Book Review: ‘It’s Not TV,’ by Felix Gillette and John Koblin
A new history of the entertainment company traces its origins in a culture of male license, misogyny — and violence.
Book Review: ‘Magic To Do,' by Elysa Gardner
Elysa Gardner’s “Magic to Do” goes backstage at Bob Fosse and Stephen Schwartz’s 1972 musical about a lost prince.
Book Review: ‘Shuna’s Journey,’ by Hayao Miyazaki
First published in Japan in 1983, this picture book from the fabled animator is eerie, enchanting and surpassingly strange.
Book Review: ‘Cheap Land Colorado,’ by Ted Conover
For his new book, the journalist Ted Conover joined a community of off-gridders in a desolate corner of the West, capturing lives full of anguish and contradiction.
Newly Published, From Egotistical Artists to Corporate Control
A selection of recently published books.
Book Review: ‘Vigilance,’ by Andrew K. Diemer
Andrew Diemer’s “Vigilance” gives a freedom fighter his due.
Book Review: ‘Dr. No,’ by Percival Everett
“Dr. No,” which borrows its name from an early James Bond story, features a math professor who’s recruited by a supervillain.
Book Review: ‘Case Study,’ by Graeme Macrae Burnet
“Case Study,” by Graeme Macrae Burnet, is a novel of found documents detailing troubled lives and shifting identities.
Book Review: ‘Requiem for the Massacre,’ by RJ Young
RJ Young’s “Requiem for the Massacre” is more coming-of-age story than reckoning.
Review: ‘The Island of Extraordinary Captives,’ by Simon Parkin
In Simon Parkin’s riveting account, a shameful chapter in British history is also a testament to creativity and hope.
Book Review: ‘Art Is Life,’ by Jerry Saltz
“Art Is Life” collects the art critic’s essays, reviews, interviews and more from the past two decades.
Book Review: ‘Saha,’ by Cho Nam-Joo
In her new novel, “Saha,” Cho Nam-Joo follows a group of outcasts to examine the strict enforcement of social hierarchies.
Book Review: ‘Trespasses,’ by Louise Kennedy
Louise Kennedy’s debut novel, “Trespasses,” considers the relationship of a Catholic woman and a Protestant man.
Essay: ‘Toad,’ by Katherine Dunn
The posthumous publication of a new novel, six years after Dunn’s death, is a chance to celebrate the bawdy originality of the author of the cult hit “Geek Love.”
Book Review: “Before You Knew My Name,” by Jacqueline Bublitz
Jacqueline Bublitz’s debut, “Before You Knew My Name,” follows the parallel tracks of two women in New York City — one vital and vibrant, the other not so much.
Book Review: ‘Mr. B,’ by Jennifer Homans
“Mr. B,” by Jennifer Homans, explores the life of the Russian-born choreographer, as well as the beauty and pains of his art.
Book Review: ‘A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto,’ by China Miéville
In “A Spectre, Haunting,” the British fantasy writer and political activist China Miéville makes the case for why Marx and Engels’s famous pamphlet remains vital today.
Book Review: “Gilded Mountain,” Kate Manning
In “Gilded Mountain,” Kate Manning explores the bedrock of the labor movement through the experience of one family.
Teaching Children About Climate Change
Two new picture books and a novel for young readers place children at the center of environmental calamity.
Book Review: ‘White Horse,’ by Erika T. Wurth
In Erika T. Wurth’s new horror novel, “White Horse,” a woman searches for the truth about her vanished mother, an investigation that involves confronting literal and metaphorical ghosts.
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