‘All the Way to the Tigers,’ by Mary Morris: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “All the Way to the Tigers,” by Mary Morris
‘Pizza Girl,’ by Jean Kyoung Frazier: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Pizza Girl,” by Jean Kyoung Frazier
Donna Tartt on the Singular Voice, and Pungent Humor, of Charles Portis
Portis, who died in February, occupied a unique place in American letters. His novels, written in the vernacular of his native Arkansas, beg to be read aloud.
Joyce Carol Oates Takes On Racism and Grief in Her New Novel
“Night. Sleep. Death. The Stars.” spotlights a well-heeled white family and their ugly predilections after a tragic loss.
What if a Shaman Could Solve All Your Problems, in Three Days?
In Sam Lansky’s “Broken People,” the narrator tries to cure self-doubt through hallucinogens.
The True Story of the Texas Rangers
Doug J. Swanson’s “Cult of Glory: The Bold and Brutal History of the Texas Rangers” recounts tales of lynchings, massacres and ruthless white supremacy.
An American Writer Goes Into the Jungle to Commune With a Tiger
In her new memoir, “All the Way to the Tigers,” Mary Morris, acting on dreams she’s had since she was a child, travels to India to come eye to eye with a big cat.
Will Miami Be Around in 2067?
In “Disposable City,” Mario Alejandro Ariza reckons with what climate change has in store for the spicy city on the Atlantic.
A French Writer Who Blurred the Line Between Candor and Provocation
More work by Hervé Guibert, who died at 36 in 1991, is being made available in English, including his great AIDS novel “To the Friend Who Did Not Save My Life.”
A Poet of Found Language Who Finds Her Language in Archives
Susan Howe’s new book, “Concordance,” pastes together collages of word and thought from old letters, manuscripts and (yes) concordances.
A Facebook Post Lands an Innocent Woman in Jail in This Riveting Debut Novel
A young woman’s reaction on social media to a terrorist act seals her fate in “A Burning,” by Megha Majumdar, a novel set in Kolkata that examines the effects of power on the powerless.
Girl Moves Mountains After Mountain Moves Her
In Lauren Wolk’s “Echo Mountain,” 12-year-old Ellie experiences both the horrors and the healing powers of nature when hard times force her family to return to the land.
‘Seventh Grade! Now in WonkyVision!’
In Rob Harrell’s “Wink,” middle school social drama and an eyesight-threatening cancer are a lot for one kid to handle. Humor helps.
A.O. Scott on the Work of Wallace Stegner
Scott discusses his first in a series of essays about American writers, and David Kamp talks about “Sunny Days: The Children’s Television Revolution That Changed America.”
Beautiful Places to Die
In these new crime novels, the settings — mountain hamlets, Antarctic ice fields, French sheep farms — may look bucolic. They are not.
Hell House
In Dennis Mahoney’s “Ghostlove,” a young man becomes involved with the dead woman haunting his brownstone.
Three New Memoirs Bring the Farm to the Page
From Depression-era Wisconsin to 21st-century Wales, the pastures that have shaped the people who tended them.
New in Paperback: ‘Mistress of the Ritz’ and ‘No Visible Bruises’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Revisiting the Arab Spring, in Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Considering Whether Writers Are Born or Made
In this week’s issue, A.O. Scott writes about Wallace Stegner. In 1948, Stegner wrote for the Book Review about universities as a place for training writers.
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