A Trial Put Publishing’s Inner Workings on Display. What Did We Learn?
The book world can be opaque to outsiders. A case offered an unusual glimpse into it, revealing curiosities about the business and details about book deals.
Michael K. Williams’s Unfinished Business
The actor who brought Omar to life in “The Wire” had recently devoted himself to anti-violence work in Black communities in Brooklyn. And then he died.
Review: ‘Forever Truffle,’ by Fanny Britt and Isabelle Arsenault
Fanny Britt and Isabelle Arsenault’s sequel to their graphic novel “Louis Undercover” turns the music up a notch.
Review: ‘Forever Truffle,’ by Fanny Britt and Isabelle Arsenault
Fanny Britt and Isabelle Arsenault’s sequel to their graphic novel “Louis Undercover” turns the music up a notch.
Norah Vincent, Who Chronicled Passing as a Man, Is Dead at 53
Her best-selling 2006 book about that experience, “Self-Made Man,” made her a media darling. But it cost her psychologically.
11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
What Was the ‘It Book’ of Summer 75 Years Ago?
Laura Z. Hobson’s “Gentleman’s Agreement” was so popular that Simon & Schuster could barely keep up with demand.
What Was the ‘It Book’ of Summer 75 Years Ago?
Laura Z. Hobson’s “Gentleman’s Agreement” was so popular that Simon & Schuster could barely keep up with demand.
Review: Jared Kushner’s ‘Breaking History’ Is a Soulless and Very Selective Memoir
In this lengthy book, Kushner recounts the time he spent in the White House during his father-in-law’s term.
Review: ‘Afterlives,’ by Abdulrazak Gurnah
“Afterlives,” the new novel from the Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah, is set in colonial-era German East Africa.
Review: ‘Afterlives,’ by Abdulrazak Gurnah
“Afterlives,” the new novel from the Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah, is set in colonial-era German East Africa.
Frances Mayes Admires Travel Writers, With One Big Exception
The novelist and memoirist, whose new book is “A Place in the World: Finding the Meaning of Home,” was disappointed by D.H. Lawrence: “He had a genius for sense of place, but his travel narratives are marred by petty narcissism. Must have been a dreary travel companion.”
Frances Mayes Admires Travel Writers, With One Big Exception
The novelist and memoirist, whose new book is “A Place in the World: Finding the Meaning of Home,” was disappointed by D.H. Lawrence: “He had a genius for sense of place, but his travel narratives are marred by petty narcissism. Must have been a dreary travel companion.”
Review: ‘The Scent of Burnt Flowers,’ by Blitz Bazawule; ‘Keya Das’s Second Act,’ by Sopan Deb; and ‘Briefly, a Delicious Life,’ by Nell Stevens
Manhunts, posthumous plays and love-struck ghosts in three debut novels.
Review: ‘The Scent of Burnt Flowers,’ by Blitz Bazawule; ‘Keya Das’s Second Act,’ by Sopan Deb; and ‘Briefly, a Delicious Life,’ by Nell Stevens
Manhunts, posthumous plays and love-struck ghosts in three debut novels.
Poem: Second Attack
The syntax in this poem mimics the confusing and untidy emotional landscape of relationships.
With ‘Ragtime,’ E.L. Doctorow Blends Fact and Fantasy to Deliver a Pointed Critique
In the 1975 novel, as Jonathan Dee writes, the gaps between disparate American lives are closed and the veils that keep some invisible to others are dropped.
In Julian Barnes’s New Novel, a Teacher’s Pet Becomes Obsessed
“Elizabeth Finch” is about an adult student who becomes the inheritor of a beloved teacher’s intellectual work.
In Julian Barnes’s New Novel, a Teacher’s Pet Becomes Obsessed
“Elizabeth Finch” is about an adult student who becomes the inheritor of a beloved teacher’s intellectual work.
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