Saturday, May 15, 2021 - 5:00am
By Jason Heller
Brenda Peynado's new collection yanks readers straight into her stories, punchy and powerful tales that mix the everyday and the fantastic to search for meaning in the immigrant experience.
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Saturday, May 15, 2021 - 5:00am
By Joe Klein
How a politician who died in 2003 continues to dominate much of today’s political discussion.
Saturday, May 15, 2021 - 5:00am
By Kristen Radtke
The writer and artist spent nearly three years researching why so many of us feel so alone. What she found was much worse than she imagined.
Friday, May 14, 2021 - 2:57pm
Menand talks about his work of political and cultural history, and Phillip Lopate discusses his three anthologies of American essays.
Friday, May 14, 2021 - 7:00am
By Danny Lore
Rivers Solomon's new novel — a gothic thriller about a woman escaping a cult for a wild life in the forest — relies too much on atmospherics, neglecting the basic building blocks of story.
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Friday, May 14, 2021 - 5:00am
By Lysley Tenorio
In “My Good Son,” by Yang Huang, a Chinese father strives to offer his floundering son a better life. But is he actually being a good parent?
Friday, May 14, 2021 - 5:00am
By Jennifer Krauss
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Friday, May 14, 2021 - 5:00am
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Friday, May 14, 2021 - 12:02am
By Deborah Solomon
“How to Be an Art Rebel,” by Ben Street, and “What Adults Don’t Know About Art,” by the School of Life, are both British imports. The similarity ends there.
Thursday, May 13, 2021 - 2:21pm
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.