As Wallace Stevens Once Put It: Hi!
Poetic beginnings — first lines, or first poems in collections — do a lot of work in setting the tone and the reader’s expectations.
Book Review: ‘Big Swiss,’ by Jen Beagin
In Jen Beagin’s “Big Swiss,” a sex therapist’s transcriptionist fantasizes about sleeping with a married female patient, who also happens to go to her dog park.
A Look Ahead at the Season’s Big Books
Gilbert Cruz and Tina Jordan discuss the upcoming books they’re most excited to read in the next few months.
Review: ‘An Assassin in Utopia,’ by Susan Wels
Susan Wels’s “An Assassin in Utopia” links President Garfield’s killer to the atmosphere of free love and religious fervor that gripped Oneida, N.Y., in the late 1800s.
Brazil’s Lula Promised ‘More Books in Place of Guns.’ Can He Deliver?
In his first terms as president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva expanded the scope of who could get published in the country, and who could access books. His return to the presidency comes with expectations, and hurdles.
Book Review: “Eric Loves Animals (Just Like You!),” by Eric Carle
Klassen had been influenced by the quietly revolutionary artist before Carle made a single book for children.
Book Review: ‘Essex Dogs,’ by Dan Jones
“Essex Dogs,” the first novel in a projected trilogy by the historian Dan Jones, imagines a hard-bitten band of mercenaries hired to invade France on behalf of their English king.
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Newly Published, From Climate Fiction to a Lost Congolese Princess
A selection of recently published books.
Alex Prud’homme Wishes He Was in the Room Where It Happened
“That toothsome meal arguably saved the Republic,” says the journalist, whose new book is “Dinner With the President: Food, Politics, and a History of Breaking Bread at the White House,” of Thomas Jefferson’s so-called Dinner Table Bargain. “The debate at Jefferson’s reverberates today.”
They Crossed Paths in Second Grade. Now They’re Best Sellers.
When “Master Slave Husband Wife” came out last month, Ilyon Woo teamed up with her old friend Imani Perry for her first book event.
13 New Books Coming in February
A salty historical romp, two deep dives into the entertainment industry, a handful of memoirs and Salman Rushdie’s much-anticipated new novel, “Victory City.”
Three Young Girls Went Into the Woods. Two Came Out.
Kate Alice Marshall’s new novel, “What Lies in the Woods,” is elevated by unexpected plot twists, deep psychological perspicacity, and an endlessly interesting dance between past and present.
Book Review: ‘Victory City,’ by Salman Rushdie
His new novel is about a kingdom that is founded on pluralism but fails to live up to its ideals.
Book Review: ‘Hell Bent,’ by Leigh Bardugo
In “Hell Bent,” Leigh Bardugo continues the fantastical journey she began in “Ninth House.”
Move Over, Pablo Neruda. Young Chileans Have a New Favorite Poet.
Gabriela Mistral, the first Latin American to win a Nobel Prize for literature, was long considered staid. A new generation is reclaiming her as an anti-establishment icon.
Review: ‘Maame,’ by Jessica George
In “Maame,” a young woman strives for independence while carrying the weight of her family’s world.
Book Review: ‘The Faraway World,’ by Patricia Engel
The characters in “The Faraway World” seek connection in a disconnected world. Patricia Engel provides it in her own clever way.
Book Review: ’The Sense of Wonder,’ ‘Vintage Contemporaries,’ ‘All the Beauty in the World’
“The Sense of Wonder,” “Vintage Contemporaries” and “All the Beauty in the World” take on the many dramas of Gotham.
Book Review: Children’s Picture Books About Knitting, Sewing and Weaving
A boy embroiders the moon, a girl makes coats for canines and a knitted-cape crusader saves the day.
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