Valentin-Yves Mudimbe, 83, Dies; African Scholar Challenged the West
He deconstructed what he called “the colonial library”: the accounts of Africa by Europeans whose aim, he said, was to further colonialism.
In TikToks and a New Memoir, Sister Monica Clare Puts a Refreshing Spin on Religious Life
Though she long felt a calling, Sister Monica Clare tried Hollywood first. Her book, and a visit, confirm the warmth — and fragility — of her new community.
Book Review: ‘The Golden Hour: A Story of Family and Power in Hollywood,’ by Matthew Specktor
In the unsentimental memoir “The Golden Hour,” Matthew Specktor ponders, among others, the father who succeeded in a punishing business now in its waning glory.
2 Books for Cluttered Minds
A spare elegy; a weird journey.
‘The Interview’: Isabel Allende Understands How Fear Changes a Society
The beloved author left Chile at a time of great turmoil and has longed for the nation of her youth ever since.
What Facing Cancer Taught Me About Fear
There’s something on the other side.
When Kristen Kish, ‘Top Chef’ Host, Hits the Mute Button
The reality TV star and author of the new memoir “Accidentally on Purpose” on airplane snacks, tongue-scraping and the problem with women’s pants pockets.
Book Review: New Horror Books
Our columnist reviews this month’s releases.
At 13, Charlotte Brontë Already Knew How Good a Writer She Would Be
An anthology of her teenage poetry, published for the first time, shows ambition, even if the verse isn’t perfect.
Book Club: Let’s Talk About Adam Ross’s ‘Playworld’
This off-kilter coming-of-age novel about one boy growing up in New York in the 1980s is detailed, digressive and capable of tracking the most minute shifts in emotional weather.
Book Club: Read ‘The Safekeep,’ by Yael van der Wouden, With the Book Review
In May, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss “The Safekeep,” Yael van der Wouden’s novel about a woman wrapped up in a historical drama and a forbidden romance.
As Strega Nona Turns 50, Let’s Give Big Anthony a Fair Shake
As Tomie dePaola’s classic approaches a milestone birthday, Big Anthony is long overdue for a bit of sympathy.
How the U.S. Naval Academy Is Bending the Knee to Trump
Even before the presidential election, the school began preparing for Donald Trump’s potential return to power. Now faculty members are resigning in protest.
Leonard Zeskind, Researcher Who Foresaw Rise of White Nationalism, Dies at 75
With “Blood and Politics,” he predicted that anti-immigrant ideologies would become part of mainstream American politics, and warned about downplaying the threat.
7 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Overlooked Clue Sheds Light on Shakespeare’s Marriage
New research undermines the traditional view that Shakespeare was a distant, neglectful husband to his wife, Anne.
Book Review: ‘The Rebel Romanov,’ by Helen Rappaport
In her sprightly new biography, “The Rebel Romanov,” Helen Rappaport introduces us to the enigmatic Julie of Saxe-Coburg.
New Books on the High-Tech Military-Industrial Complex
Experts tell the stories of entrepreneurs and executives who have inched closer and closer to their governments.
Interview: Rick Atkinson Discusses ‘The Fate of the Day’
Being a storyteller is just fine with the journalist turned historian. “The Fate of the Day,” the second volume in his American Revolution trilogy, is out this month.
Book Review: ‘More Everything Forever,’ by Adam Becker
In “More Everything Forever,” the science journalist Adam Becker subjects Silicon Valley’s “ideology of technological salvation” to critical scrutiny.
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