Monday, July 1, 2024 - 5:00am
By Alice Elliott Dark
J. Courtney Sullivan’s “The Cliffs” is a haunted house mystery steeped in historical context.
Monday, July 1, 2024 - 5:00am
By Lyta Gold
Nearly 2,400 years ago, Plato worried that stories could corrupt susceptible minds. Moral panics over fiction have been common ever since.
Monday, July 1, 2024 - 5:00am
By Megan McCrea
The writer and director, famous for making theatergoers squirm in their seats, says he feels most at home wherever the outsiders gather in his native city.
Sunday, June 30, 2024 - 5:00am
By Alexandra Jacobs
The journalist Richard Behar communicated extensively with the disgraced financier. His rigorous if irreverent book acknowledges his subject’s humanity.
Sunday, June 30, 2024 - 5:00am
By Sarah Weinman
The books in this month’s column have something in common: unforgettable main characters.
Saturday, June 29, 2024 - 7:50am
In a memoir and a novel, the characters deal with grief by singing in front of strangers.
Saturday, June 29, 2024 - 7:00am
By Tahneer Oksman
Many assume that timidity -- or its close cousin, shyness -- is solely a negative trait. But longtime cartoonist Jonathan Todd shows this is not always the case in this semi-autobiographical tale.
(Image credit: Jonathan Todd)
Saturday, June 29, 2024 - 5:03am
By Jim Windolf
In “All the Worst Humans,” Phil Elwood recounts a career spent engineering headlines for some of the world’s villains.
Saturday, June 29, 2024 - 5:02am
By Jennifer Schuessler
In “Swimming Pretty,” Vicki Valosik connects the evolution of an unlikely sport with the century-long struggle of women to be taken seriously in the water.
Saturday, June 29, 2024 - 5:02am
By Jennifer Schuessler
In “Swimming Pretty,” Vicki Valosik connects the evolution of an unlikely sport with the century-long struggle of women to be taken seriously in the water.