
Javier Zamora Carried a Heavy Load. He Laid it to Rest on the Page.
Decades after traveling without his parents from El Salvador to the U.S. as a 9-year-old — a journey that almost killed him — Zamora describes the experience in a memoir.
Review: “The Marriage Plot,” by Maggie O’Farrell
“The Marriage Portrait” is the fictionalized story of the 16th-century Italian noblewoman Lucrezia di Cosimo de’Medici.
Review: ‘The Betrayed,’ by Reine Arcache Melvin
In Reine Arcache Melvin’s debut, “The Betrayed,” the Filipina-born daughters of a dead political dissident fall for the enemy.
Lee Child on Storytelling
How the 2001 World Series made an author question his faith in the power of the narrative arc.
Sterling Lord, Premier Literary Agent, Is Dead at 102
The list of well-known writers he represented is long. But his success began with an unknown named Jack Kerouac and his hard-to-sell novel “On the Road.”
Jonathan Escoffery Has a Reality He’d Like to Share
In “If I Survive You,” Escoffery, the son of Jamaican immigrants, wrote stories are not strictly autobiographical, but feel true to his experience.
Review: ‘If I Survive You,’ by Jonathan Escoffery
Jonathan Escoffery’s debut story collection, “If I Survive You,” follows a young man through family tensions and personal struggles.
Review: “The Godmother,” by Barbie Latza Nadeau.
In Barbie Latza Nadeau’s “The Godmother,” we meet the women who have run the mob, and the new generation poised to take over.
At 66, Elizabeth Strout Has Reached Maximum Productivity
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author has written five books in six years and been nominated for a Booker Prize for “Oh William!” What’s gotten into her?
Review: ‘The Bad Angel Brothers,’ by Paul Theroux
“The Bad Angel Brothers” comes laden with jealousy, betrayal and a mythic lust for vengeance.
Review: “Partisans,” by Nicole Hemmer
In “Partisans,” Nicole Hemmer zeros in on ’90s figures like Pat Buchanan as guiding forces behind the Republican Party’s hard-right, conspiracy-minded turn.
Barbara Ehrenreich, Explorer of Prosperity’s Dark Side, Dies at 81
Her book “Nickel and Dimed,” an undercover account of the indignities of being a low-wage worker in the United States, is considered a classic in social justice literature.
Book Review: ‘Birds of Maine,’ by Michael DeForge
“Birds of Maine,” about a colony of birds fleeing disaster, showcases Michael DeForge’s trademark blend of the enigmatic and the ridiculous.
Newly Published, From Lost Worlds to Whale Talk
A selection of books published this week.
Review: “Eliot After ‘The Waste Land,’” by Robert Crawford
“Eliot After ‘The Waste Land,’” the second volume of Robert Crawford’s two-part biography, offers some answers — and some revelations.
David Sedaris’s Diaries
The essayist talks about his book “Theft by Finding,” a selection of diary entries spanning 25 years that helped him find and shape his voice as a writer.
Ciudad de México, desde los libros
Juan Villoro, quien pasó más de dos décadas perfeccionando un libro sobre la capital del país, ofrece recomendaciones de lectura sobre la ciudad que ama. “México es demasiado complejo”, le dijo un visitante. “Necesita ser leído”.
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