Wednesday, February 8, 2023 - 5:00am
By Brad Leithauser
Laurie Winer’s new book, “Oscar Hammerstein II and the Invention of the Musical,” takes the measure of Sondheim’s mentor and spiritual godfather.
Wednesday, February 8, 2023 - 5:00am
By Tim Weiner
In “The Declassification Engine,” Matthew Connelly traces the evolution of America’s obsession with secrecy and the alarming implications for our understanding of the past.
Tuesday, February 7, 2023 - 2:00pm
By Spencer Quong
In Heinz Insu Fenkl’s autobiographical novel “Skull Water,” a 1970s teenager suffers a grief that connects him to his forebears.
Tuesday, February 7, 2023 - 12:13pm
By Ivy Pochoda
In Chetna Maroo’s debut novel, “Western Lane,” an adolescent girl mourns the death of her mother in the empty reverberations between points.
Tuesday, February 7, 2023 - 12:00pm
By Amil Niazi
The stories in Jennifer Maritza McCauley’s “When Trying to Return Home” range from present-day Puerto Rico to St. Louis in the aftermath of Brown v. Board of Education.
Tuesday, February 7, 2023 - 11:04am
By Ken Kalfus
In Maylis de Kerangal’s novel “Eastbound,” a young conscript becomes a hunted man in a very tight space.
Tuesday, February 7, 2023 - 11:00am
By Esmé Hogeveen
A bicoastal “friendship” between two couples culminates in accusations and tragedy in Charmaine Craig’s novel “My Nemesis.”
Tuesday, February 7, 2023 - 10:17am
By Maureen Corrigan
Author Thomas Mallon's sweeping new historical novel captures a slice of gay life in mid-to-late 20th century America as it reimagines the life — and violent death — of B-list actor Dick Kallman.
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Tuesday, February 7, 2023 - 9:21am
By Kristen Martin
In plunging us into the collective mind of a group of girls watching the search for a missing girl, author Dizz Tate creates an original, stylistically ambitious take on well-trodden subject matter.
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Tuesday, February 7, 2023 - 5:00am
By Bill Heavey
In his memoir “Holding Fire,” Bryce Andrews confronts the violence and guilt of past generations.
