Saturday, May 11, 2024 - 5:01am
By Clyde Haberman
An entertaining new history by Steven Johnson explores an explosive moment when terror and nascent surveillance collided.
Saturday, May 11, 2024 - 5:01am
By Kate Christensen
Jessica Shattuck’s “Last House” dips into the cultural intrigues of 20th-century America, but keeps its nose surprisingly clean.
Saturday, May 11, 2024 - 5:00am
By Joan Silber
Inspired by her own family’s past, Claire Messud’s “This Strange Eventful History” unfolds over seven decades and two wars.
Friday, May 10, 2024 - 4:56pm
By Alex Williams
A renowned member of the New York School of poets, he also found accidental notoriety when he was photographed during the 1968 uprising at Columbia University.
Friday, May 10, 2024 - 4:36pm
The best-selling author of dark fantasy novels for Y.A. and adult audiences discusses her career and her stand-alone new historical fantasy, “The Familiar.”
Friday, May 10, 2024 - 12:50pm
By Keishel Williams
In her debut novel taking place in the Victorian era, Kuchenga Shenjé explores the expectations that arise when society demands that every group be neatly categorized.
Friday, May 10, 2024 - 11:51am
By MJ Franklin
For The Book Review Podcast’s May book club, we’ll talk about “James,” Percival Everett’s radical reimagining of “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.”
Friday, May 10, 2024 - 5:03am
By Alexandra Alter
It’s called The Lynx, after the wildcat native to the state. “We wanted something a little fierce,” she said.
Friday, May 10, 2024 - 5:01am
By Wilson Wong
A new book from the legendary lensman Corky Lee captures both struggle and celebration across several decades of Asian American life.
Friday, May 10, 2024 - 5:01am
By Emily Lordi and Philip Cheung
In fiction, Ali Sethi wrote about being queer in Pakistan. Now he’s singing his story.