Book Review: ‘When the Going Was Good,’ by Graydon Carter
The former Vanity Fair editor reflects on an era’s power moves and expense-account adventures in a new memoir.
‘Song of the North’ Uses Puppets to Help a Persian Epic Spring to Life
Hamid Rahmanian has made it his life’s work to share the richness of Iranian culture. “Song of the North,” at the New Victory Theater, is just the latest installment.
‘Song of the North’ Uses Puppets to Help a Persian Epic Spring to Life
Hamid Rahmanian has made it his life’s work to share the richness of Iranian culture. “Song of the North,” at the New Victory Theater, is just the latest installment.
Book Review: ‘Trespassers at the Golden Gate,’ by Gary Krist
When a woman shot her married lover in 1870s San Francisco, all of America took sides.
Book Review: ‘Trespassers at the Golden Gate,’ by Gary Krist
When a woman shot her married lover in 1870s San Francisco, all of America took sides.
Book Review: ‘Red Scare,’ by Clay Risen
In “Red Scare,” Clay Risen shows how culture in the United States is still driven by the political paranoia of the 1950s.
Book Review: ‘Red Scare,’ by Clay Risen
In “Red Scare,” Clay Risen shows how culture in the United States is still driven by the political paranoia of the 1950s.
Picture-Book Editions of Two Children’s Stories by Clarice Lispector
In her children’s stories, Clarice Lispector disguised philosophical questions in cheerful, kooky fables about exuberant animals with places to be.
Picture-Book Editions of Two Children’s Stories by Clarice Lispector
In her children’s stories, Clarice Lispector disguised philosophical questions in cheerful, kooky fables about exuberant animals with places to be.
Book Review: ‘Perfection,’ by Vincenzo Latronico
Vincenzo Latronico’s novel “Perfection” explores the capital of Europe’s expat scene in its heyday.
Book Review: ‘Perfection,’ by Vincenzo Latronico
Vincenzo Latronico’s novel “Perfection” explores the capital of Europe’s expat scene in its heyday.
Felice Picano, Champion of Gay Literature, Is Dead at 81
At a time when, in his words, “nobody was writing about gay life,” he produced groundbreaking novels and memoirs and published books by Harvey Fierstein and others.
Felice Picano, Champion of Gay Literature, Is Dead at 81
At a time when, in his words, “nobody was writing about gay life,” he produced groundbreaking novels and memoirs and published books by Harvey Fierstein and others.
John Feinstein, Sportswriter and Author of ‘A Season on the Brink,’ Dies at 69
A longtime columnist for The Washington Post, he also wrote dozens of books about basketball, baseball, tennis, golf, football and the Olympics, many of them best sellers.
John Feinstein, Sportswriter and Author of ‘A Season on the Brink,’ Dies at 69
A longtime columnist for The Washington Post, he also wrote dozens of books about basketball, baseball, tennis, golf, football and the Olympics, many of them best sellers.
Jennifer Johnston, Irish Novelist Who Probed Country’s Fault Lines, Dies at 95
She explored tensions among the social classes and within families in fiction that prompted Roddy Doyle to call her “Ireland’s greatest writer.”
Jennifer Johnston, Irish Novelist Who Probed Country’s Fault Lines, Dies at 95
She explored tensions among the social classes and within families in fiction that prompted Roddy Doyle to call her “Ireland’s greatest writer.”
8 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
8 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
James Reason, Who Used Swiss Cheese to Explain Human Error, Dies at 86
Mistakes happen, he theorized, because multiple vulnerabilities in a system align — like the holes in cheese — to create a recipe for disaster.
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