Friday, February 14, 2020 - 5:00am
By Ed Park
Brace yourself for stories that are twisted in the best sense of the word.
Thursday, February 13, 2020 - 12:19pm
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Thursday, February 13, 2020 - 7:00am
By Craig Morgan Teicher
Poet and critic Craig Morgan Teicher presents his annual roundup of the poetry he's looking forward to. This year, he's showcasing a group of poets who he says are holding the darkness at bay.
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Thursday, February 13, 2020 - 5:00am
By Seymour Chwast
Matches Made Between the Covers
Thursday, February 13, 2020 - 5:00am
By Elisabeth Egan
Celeste Ng talks about the journey of “Little Fires Everywhere” from her head to Hulu.
Thursday, February 13, 2020 - 5:00am
As a girl, the author of “Wild” and “Tiny Beautiful Things” spent hours studying Scholastic book club catalogs. But “my family was too poor to pay for the books,” she says.
Wednesday, February 12, 2020 - 1:23pm
By Maureen Corrigan
Deepa Anappara's debut novel defies characterization. Set in a sprawling Indian slum, Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line centers on a trio of kids who venture out to look for a missing classmate.
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Wednesday, February 12, 2020 - 12:24pm
By Emily Barton
Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s novel “The Mercies” takes the Vardo witch trials in 17th-century Norway as its premise.
Wednesday, February 12, 2020 - 11:11am
By Nicholas Cannariato
Journalist Conor Dougherty doesn't traffic radical ideas in Golden Gates, but tells the story of housing in all its complexity, acknowledging that imperfect solutions are often the only solutions.
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Wednesday, February 12, 2020 - 7:00am
By Ilana Masad
Amber Sparks' new story collection is full of vivid language, compelling imagery, sharp wit and tenderness; many of the pieces also share a thread of anger in their treatment of the patriarchy.
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