How Two Black Women a Century Apart Experience Racism
Margaret Wilkerson Sexton’s new novel, “The Revisioners,” is told from the perspectives of a freed slave and her present-day descendant.
Here Comes Lindy West, and She’s Holding a Broom
“Fine, if you insist,” West tells men in “The Witches Are Coming,” her new essay collection. “This is a witch hunt. We’re witches, and we’re hunting you.”
ISIS Lost Mosul in 2017, but the Story Began Thousands of Years Ago
James Verini’s “They Will Have to Die Now” describes the battle for Mosul and the region’s long history.
Carmen Maria Machado Opens Up About Her Domestic Abuse
Her debut memoir, “In the Dream House,” connects her adult traumas with her deepest childhood fears.
South American Literature’s Master of Malaise
Listlessness was Juan Carlos Onetti’s great theme. He ushered Spanish-language fiction into modernity and influenced writers from Julio Cortázar to Mario Vargas Llosa.
A Poet Maps the Landscapes of Memory
Charles Wright, who has gathered five decades of work in the hefty new volume “Oblivion Banjo,” is obsessed with his own past and the nature of time.
Grandparents Are Heroes, and Also Totally Normal People
New picture books celebrate the special bond between young people and their elders.
The Dionne Quints Were Premature and Tiny. But Fame Was the Real Problem.
Sarah Miller’s “The Miracle and Tragedy of the Dionne Quintuplets” captures the sad situation of five little girls who became a Depression-era spectacle.
Mark Morris: Loves Dance, Hates Brussels
In his memoir, “Out Loud,” the founder of the Mark Morris Dance Group is frank about drugs and his sex life and the sex lives of others.
The 2019 New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Books
We invite you to take a look at this year’s winners.
The Evil Repercussions of the American Revolution
Matthew Lockwood’s “To Begin the World Over Again” sees the American Revolution as a pivot of world history, but not in a good way.
The Life of Thomas Edison
David Oshinsky talks about Edmund Morris’s “Edison,” and Tina Jordan discusses new memoirs by Demi Moore, Julie Andrews and Carly Simon.
‘I’ll Go to My Grave Ranting About How Important Fact-Checkers Are’
Ronan Farrow wrestled with hard truths when writing “Catch and Kill,” which remains at No. 2 on the nonfiction list this week.
Considering Edna O’Brien’s Portrait of James Joyce
In 2000, the Irish novelist Edna O’Brien wrote a biography of the famed Irish writer James Joyce.
Up River
On Joseph Conrad’s ‘Heart of Darkness’
Keeping the Story of D-Day Alive
Alan Gratz’s “Allies” introduces a new generation to the heroism — and fears, and doubts — of the young soldiers who fought in World War II.
Kate DiCamillo’s New Novel May Be Her Finest Yet
“Beverly, Right Here” finishes the story of tough-luck Florida girlhood that began in “Raymie Nightingale.”
The Age of ‘The Age of Innocence’
In some ways, Edith Wharton’s classic novel feels more current than ever. Elif Batuman explains.
Rotters, Holy Dusters and Murderers
Marilyn Stasio’s Crime column features an intricate British mystery by Martha Grimes. Also new books from Anne Perry, Linwood Barclay and Liam McIlvanney.
New in Paperback: ‘Unsheltered’ and ‘Come With Me’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
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