Fiction: Using Fiction to Show How Self-Control Becomes Self-Destructive
In their debut novels, Yara Zgheib and Anissa Gray explore the harrowing experience of female eating disorders.
Fiction: Lawrence Ferlinghetti Celebrates His 100th Birthday With a Novel
“Little Boy” recounts his life story in a free association of flashes and arias, of high and low culture — the verbal riffs of a good talker.
'The True Queen' Casts A Pleasant Spell
Zen Cho's followup to her Regency fantasy of manners Sorceror to the Crown builds solidly on the world she's invented, mixing historical froth with real substance.
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A Summer Of Second Chances In 'Small Town Hearts'
Lillie Vale's new young adult novel follows Babe Vogel, who's perfectly happy in her small town life, even though her friends have mostly moved on — until a "summer boy" arrives to complicate things.
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Nonfiction: To Nosh or Not to Nosh: An Immigrant’s Dilemma
In Boris Fishman’s memoir, “Savage Feast,” mealtime is when all the rich and roiling contradictions of his Eastern European Jewish family come into play.
By the Book: Laila Lalami: By the Book
The author, most recently, of the novel “The Other Americans” first read Zora Neale Hurston five years ago: “I was knocked out by her eye for detail.”
Fiction: An Arab-American Poet Asks What It Means to Belong to Two Cultures, or None
In her debut collection, “Invasive Species,” the Egyptian immigrant Marwa Helal plumbs the complications of nationhood and inclusion.
'The Lost Gutenberg' Traces One Bible's 500-Year Journey
The depth of Margaret Leslie Davis' research on the tome's history cannot be understated — her writing is straightforward and, at times, heartbreaking, but outstanding reporting lies at the core.
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In 'Horizon,' Considering All That Is Connected
Barry Lopez's new book is a biography and a portrait of some of the world's most delicate places, but at heart it's a contemplation of the belief that the way forward is compassionately, and together.
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Nonfiction: A Memoir of Black Life in the ‘Other America’
In “Survival Math,” Mitchell S. Jackson tells his family story of living in Oregon and reckons with the interplay of racism and patriarchy in his own life.
Fiction: A Cosmic Being Dies in Yoga Class. Then Things Get Really Weird.
Kathryn Davis’s novel “The Silk Road” is full of provocative mysteries: Are its characters many or one? Where are they going? Have they witnessed a murder?
Road Trip With 'Zora And Langston' In This Real-Life Literary Adventure
Squeeze into the rumble seat — Yuval Taylor brings readers along on a 1927 summer road trip taken by Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes. Their friendship turned out to be a very bumpy ride.
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For March, 3 Romances That Fight For Love
True love finds a way amid food trucks, ice skates and ... knife throwing? In other words, March is just another month in Romancelandia, and we've got three stories of people fighting hard for love.
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'Kushner, Inc.' Adds Little To The Canon On Jared And Ivanka
Other journalists have previously reported many of the serious claims presented in Vicky Ward's book; her own yields generally feel meager, wrapping even the smallest scoops in a fog of insinuation.
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'Lot' Paints An Unforgettable Portrait Of Houston And Its People
Bryan Washington's debut story collection brings the Texas city to life in all its struggle and imperfect glory.
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Nonfiction: The Complex Literary Friendship Between Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston
In “Zora and Langston,” Yuval Taylor revisits the relationship that laid much of the groundwork for black American literature in the 20th century.
New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Fiction: A Road-Paving Job Takes On a Sinister Allure in Dave Eggers’s New Novel
The author’s eighth novel, “The Parade,” is a parable-like story featuring two unnamed men on assignment in an unnamed country in the wake of a civil war.
The Best Cookbooks for Kids
Books that will inspire children to get into the kitchen and cook.
Nonfiction: The ‘Enigma’ Who Is the Chief Justice of the United States
Joan Biskupic’s “The Chief” examines John Roberts’s life and his career on the Supreme Court.
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