Garry Shandling’s Riotous Scrapbook
“It’s Garry Shandling’s Book,” edited by Judd Apatow, brims with photos, diary excerpts, reminiscences, newspaper clippings, script pages and more.
Who’s in the Kitchen: A Quartet of Culinary Narratives
Memoirs by a globe-trotting chef and a New York restaurant critic, a chorus of female food writers — and a history book to put them all in context.
The Graphic Novel Versions of Literary Classics Used to Seem Lowbrow. No More.
A new crop of adaptations proves that comic book artists can be complex and effective in tackling other writers’ work.
For Lydia Davis, Language Is Character
“Essays One” collects occasional pieces by the author and translator known for her wry wit and exacting syntax.
Seeing Margaret Thatcher Whole
“Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography — Herself Alone,” the third volume of Charles Moore’s massive biography, takes the story from her final years in power to her death in 2013.
Testimonies From the Day the Towers Came Down
The audiobook of Garrett M. Graff’s “The Only Plane in the Sky” offers vivid memories of people who were present at the 9/11 tragedy.
Darryl Pinckney on Race, Class and Being ‘Busted in New York’
In his new collection of essays, the author reflects on growing up black and privileged, and the legacy of his parents’ civil rights activism.
Preschool Storytime
Recommended for ages 3 1/2-5. Registration requested.The latest books & some old favorites will help introduce new vocabulary & reinforce learning.
Children & their caregivers will enjoy stories, songs, crafts, games & movement while building language & literacy skills.
Children & their caregivers will enjoy stories, songs, crafts, games & movement while building language & literacy skills.
Maximizing Social Security
Open to adults. Registration requested. Learn how to determine the optimum time for you to file & begin to draw your social security benefits. Includes ways to potentially maximize benefits for you & your spouse.
Maximizing Social Security
Open to adults. Registration requested. Learn how to determine the optimum time for you to file & begin to draw your social security benefits. Includes ways to potentially maximize benefits for you & your spouse.
Faith and Reasons: Two Authors Explore the Persistence of Religious Feeling
Jack Miles, in “Religion as We Know It,” and Melvin Konner, in “Believers,” both turn to history to understand the nature of belief.
What Is the Meaning of Sacred Texts?
Karen Armstrong’s new book argues that Scripture is meant to be interpreted by the spirit of the words, not by the letter of the law.
Meryl Streep Wants to Tell You a Bedtime Story
Contemporary actors revivify E.B. White’s “Charlotte’s Web” and an unpublished work by Dr. Seuss.
'Space Invaders' Maps Pixelated Battles Onto Real-Life Conflict
The characters in Nona Fernández' new book are coming of age during Chile's brutal military dictatorship — and for them, video games are a useful framework for understanding the dangers all around.
(Image credit: Graywolf Press)
Preschool Storytime
Recommended for ages 3 1/2-5. Registration requested. The latest books & some old favorites will help introduce new vocabulary & reinforce learning.
Children & their caregivers will enjoy stories, songs, crafts, games & movement while building language & literacy skills.
Children & their caregivers will enjoy stories, songs, crafts, games & movement while building language & literacy skills.
In Memoir, Nikki Haley Hammers White House Team But Pledges Allegiance To Trump
In With All Due Respect, the former U.N. ambassador says Trump's ex-Chief of Staff John Kelly and former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson asked her to help them "save the country" from the president.
(Image credit: Jose Luis Magana/AP)
'The Movie Musical!' Is A Symphony In Praise Of The 'Razzmatazz' Of The Genre
Jeanine Basinger argues, authoritatively and passionately, that the musical has never really left us, that there's relevance and inspiration to be gleaned from the golden age of Hollywood musicals.
(Image credit: Knopf)
Graphic Adaptation Of 'Heart Of Darkness' Takes On Canonical Racism, Artfully
Artist Peter Kuper has adapted Joseph Conrad's classic Heart of Darkness in a way that undercuts Conrad's depiction of Africa as a place of existential horror, and centers the African characters.
(Image credit: W.W. Norton & Company)
New 'Paris Review' Poetry Editor Vijay Seshadri Has Hope For The Next Generation
Vijay Seshadri has been named the twelfth poetry editor ofThe Paris Review. He says he sees a resurgence in American poetry right now, and a new recognition of different lives and experiences.
(Image credit: Lisa Pines)
'The Guinevere Deception' Casts A Surprising Spell
Kiersten White's retelling of the King Arthur story puts his queen Guinevere at the center — only she's not really Guinevere. She's a magic-wielding changeling, sent to court to protect the king.
(Image credit: Delacorte Press)
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