Kathryn Stockett, Who Wrote ‘The Help,’ Has a Second Novel
Fifteen years ago, Kathryn Stockett’s debut novel became a best seller, but was also heavily criticized for its portrayal of Black characters. Now, she has written second novel, “The Calamity Club.”
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Book Review: ‘The Peach Thief,’ by Linda Joan Smith
In Linda Joan Smith’s “The Peach Thief,” an orphaned girl posing as a boy raids an English Eden.
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Book Review: ‘Goddess Complex,’ by Sanjena Sathian
The novel “Goddess Complex,” by Sanjena Sathian, takes a sharp turn from an existential crisis into a more literal one.
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Do You Like Your History With Imaginative Leaps or Grounded in Fact?
Novelized accounts of historical figures’ lives are hugely popular. But do we really want to draw back the curtain on history and find people talking and acting the way we do?
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6 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
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Interview: Abdulrazak Gurnah on ‘Theft’ and His Reading Life
But a full calendar meant carving out time for “Theft,” his new book and first since winning the prize.
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A Publisher Pulled a Romance Novel After Criticism From Early Readers
The novel, “Sparrow and Vine” by Sophie Lark, was due out in April from Bloom Books. Readers with advance copies criticized passages that they found racist — or that praised Elon Musk.
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Pierre Joris, Translator of the ‘Impossible’ Paul Celan, Dies at 78
A notable poet in his own right, he was best known for rendering into English the words of a poet who reacted to the Holocaust by inventing a new version of German.
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Joan Didion Knew the Stories We’d Tell About the Manson Murders
Didion’s influential account of the era, “The White Album,” captures the ripples of terror provoked by the 1969 murders.
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How Do You Preserve a Vanishing Music Scene?
Five recent books collect photographs, memories and ephemera from the hardcore band Agnostic Front, the mysterious dance artist Aphex Twin, the rap collective Odd Future and more.
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