A Poet and Ex-Con Writes About Life After Prison
In “Felon,” his third collection, Reginald Dwayne Betts leads readers through the underworld of incarceration.
An Oncologist Asks When It’s Time to Say ‘Enough’
Azra Raza’s “The First Cell” poses hard questions about cancer treatment and end-of-life care.
What if the Thief Who Steals Your Identity Is Your Mom?
This was the case for Axton Betz-Hamilton, who grew up to become an identity theft expert and tells the bizarre story of her mother’s crimes in her new memoir, “The Less People Know About Us.”
A Mother’s Secrets, a Daughter’s Lies
In her memoir, “Wild Game,” Adrienne Brodeur breaks free from her beautiful, charismatic mother, a textbook narcissist.
New Short Fiction, Including a National Book Foundation Honoree
Ashley Wurzbacher’s debut, “Happy Like This,” is among this fall’s standout story collections.
Women of a Certain Age, Gail Collins Has Your Back
In “No Stopping Us Now,” the Times columnist takes a jaunty look at the place of older women throughout America’s history.
She Escaped From Boko Haram, but Her Troubles Only Continued
The narrator of Edna O’Brien’s novel “Girl” is kidnapped by jihadi fighters in northeastern Nigeria. She returns home bearing a jihadi’s child.
Crossing Abbey Road: It’s More Dangerous Than You Might Think
Deborah Levy’s latest novel, “The Man Who Saw Everything,” experiments with time travel, history and the endless complications of love.
New & Noteworthy Poetry, From Yale to Nick Flynn and More
A selection of recent poetry books; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
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.
Teen Movie Night: A Quiet Place
Open to teens. Registration requested. Enjoy a scary movie in a haunted library. Rated PG-13. Pizza provided. Please advise staff of any food allergies. Sponsored by the Atlantic County Library Foundation.
It All Started in Omaha
In “Rusty Brown,” Chris Ware spans lives, generations and even universes. But somehow all roads lead back to Nebraska, where he grew up.
For ‘Erin Brockovich’ Fans, a David vs. Goliath Tale With a Twist
Robert Bilott was a corporate defense lawyer when a stranger shared a theory about why his cows were dying. “Exposure” is his story of what happened next.
One Environmentalist’s Warning: Think Globally, Act Accordingly
In “Erosion,” Terry Tempest Williams delivers a clarion call for decency, humanity and preservation.
'How We Fight For Our Lives' Is One Life Story That Finds Connection To Others
Extremely personal, emotionally gritty, and unabashedly honest, Saeed Jones' memoir somehow manages a perfect balance between love and violence, hope and hostility, transformation and resentment.
(Image credit: Patrick Jarenwattananon/NPR)
'The Man Who Saw Everything' Is An Eye-Opening Read
Deborah Levy's new book considers themes of objectification, betrayal and focus, centered on a historian who goes to East Berlin and finds himself both the observer and the observed.
(Image credit: Bloomsbury)
How Moving to France and Having Children Led a Black American to Rethink Race
“Self-Portrait in Black and White,” by Thomas Chatterton Williams, is the author’s searching account about what it means to embrace a racial identity — and then to cast it off.
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.
A Double Dose Of Cosmic Horror In 'A Lush And Seething Hell'
John Hornor Jacobs' new book combines two novellas that stake his claim to the territory of cosmic horror. Both gorgeously written and unsettlingly conceived, they dig at how fragile our humanity is.
(Image credit: Harper Voyager)
'Orpheus Girl,' Painful and Beautiful, Puts A Modern Twist On Myth
Author and poet Brynne Rebele-Henry transplants the tale of Orpheus and Eurydice to modern-day Texas, for a wrenching tale of two young women whose love lands them in a religious re-education camp.
(Image credit: Soho Teen)
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