In ‘The Pink Hotel,’ Delusional Newlyweds Head Toward a Grand Reckoning
Liska Jacobs’s novel sets a honeymooning couple in a posh Beverly Hills establishment during a summer of unrest in Los Angeles.
Review: ‘Porn of the Self’
Cocktails, an addiction to erotica, workplace harassment and more.
Words of War: A Literary Lifeline for the Battlefield
Does poetry have any place in a war zone? For one correspondent, it is indispensable.
Book Review: “The Inheritors” by Eve Fairbanks
Eve Fairbanks’s decades-spanning portrait addresses three experiences of the “New South Africa.”
Review: ‘The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories,’ by Jamil Jan Kochai
In his new story collection, “The Haunting of Hajji Hotak,” Jamil Jan Kochai explores the intergenerational impact of conflict.
Book Review: “Death by Landscape” by Elvia Wilk
Elvia Wilk’s essay collection is “fan nonfiction” that takes on myriad kinds of world-building.
Love the Smell of Old Books? This Bookseller Would Like You to Leave.
In his grouchy, funny memoir, “A Factotum in the Book Trade,” Marius Kociejowski writes about what a good bookstore should feel like, famous customers he’s served and more.
David Weiss Halivni, Controversial Talmudic Scholar, Dies at 94
He was considered too radical by many Orthodox rabbis and too regressive by many Conservative Jewish leaders. But his work was widely praised.
A Crop of New Novels About Race and Racism Finds Freedom in Satire
Authors of color have turned in recent books to humor and surreal conceits to explore racism, identity politics and the pain of being “on the other side of whiteness.”
A Crop of New Novels About Race and Racism Finds Freedom in Satire
Authors of color have turned in recent books to humor and surreal conceits to explore racism, identity politics and the pain of being “on the other side of whiteness.”
Review: “Picasso’s War: How Modern Art Came to America,” by Hugh Eakin
Hugh Eakin’s new book, “Picasso’s War,” features plenty of cultural heroes and heroines.
Wind, Of Course, Goethe and Shame
Our critic recommends old and new books.
Review: ‘Dirtbag, Massachusetts,’ by Isaac Fitzgerald
Isaac Fitzgerald’s “Dirtbag, Massachusetts” is a memoir about male misbehavior and the struggle to make sense of oneself.
David Dalton, Rock Writer Who Lived the Scene, Dies at 80
An early writer for Rolling Stone, he traveled in the same circles as the Beatles, Janis Joplin and other stars, witnessing and documenting a time of cultural transformation.
Civil Rights Memoirs
Three new books describe Blacks engaged in politics in the South.
‘Son of Elsewhere’ Recounts Life as a Young Immigrant
Elamin Abdelmahmoud talks about his new memoir, and Sally Denton discusses “The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land.”
Dall-e-mini-Generated Book Covers
This is why we don’t trust algorithms to design hardcovers.
New Historical Fiction Novels
Looking for a long read? These novels are worth their weight.
“Lisette’s Lie” by Catharina Valckx
Lying and “breaking and entering” are the alleged crimes at the heart of three witty new picture books.
Book Review: “The Sewing Girl’s Tale,” by John Wood Sweet
John Wood Sweet’s “The Sewing Girl’s Tale” tells the story of an unusual prosecution in 18th-century New York — and its contemporary relevance.
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