Lizzie Pook’s novel about a young woman in the 19th-century outback, “Moonlight and the Pearler’s Daughter,” examines the perils — moral, physical and otherwise — of the pearling industry.
In a new novel, “Jackie & Me,” Louis Bayard imagines the road to Camelot from the perspective of a loyal friend.
In her memoir, “Pig Years,” Ellyn Gaydos shows readers what it’s like to be a farmhand.
In her memoir, “Pig Years,” Ellyn Gaydos shows readers what it’s like to be a farmhand.
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Perrotta talks about “Tracy Flick Can’t Win,” and Ann Leary discusses “The Foundling.”
Perrotta talks about “Tracy Flick Can’t Win,” and Ann Leary discusses “The Foundling.”
The filmmaker behind “Grizzly Man” and “Fitzcarraldo” makes a late-career foray into fiction with his new book, “The Twilight World.” He feels he has finally found his medium.
His concept of a “temporary autonomous zone” became an inspiration for protests like Occupy Wall Street and for gatherings like Burning Man.
His concept of a “temporary autonomous zone” became an inspiration for protests like Occupy Wall Street and for gatherings like Burning Man.
Moshfegh’s latest novel, which takes place in a fictional medieval village, fixates on ugliness and pain.
“It’s like getting a postcard from inside the other’s head without even having to talk about it,” says the NBC News correspondent, whose new book is “Rough Draft,” a memoir. “Because who wants to talk about it?”
Footsteps behind you... Conspiracy theories... A race against time... Horrific consequences... If you're seeking white knuckles and a racing heart, you've come to the right place. Monthly.
Delivered: 6/13/2022 12:00:00 AM
An indefatigable researcher, he wrote books about terrorists, anarchists, leftists and ordinary people and spent a lot of time in France’s archives.
Two speculative novels imagine rather drastic rearrangements to our existing gender relations.
Two speculative novels imagine rather drastic rearrangements to our existing gender relations.
In “Dollars for Life,” Mary Ziegler argues that, over the course of decades, the anti-abortion movement laid the groundwork for an insurgent candidate like Donald Trump.
In “Dollars for Life,” Mary Ziegler argues that, over the course of decades, the anti-abortion movement laid the groundwork for an insurgent candidate like Donald Trump.
From a Terry Pratchett fantasy to memoirs set in Northern Ireland and on a pig farm, these stories are most memorable for the voices telling them.
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