E.J. Dionne Jr.’s Lost Hope for the Republican Party
Dionne’s latest book, “Code Red,” calls for unity among Democrats, to the exclusion of the right wing.
For Ann Napolitano, the Third Time’s the Charm
Her new novel, “Dear Edward,” took eight years to write — and sometimes she could only squeeze in five minutes a day. But it’s her first to land on the best-seller list.
The Classic Novel That Saw Pleasure as a Path to Freedom
The heroine of Kate Chopin’s “The Awakening” begins to notice what she wants, rather than what her male-dominated society wants her to want.
A Book So Far Ahead of Its Time, It Took 87 Years to Find a Publisher
Claude McKay’s novel “Romance in Marseille” deals with queer love, postcolonialism and the legacy of slavery. It also complicates ideas about the Harlem Renaissance.
In Hollywood, Stories About People of Color Are Still Rare. These Y.A. Fantasy Novels Pick Up the Slack.
Echo Brown’s ‘Black Girl Unlimited,’ Anna-Marie McLemore’s ‘Dark and Deepest Red’ and Adam Silvera’s ‘Infinity Son’ expand the possibilities for teenage heroes.
Alice Mayhew, Editor of a Who’s Who of Writers, Dies at 87
At Simon & Schuster, best sellers were her stock in trade. She popularized the nonfiction political page turner, starting with “All the President’s Men.”
Hired to Tame Horses, She Bonded With the People, Too
In “Half Broke,” Ginger Gaffney recounts the a year and a half she spent helping a ranch managed by prison inmates.
The Journalist and the Murderers
In “Race Against Time,” the Mississippi journalist Jerry Mitchell chronicles four key cases of racist violence from the 1960s and his role in unearthing damning new evidence.
New & Noteworthy Poetry Books
Recent collections from Eliza Griswold, Mark Bibbins and more; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
A Comic Coming-of-Age Novel Laced With Social Commentary
Gabriel Bump’s “Everywhere You Don’t Belong,” about a young black man from Chicago’s South Side, balances emotional heaviness and levity, Tommy Orange writes in his review.
The True Story of a Medieval Romeo and Juliet
Stefan Hertmans’s novel “The Convert” reimagines an 11th-century romance.
Vivian Gornick Can’t Stop Rereading
In “Unfinished Business: Notes of a Chronic Re-Reader,” the revered memoirist makes an urgent argument for the value of returning to a book you’ve already read.
‘Wuthering Heights’ Reimagined as a 1960s Affair
In “Heathcliff Redux,” the novella at the heart of Lily Tuck’s new collection, an unnamed narrator becomes obsessed with her own Heathcliff.
She Found Carson McCullers’s Love Letters. They Taught Her Something About Herself.
In “My Autobiography of Carson McCullers,” Jenn Shapland describes how studying the novelist, who died in 1967, helped her reckon with her own identity.
Philanderers, Predators and Pickup Artists: A History
In “Seduction,” Clement Knox chronicles the lives of famous enticers through the ages.
‘The Cactus League,’ by Emily Nemens: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “The Cactus League,” by Emily Nemens
A Winning Baseball Novel by the Editor of The Paris Review
Emily Nemens’s kaleidoscopic debut takes readers on a beyond-the-stadium tour of spring training in Phoenix.
‘A Woman Like Her: The Story Behind the Honor Killing of a Social Media Star,’ by Sanam Maher: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “A Woman Like Her: The Story Behind the Honor Killing of a Social Media Star,” by Sanam Maher
Probing the Murder of a Pakistani Internet Sensation
“A Woman Like Her,” by Sanam Maher, investigates the killing of a 26-year-old social-media celebrity by her brother, and a culture in which independent, outspoken women are not easily tolerated.
After Living as a Woman for Decades, He Staged His Own Gender Reveal
P. Carl’s memoir takes readers on the most personal journey there is.
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