In his picaresque memoir, “My Glorious Defeats,” the Anonymous-movement activist Barrett Brown takes us on a journey of pure, joyous solipsism.
In his picaresque memoir, “My Glorious Defeats,” the Anonymous-movement activist Barrett Brown takes us on a journey of pure, joyous solipsism.
The pseudonymous Italian author has become a worldwide phenomenon. But speculation about who she really is has followed her for years.
The pseudonymous Italian author has become a worldwide phenomenon. But speculation about who she really is has followed her for years.
Dwight Garner writes that voters, who “seemed to want a break from contemporary social reportage,” looked for immersive reads.
Dwight Garner writes that voters, who “seemed to want a break from contemporary social reportage,” looked for immersive reads.
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
A journalist and author, he helped write a revisionist account of Rudolph Giuliani’s role as mayor before and after the terrorist attacks.
A journalist and author, he helped write a revisionist account of Rudolph Giuliani’s role as mayor before and after the terrorist attacks.
Arthur, the former publisher of Knopf, is joining Hachette Book Group to start and run a new imprint.
Arthur, the former publisher of Knopf, is joining Hachette Book Group to start and run a new imprint.
In Yasmin Zaher’s “The Coin,” a rich, chic Palestinian schoolteacher in New York City grapples with displacement and American consumerism.
In Yasmin Zaher’s “The Coin,” a rich, chic Palestinian schoolteacher in New York City grapples with displacement and American consumerism.
Even after doing research in Montana, a draft of the book that became “The Heart in Winter” was “dead on the page,” he says. Back in Ireland, the runaway lovers now at its center “suddenly appeared to me.”
Even after doing research in Montana, a draft of the book that became “The Heart in Winter” was “dead on the page,” he says. Back in Ireland, the runaway lovers now at its center “suddenly appeared to me.”
Some of their favorites didn’t make our “Best Books of the 21st Century” list — but they make a case for them anyway.
Some of their favorites didn’t make our “Best Books of the 21st Century” list — but they make a case for them anyway.
In books and articles he wrote about the militarization of space and believed that investing in exploration would ultimately “protect Earth and guarantee the survival of humanity.”
In books and articles he wrote about the militarization of space and believed that investing in exploration would ultimately “protect Earth and guarantee the survival of humanity.”
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