Erik Larson Will Keep Calm and Carry On
However, the author of a new best seller about Winston Churchill is carrying Purell on his book tour.
In Post-9/11 New York, a Newlywed Reckons With Her Own Lost Past
Jessi Jezewska Stevens’s debut novel, “The Exhibition of Persephone Q,” features a woman who is unwittingly the central subject of a photography show.
For 30 Years, He Assumed the Identity of His Dead Friend. Now He’s Coming Clean.
In Maisy Card’s debut novel, “These Ghosts Are Family,” a Jamaican immigrant reckons with a decades-old lie in 21st-century Harlem.
A Literary Dinner Party? Anne Enright Would Prefer Lunch
“Somewhere outdoors in the sunshine, with a walk afterwards,” says the Booker-winning author of “Actress” and other books. “I am not as interested in what people say as in where they look.”
New & Noteworthy, From RuPaul to a Nine-Dish Meal
A selection of recent books of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
A Novelist-Turned-Cabby Hates His Life. Thanks to Uber, It’s About to Get Worse.
Lee Durkee’s sophomore novel, “The Last Taxi Driver,” mirrors his own experience behind the wheel of a cab.
In an Enchanted World, Echoes of Today’s Political Dramas
Living in a haunted nation, the 11-year-old hero of Pam Muñoz Ryan’s “Mañanaland” faces difficult questions about refugees and altruism.
Poems of Love and Desire That Push Back Against Oppression
In “Postcolonial Love Poem,” Natalie Diaz takes a traditional form and makes it her own, centering the experiences of queer women of color.
‘Writers & Lovers,’ by Lily King: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Writers & Lovers,” by Lily King
‘The Night Watchman,’ by Louise Erdrich: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “The Night Watchman,” by Louise Erdrich
The Literary Festivals to Hit This Year, From Brooklyn to Singapore
There is a rising interest around the world in events that connect authors with bibliophiles.
In Defense of Poetic Nonsense, With a Character Who Shares Your Frustration
Alice Notley’s new book-length epic, “For the Ride,” follows a figure struggling to figure out the terms of a strange new world.
Don’t Like What’s Happening in Our Country? Run for Local Office
In her new book, Adrienne Martini shares wisdom from her first campaign. (Spoiler alert: She won.)
Blurred Lines: An Essayist’s Dispatches on Slippery States of Being
In “Thin Places,” the bisexual half-Mexican former Christian writer Jordan Kisner offers 13 views of the “in between.”
Fighting to Save Their Tribe From Termination
In her new novel, “The Night Watchman,” Louise Erdrich brings to light a political battle from the 1950s that still reverberates today.
Wrestling With Prejudice in Three Debut Novels
Dennis Staples’s “This Town Sleeps,” Celia Laskey’s “Under the Rainbow” and Nana Oforiatta Ayim’s “The God Child” feature outsiders in unwelcome territory.
Utility Worker No. 6691 on Life Inside a Steel Mill
Struggling to pay off her student loans, Eliese Colette Goldbach applied for a job as a steelworker. Her memoir, “Rust,” explores her “complicated love” for the mill that hired her.
Katie Roiphe Puts Her Romantic History Under a Microscope
In “The Power Notebooks,” the author known for her polemical feminism examines her relationships with men, exposing the ways in which she’s ceded power as often as taken it.
Before You Spit in That Vial, Read This Book
In “The Lost Family,” Libby Copeland considers the ramifications of consumer genetic testing.
Don’t Mind Me While I Wear My Dog
In “Separation Anxiety,” Laura Zigman introduces a novel approach to midlife ennui.
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