Book Review: ‘Bear,’ by Julia Phillips
A massive, mysterious grizzly takes on symbolic weight in Julia Phillips’s moody and affecting second novel.
Frederick Crews, Withering Critic of Freud’s Legacy, Dies at 91
A literary critic, essayist and author, he was a leading voice among revisionist skeptics who saw Freud as a charlatan and psychoanalysis as a pseudoscience.
How a 1933 Book About Jews in Magic Was Rescued From Oblivion
Richard Hatch gave up a career as a physicist to become a magician — and a one-man historical preservation society dedicated to a German author killed in the Holocaust.
Book Review: ‘The New Breadline,’ by Jean-Martin Bauer
“The New Breadline,” by Jean-Martin Bauer, a veteran food aid worker, chronicles a growing problem that should not exist — along with the harmful policies that have exacerbated it.
Book Review: ‘Frostbite,’ by Nicola Twilley
In “Frostbite,” Nicola Twilley travels the cold chain that preserves what we eat and helps it get around the world.
Book Review: ‘Woman of Interest,’ by Tracy O’Neill
Tracy O’Neill’s memoir, “Woman of Interest,” recounts her yearlong quest, which culminates in a trip to Korea.
Tomi Adeyemi’s Books Are Fantasy. What They Taught Her Is Painfully Real.
With her new book, “Children of Anguish and Anarchy,” Adeyemi is wrapping up her best-selling Legacy of Orïsha series. The journey hasn’t been easy.
Have You Heard the One About the School for Stand-Up Comedy?
In “The Material,” Camille Bordas imagines the anxious hotbed where the perils of being a college student and the perils of being funny meet.
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2 Novels Set Over Very Memorable Days
A dinner party at the other woman’s house; the evening before a jail sentence.
How Freida McFadden Conquered the Thriller Genre
After getting her start by self-publishing, Freida McFadden is now the fastest selling thriller writer in the United States.
Book Review: “Practice” by Rosalind Brown
Starring an undergraduate student at Oxford, Rosalind Brown’s debut novel is exquisitely attuned to the thrill and boredom of academic life.
Book Review: ‘Hombrecito,’ by Santiago Jose Sanchez
Santiago Jose Sanchez’ debut novel, “Hombrecito,” follows a young immigrant as he grows up in the United States, struggling to identify with a masculinity he’s never felt and a country he never knew.
Griffin Dunne on His Joyful and Tragic Family Memoir
In “The Friday Afternoon Club,” the actor and director recalls his years growing up around performers, writers and the Hollywood set.
The Folger Library Wants to Reintroduce You to Shakespeare
After an $80 million expansion, the Folger Shakespeare Library is reopening with a more welcoming approach — and all 82 of its First Folios on view.
Book Review: ‘The Garden Against Time,’ by Olivia Laing
In her latest book, Olivia Laing makes an impassioned case for the garden — as repository of natural beauty, as democratic ideal, as writerly inspiration.
Cricket, the Children’s Literary Magazine: A Love Letter
For young magazine readers with literary pretensions, it wasn’t just our best option; it was our only option.
Book Review: Contemporary Art Underground: MTA Art & Design New York, by Sandra Bloodworth
“Contemporary Art Underground” showcases hundreds of artworks commissioned by the M.T.A., by artists like Alex Katz, Kiki Smith and Vik Muniz.
Thomas J. McCormack Dies at 92; Transformed St. Martin’s Press
He turned “an insignificant trade house” into a powerhouse, publishing best sellers like “The Silence of the Lambs” and “All Creatures Great and Small.”
7 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
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