Peter Elbow, Professor Who Transformed Freshman Comp, Dies at 89
His struggles with writer’s block led him to create a process that favored an expressive, personal approach over rigid academic conventions that often stifled students.
Ione Skye Was an Enigma in Her 1990s Heyday. Now She’d Like a Word.
In her new memoir, the actress known for movies like “Say Anything” and “Gas Food Lodging” talks about Hollywood, bisexuality and the trappings of Gen X fame.
Winter Books to Read to Escape the Cold
Scorching-hot westerns, seafaring adventures and steamy romances are an ideal way to stay toasty this season.
Book Review: ‘Meltdown,’ by Duncan Mavin
In “Meltdown,” Duncan Mavin describes the grand rise and ignominious fall of a financial behemoth.
Interview: Mark Greaney on the ‘Gray Man’ Series and His Reading Life
The author of the “Gray Man” espionage series grew up on James Bond, but that Ian Fleming novel has too much golf, too little “secret agenting.”
Frankétienne, Father of Haitian Letters, Is Dead at 88
A prolific novelist, poet, painter and soothsayer, he was inspired by the chaos of his country and published the first novel written entirely in Haitian Creole.
Book Review: ‘Right-Wing Women,’ by Andrea Dworkin
In a newly reissued 1983 book, the radical feminist Andrea Dworkin argued that conservative women understood the reality of male domination.
Why Are We So Obsessed With Blue?
The color has an unshakable hold on musicians, artists and writers.
Books About Russia, Ukraine and the World Order Under Donald Trump
Even before the new Trump administration began to erode U.S. influence on autocratic countries, a diverse array of experts started to rethink the future of global democracy.
Book Review: ‘Crush,’ by Ada Calhoun
The narrator of Ada Calhoun’s autofictional “Crush” strives toward “holiness” — in an extramarital affair.
Short Novels Dominate International Booker Prize Nominees
Only one of the 13 titles nominated for the prestigious award for fiction translated into English is more than 300 pages long. But it is the one favored by critics.
Book Review: ‘Death Takes Me,’ by Cristina Rivera Garza
In Cristina Rivera Garza’s novel “Death Takes Me,” a professor becomes both witness and suspect in a gruesome killing spree.
Book Review: ‘The Strange Case of Jane O.,’ by Karen Thompson Walker
In Karen Thompson Walker’s latest novel, “The Strange Case of Jane O.,” a patient’s unusual symptoms suggest metaphysical mysteries.
Book Review: ‘One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,’ by Omar El Akkad
Omar El Akkad considers American and European responses to mass suffering in his new book.
Alvin F. Poussaint, Pioneering Expert on Black Mental Health, Dies at 90
A psychiatrist at Harvard and an adviser to Jesse Jackson and Bill Cosby, he challenged Black Americans to stand up to systemic racism.
A Discovery of Lost Pages Brings to Light a ‘Last Great Yiddish Novel’
Editors waited decades for the final manuscript of Chaim Grade’s “Sons and Daughters.” Its appearance shook the Yiddish literary world.
Book Review: “The Last Manager,” by John W. Miller
The famous Baltimore Orioles manager gets a vivid new biography, the book equivalent of “a screaming triple into the left field corner.”
Book Review: ‘Show Don’t Tell: Stories,’ by Curtis Sittenfeld
Her story collection is about the thorny conundrums of being alive.
New Romance Books by Bal Khabra, Adriana Herrera and Julian Winters
Our columnist on the month’s new releases.
These Books Are Absolutely Unreadable. That’s the Point.
A new exhibition at the Center for Book Arts in New York features a range of items — transistor radios, lanterns, cigarette lighters and more — designed to look like books.
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