Book Review: ‘The Quiet Tenant,’ by Clémence Michallon
“The Quiet Tenant” offers multiple perspectives on a monster who keeps his victim and his young daughter under the same roof.
Book Review: ‘The Translations of Seamus Heaney,’ edited by Marco Sonzogni
As seen in a new collection, “The Translations of Seamus Heaney,” the Nobel laureate was a prolific and skilled interpreter of other poets’ work.
Reframing the West: New Fiction Makes Room for Voices Long Denied
A wave of novels is drawing from wellsprings of race, class and gender to expand the genre.
A Walk Through the History of New York City
Ahead of next year’s 400th anniversary of the Dutch colony of New Netherland, the historian and author of “The Island at the Center of the World” offers a walking tour of often-overlooked Native American and Black sites.
In NYC, an Immersive ‘Great Gatsby’ Takes You Back in Time
The theatrical performance of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel, opening this month at the Park Central Hotel, is the latest in a very long, heavily sequined line of “Gatsby” adaptations.
Book Review: ‘Beyond the Shores,’ by Tamara J. Walker.
In “Beyond the Shores,” the historian Tamara J. Walker explores the lives of African Americans drawn to other countries by pleasure, employment and war.
Saskia Hamilton, Poet Who Edited Another Poet’s Letters, Dies at 56
In addition to her prizewinning writing, she was known for editing the correspondence between the poet Robert Lowell and the writer Elizabeth Hardwick.
Book Review: ‘The Sullivanians,’ by Alexander Stille
In “The Sullivanians,” Alexander Stille recalls the heyday of an experiment in communal living that blurred the boundaries between therapists, patients and lovers.
Book Review: ‘Fat Time and Other Stories,’ by Jeffery Renard Allen
In his new story collection, “Fat Time and Other Stories,” Jeffery Renard Allen distorts reality to explore the lives of Black people.
Book Review: ‘By All Means Available,’ by Michael G. Vickers
In “By All Means Available,” the veteran strategist Michael G. Vickers tallies achievements and missteps across the Cold War and the war on terror.
Jezebels, Jazz and Rijsttafel
An editor recommends old and new books.
Lorrie Moore’s Intimate Secrets
In a literary culture obsessed with confessionals, her brilliant short stories — and, now, a new novel — have always been about art, not autobiography.
Loorie Moore’s Intimate Secrets
In a literary culture obsessed with confessionals, her brilliant short stories — and, now, a new novel — have always been about art, not autobiography.
Book Review: ‘The Devil’s Playground,’ by Craig Russell
The Golden Age of Hollywood — its patina darkened by evil — comes alive in Craig Russell’s new novel, “The Devil’s Playground.”
Book Review: ‘Through the Groves,’ by Anne Hull
Before Disney arrived, Central Florida was the hub of the citrus industry. Anne Hull takes us there in her memoir, “Through the Groves.”
Richard Severo, Times Reporter in Internal Clash Over Book, Dies at 90
He challenged a company’s prerogative to transfer an employee and a news organization’s ability to assert publishing rights when a reporter’s articles are used for a book.
What It’s Like to Write an MLK Jr. Biography
Jonathan Eig discusses his new book about the life and times of Martin Luther King.
Carol Higgins Clark, Mystery Writer, Is Dead at 66
She had a modest career as an actress but was best known for following in the footsteps of her mother, the best-selling author Mary Higgins Clark.
Taking a Late-in-Life Victory Lap, Thanks to His Novel’s ‘Lunatic Energy’
Plunket's 1983 novel, “My Search for Warren Harding,” was out of print for decades — but remained stealthily influential. Its reissue has catapulted him out of retirement.
Riveting New Psychological Thrillers
Gossips, cheaters and hypocrites strut through Emma Rosenblum’s delicious thriller of manners, “Bad Summer People.”
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