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The Met Opera Puts On a Malcolm X Marathon

Tue, 10/31/2023 - 12:56pm

Ahead of its new production of Anthony Davis’s “X,” the house hosted a starry, 18-hour reading of Malcolm X’s autobiography.

Book Review: ‘The Glutton,’ by A.K. Blakemore

Tue, 10/31/2023 - 5:00am

A.K. Blakemore’s novel “The Glutton” reimagines the life of an 18th-century sideshow performer who could eat almost anything.

Book Review: ‘The Race to Be Myself,’ by Caster Semenya

Tue, 10/31/2023 - 5:00am

In “The Race to Be Myself,” the Olympic runner tells the full story of her gender-based discrimination and dehumanization by the global athletics world.

KKR Closes Deal to Buy Simon & Schuster

Mon, 10/30/2023 - 4:52pm

The process of selling Simon & Schuster has been long and tumultuous, and was waylaid by an earlier antitrust suit.

Revising a Best Selling Romance Novelist Proves a Challenge

Mon, 10/30/2023 - 1:58pm

A new edition of the best selling romance writer’s 1950 novel removes blatant Jewish stereotypes, stirring debate about whether to tinker with older works.

16 New Books to Read in November: Barbra Streisand, Sigrid Nunez, Stephanie Land

Mon, 10/30/2023 - 11:40am

Barbra Streisand’s mammoth biography, Stephanie Land’s follow-up to “Maid,” Sigrid Nunez’s new novel and more.

Watching Britney Spears, as a Girl and a Woman

Mon, 10/30/2023 - 11:14am

For 25 years, American culture has used her body to determine a woman’s worth. In “The Woman in Me,” she asks us to take a second look.

Sigrid Nunez’s Art of Noticing

Mon, 10/30/2023 - 5:02am

The National Book Award winner smuggles profound reflections on pain and loss into novels of deceptive lightness.

Book Review: ‘The Vulnerables,’ by Sigrid Nunez

Mon, 10/30/2023 - 5:01am

Set during the pandemic, Sigrid Nunez’s new novel, “The Vulnerables,” is a story of unlikely companionship and personal reflection.

Book Review: ‘Blowback,’ by Miles Taylor; ‘Renegade,’ by Adam Kinzinger; ‘Losing Our Religion,’ by Russell Moore

Mon, 10/30/2023 - 5:00am

Three new books from different corners of conservative America talk about the ways Donald Trump disfigured the country and wrecked their public lives.

Book Review: ‘Bob Dylan: Mixing Up the Medicine,’ edited by Mark Davidson and Parker Fishel

Sun, 10/29/2023 - 5:00am

This collection of archival treasures at the Bob Dylan Center includes fan mail from Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen.

Two Books for a Mental Vacation

Sat, 10/28/2023 - 8:22am

Madeleine L’Engle’s domestic memoir; Julie Orringer’s humane short stories

Mixing Books and Burlesque

Sat, 10/28/2023 - 5:01am

The author of “On Fire Island” wasn’t sure what to expect when she was invited to appear at a “Books & Burlesque” event. Here’s her unblushing report.

Book review: “A City on Mars,” by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith

Sat, 10/28/2023 - 5:00am

Probably not, Kelly and Zach Weinersmith argue in “A City on Mars.”

Book Review: ‘The Berry Pickers,’ by Amanda Peters

Sat, 10/28/2023 - 5:00am

In Amanda Peters’s debut novel, a 4-year-old Mi’kmaw girl disappears one summer, prompting a lifelong saga of mystery and tragedy.

Etgar Keret Struggles to Make Sense of the Violence and Loss Around Him

Fri, 10/27/2023 - 7:15pm

The Israeli writer Etgar Keret has spent the last few weeks trying to make sense of the violence and loss around him. So far, he can’t.

Vincent Asaro, Mobster Acquitted in Lufthansa Heist, Dies at 86

Fri, 10/27/2023 - 3:06pm

In a stunning verdict, he was found not guilty of participating in the storied 1978 theft, retold in the film “Goodfellas.” Then he went to prison over a road rage incident.