Book Review: ‘Carson McCullers: A Life,’ by Mary V. Dearborn
A new biography chronicles this essential American writer’s complicated love life, celebrated career and singular talents.
Book Review: ‘Language City,’ by Ross Perlin
In “Language City,” the linguist Ross Perlin chronicles some of the precious traditions hanging on in the world’s most linguistically diverse metropolis.
Charles V. Hamilton, an Apostle of ‘Black Power,’ Dies at 94
He popularized the term “institutional racism" and, with Stokely Carmichael, wrote a book in 1967 that was seen as a radical manifesto.
A Celebrity Dies, and New Biographies Pop Up Overnight. The Author? A.I.
Books — often riddled with gross grammatical and factual errors — are appearing for sale online soon after the death of well-known people.
Book Review: ‘LatinoLand,’ by Marie Arana
As the presidential election approaches, “LatinoLand,” by Marie Arana, explores the diverse politics and historical roots of Hispanic Americans.
Book Review: ‘Fourteen Days,’ edited by Margaret Atwood and Douglas Preston
In this collaboratively written novel, Lower East Side dwellers get through lockdown swapping colorful tales on the roof of their scruffy building.
Book Review: ‘Sito: An American Teenager and the City That Failed Him’
As a scholar, Laurence Ralph specialized in youth violence. Then a relative was killed. “Sito” tells the story.
Review: New International Books in Translation
A roundup of international fiction from Congo, Sweden, Bolivia and India.
Alvin Moscow, Shipwreck Chronicler and Prolific Collaborator, Dies at 98
After writing a best seller about the sinking of the Andrea Doria, he was a co-author with Richard M. Nixon, Patty Hearst, William S. Paley and others.
Some Authors Were Left Out of Awards Held in China. Leaked Emails Show Why.
When some books, including best sellers, were conspicuously absent from the science fiction Hugo Awards last year, writers and fans became suspicious.
Two Books That Scandalized Readers
A blues novel; a baseball tell-all.
Years Later, ‘The Year of Magical Thinking’ Wields Different Magic
As his own life unfolds, an artist reconsiders his reaction to Joan Didion’s memoir about loss.
Book Review: ‘Hard Girls,’ by J. Robert Lennon
“Hard Girls,” by J. Robert Lennon, delves into family lives built on deception and abandonment.
Book Review: ‘The Other Profile,’ by Irene Graziosi
In “The Other Profile,” a struggling grad school dropout starts to work for, and then becomes obsessed with and consumed by, a semi-famous content creator.
‘We’re Going to Stand Up’: Queer Literature is Booming in Africa
Even in countries where homophobia is pervasive and same-sex relationships are illegal, authors are pushing boundaries, finding an audience and winning awards.
Charles Sallis, 89, Dies; Upended the Teaching of Mississippi History
He collaborated on a textbook so unsparing in its review of the state’s grim past that it was barred from schools almost as soon as it appeared.
Book Club: Let’s Talk About Barbara Kingsolver’s ‘Demon Copperhead’
We want to know what you think.
Book Review: ‘Battle for the Bird,’ by Kurt Wagner; ‘Extremely Hardcore,’ by Zoë Schiffer
Two new books about the platform chronicle its leadership under first Jack Dorsey and now Elon Musk, portraying a site reeling from user disaffection and gross mismanagement.
A Feminist Retelling of the Medusa Myth, for Middle Graders
In Katherine Marsh’s new novel, the girl with the snaky curls loses neither her head nor her wits.
Book Review: ‘A Fire So Wild,’ by Sarah Ruiz-Grossman
In Sarah Ruiz-Grossman’s debut novel, “A Fire So Wild,” the lives of a disparate group of people are critically linked by a terrifying blaze.
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