Joan Didion Remains as Elusive as Ever. These Books Want to Fix That.
Since her death, Didion has become a literary subject as popular for her image and writing as for the fascination she inspired for almost half a century.
2 Novels About Complicated Nuns
An atheist in a convent; a bloodthirsty reality show hostess.
How ‘McNeal,’ a Play About A.I., Lured Robert Downey Jr. to Broadway
In “McNeal,” the playwright Ayad Akhtar explores the way artificial intelligence is disrupting the literary world and raising questions about creativity.
New Historical Fiction Books Loaded With Witches, Fiends and Demons
These books are perfect for the spooky season.
New Historical Fiction for Halloween
These books are perfect for the spooky season.
Book Review: ‘The Great When,’ by Alan Moore, and ‘The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic’
With the first volume of a new series and an instructional book on magic, the “Watchmen” author wants an imaginary revolution.
Gary Indiana: An Appreciation
From downtown New York, the writer both scrutinized and kept ahead of a turbulent world.
Gary Indiana, Acerbic Cultural Critic and Novelist, Dies at 74
He made films, video art and photographs, but was best known as a pioneering art critic and mordant novelist.
‘Good Omens’ Season 3 Cut Short Amid Allegations Against Neil Gaiman
The series is the third production linked to the author to face turmoil after allegations made by five women surfaced this summer.
Susanna Clarke Wrote a Hit Novel Set in a Magical Realm. Then She Disappeared.
Twenty years after the publication of her fantasy debut, “Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell,” Clarke is returning to her richly imagined world of magical England.
Ada Limón’s Poem, ‘In Praise of Mystery,’ Hitches a Ride on a NASA Rocket
NASA and the U.S. Poet Laureate may not be obvious collaborators, but a Jupiter-bound mission helped them find common ground.
Book Review: ‘My Good Bright Wolf,’ by Sarah Moss
The English writer Sarah Moss brings her trademark subtlety and sense of the ominous to her harrowing memoir.
Book Review: ‘Rammellzee,’ edited by Maxwell Wolf and Jeff Mao
How the multi-hyphenate, biracial artist from Far Rockaway influenced 1980s graffiti culture and the downtown New York art scene.
A Poem Hitches a Ride on a Rocket, to Infinity and Beyond
NASA and the U.S. Poet Laureate may not be obvious collaborators, but a Jupiter-bound mission helped them find common ground.
Book Review: ‘Deer Run Home,’ by Ann Clare LeZotte
The young language-deprived protagonist of Ann Clare LeZotte’s novel “Deer Run Home” tells her own story, in verse.
Book Review: ‘Night of Power,’ by Robert Fisk
In “Night of Power,” Robert Fisk’s posthumous war stories focus on the victims and perpetrators in conflicts across the Middle East.
Book Review: ‘Waiting for the Fear,’ by Oguz Atay
Oguz Atay stretched the possibilities of fiction and critiqued his changing nation with playful, surreal stories.
7 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Lynda Obst, Producer Who Championed Women in Hollywood, Dies at 74
She helped make films like “Sleepless in Seattle” and “Contact.” She also wrote widely about the industry, for The Times and other publications.
Antonio Skármeta, Who Wrote of Chile’s Tears and Turmoil, Dies at 83
His literary career traced the arc of his country’s modern political journey in stories about ordinary citizens facing repression and arbitrary government.
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