Wednesday, May 1, 2024 - 11:30am
By Claire Moses
For the first time, China has more than 100 incarcerated writers, and Israel and Russia entered the list of the 10 countries with the most imprisoned writers.
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 - 11:19am
By Brian Raftery
“The Chocolate War,” published 50 years ago, became one of the country’s most challenged books. Its author, Robert Cormier, spent years fighting attempts to ban it — like many authors today.
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 - 9:23am
By Wilson Wong
The novelist played with reality and chance in tales of solitary narrators and mutable identities. Here’s an overview of his work.
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 - 5:01am
By Jennifer Szalai
“I Just Keep Talking,” a collection of essays and artwork by the historian Nell Irvin Painter, captures her wide-ranging interests and original mind.
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 - 5:01am
By Rachel Donadio
Dozens of books have disappeared from Warsaw to Paris. Police are looking into who is taking them, and why — a tale of money, geopolitics, crafty forgers and lackluster library security.
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 - 5:00am
By Robyn Creswell
These authors investigate the interior lives of Palestinians charged with violence and probe the confines of Israeli prisons.
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 - 12:03am
By Lucy Sante
A complicated, generous life yielded a body of work of staggering scope and variety.
Tuesday, April 30, 2024 - 11:23pm
By Alex Williams
With critically lauded works like “The New York Trilogy,” the charismatic author and patron saint of his adopted borough drew worldwide acclaim.
Tuesday, April 30, 2024 - 6:00am
By Rhoda Feng
Many philosophical ideas get an airing in Rachel Khong's latest novel, including the existence of free will and the ethics of altering genomes to select for "favorable" inheritable traits.
Tuesday, April 30, 2024 - 6:00am
By Rhoda Feng
Many philosophical ideas get an airing in Rachel Khong's latest novel, including the existence of free will and the ethics of altering genomes to select for "favorable" inheritable traits.