Behind Each of Mary Kubica’s Novels Is a Bevy of Feisty Felines
The author of nine suspense books also finds time to foster kittens from a Chicago-area shelter.
Marjane Satrapi on Resistance in Iran: ‘A Real Revolution Is Cultural’
The author, known for her “Persepolis” series, is releasing a new illustrated book about the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement, inspired by the death of Mahsa Amini.
Quick. Someone Get This Book a Doctor.
Inside the book conservation lab at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Poetry Review: ‘The Sorrow Apartments,’ by Andrea Cohen
In “The Sorrow Apartments,” Andrea Cohen’s signature maneuver is a kind of twist that shifts a poem away from the ending that seems to be coming.
Barbara Joans, Anthropologist Who Studied Biker Culture, Dies at 89
In her 60s, she hit the open road on a hulking Harley-Davidson and found a new area of academic research: bikers, and in particular, women bikers.
Keith Haring’s Legacy Is at the Mall, Not the Museum
Three decades after his death, his work is still sold on products and in stores. But his concept of public art is most powerfully preserved on the street.
Sophie Kinsella, ‘Shopaholic’ Author,’ Says She Has Brain Cancer
The author of the best-selling book series said she had been undergoing treatment for glioblastoma, an aggressive brain tumor, after a diagnosis in 2022.
Hundreds of Small Presses Just Lost Their Distributor. Now What?
A nonprofit that distributed books for many of the country’s small presses has closed, and the fallout could affect the publishing industry in ways both big and small.
Book Review: ‘In the Shadow of Liberty,’ by Ana Raquel Minian
“In the Shadow of Liberty,” by the historian Ana Raquel Minian, chronicles America’s often brutal treatment of noncitizens, including locking them up without charge.
Read Your Way Through Accra
Bus stations. Traffic stops. Beaches. There’s no telling where you’ll find the next story in Accra, Ghana’s capital. Peace Adzo Medie shares some of her favorites.
Book Bans Continue to Surge in Public Schools
More books were removed during the first half of this academic year than in the entire previous one.
A Tale of Four Troubled and Talented Sisters, Told With Irish Flair
There’s more than blarney in Caoilinn Hughes’s riotous, ambitiously structured new novel.
Book Review: ‘Crooked Seeds,’ by Karen Jennings
“Crooked Seeds,” by Karen Jennings, is set in a drought-stricken South Africa where its fraught history is ever-present.
Book Review: ‘Negative Space,’ by Gillian Linden
Gillian Linden’s slim debut novel, “Negative Space,” explores the being and nothingness of modern motherhood.
These Gay Novels Offer a ‘More Interesting Conversation’ About Faith
Recent books by Allen Bratton, Daniel Lefferts and Garrard Conley depict gay Christian characters not usually seen in queer literature.
Book Review: ‘The Spoiled Heart,’ by Sunjeev Sahota
“The Spoiled Heart,” by Sunjeev Sahota, contrasts race and class struggles in the story of a man’s downfall.
Book Review: ‘Knife,’ by Salman Rushdie
“Knife” is an account of the writer’s brush with death in 2022, and the long recovery that followed.
Book Review: ‘Muse of Fire,’ by Michael Korda
In “Muse of Fire,” Michael Korda depicts the lives and passions of the soldier poets whose verse provided a view into the carnage of World War I.
Three Daughters, Three New Memoirs About Mothers
Genevieve Kingston, Susan Lieu and Kao Kalia Yang explore the complicated lives of the women who raised them.
Undeterred, Salman Rushdie Discusses His New Memoir, ‘Knife’
The author’s new memoir, “Knife,” addresses the attack that maimed him in 2022, and pays tribute to the wife who saw him through. “I wanted to write a book which was about both love and hatred — one overcoming the other,” he says.
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