Echo Brown, Young Adult Author and Performer, Dies at 39
A one-woman show that used her date with a white hipster to talk about life, race, love and sex, led an editor to sign her to write two novels.
Book Review: ‘The Controversialist,’ by Martin Peretz
In his memoir “The Controversialist,” Martin Peretz reflects on his long tenure as publisher and editor of The New Republic.
Book Review: ‘Mapping the Darkness,’ by Kenneth Miller
Kenneth Miller’s “Mapping the Darkness” takes on the turbulent study of sleeping, its heroes and villains and its ongoing fight for respect.
Book Review: ‘Monica,’ by Daniel Clowes
His new graphic novel, “Monica,” is a mother-daughter tale steeped in counterculture and cataclysm.
Book Review: “Brooklyn Crime Novel,” by Jonathan Lethem
In “Brooklyn Crime Novel,” the veteran author transports readers to a conflicted time in the old neighborhood.
Book Review: ‘A Day in the Life of Abed Salama,’ by Nathan Thrall
In “A Day in the Life of Abed Salama,” Nathan Thrall untangles the political and personal story of a bus crash on the outskirts of Jerusalem.
Book Review: ‘A Haunting on the Hill,’ by Elizabeth Hand
Apparitions, black hares and time warps festoon the pages of Elizabeth Hand’s “A Haunting on the Hill,” set in the same moldering mansion as Shirley Jackson’s classic horror novel.
‘Lies and Sorcery,’ by Elsa Morante
Elsa Morante’s propulsive 1940s saga of women’s lives, “Lies and Sorcery,” brings its penetrating insight to a new generation.
Book Review: ‘Death Valley,’ by Melissa Broder
Melissa Broder’s “Death Valley” follows a grieving narrator through her reconnection to the earth.
Evelyn Fox Keller, Who Turned a Feminist Lens on Science, Dies at 87
Trained as a physicist and biologist, she argued that science had become gendered, with a narrow masculine framework that distorted inquiry.
Two Books About Grit and Grime
A Hollywood memoir; a call-girl novel
Gabriela Wiener Does Not Care if You Don’t See Her Writing as Literature
The Peruvian author wants to “decolonize” everything — starting with her body and her family. Her latest book, “Undiscovered,” investigates the 19th-century European explorer that shares her last name.
Ed Begley Jr. Can Tell You the 3 Best Comedies of All Time
The actor and environmentalist considered hiring a ghostwriter for help with his memoir, then realized as he was writing things down, “This is too much fun.”
Book Review: ‘Collision of Power,’ by Martin Baron
“Collision of Power,” Martin Baron’s memoir of his tenure as the paper’s executive editor, is a gripping chronicle of politics and journalism in a period of instability for both.
Book Review: ‘Brutalities,’ by Margo Steines
In “Brutalities: A Love Story,” Margo Steines chronicles her lifelong fixation with being hurt — and shows herself some compassion.
Book Review: ‘Extremely Online,’ by Taylor Lorenz
Taylor Lorenz’s “Extremely Online” charts the internet phenomena that have shaped the 21st century, focusing not on the platforms but on the users.
Two Books on Witches
In Allyson Stone’s “Ashes and Stones” and Diana Helmuth’s “The Witching Year,” authors confront ancient stereotypes through modern eyes.
Book Review: ‘Sparks,’ by Ian Johnson
In “Sparks,” the journalist Ian Johnson chronicles the methods and motivations of the activists trying to preserve a record of the atrocities of the past.
Legal Arrangement in ‘Blind Side’ Case Is Terminated
A judge ended a nearly 20-year-old conservatorship that had given a couple broad authority over the affairs of the former N.F.L. player Michael Oher.
An Audiobooks Bonanza
Book Review editors discuss their love of listening to books out loud.
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