https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/books/review/11-new-books-we-recommend-this-week.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Thursday, 28 February 2019
The Palmy Days of a South Beach Shtetl
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Andy Sweet’s photographs and a new film tell the story of a vanished Jewish community on the tip of Miami Beach that gave way to a glittering American Riviera.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/arts/design/shtetl-in-the-sun-south-beach.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Andy Sweet’s photographs and a new film tell the story of a vanished Jewish community on the tip of Miami Beach that gave way to a glittering American Riviera.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/arts/design/shtetl-in-the-sun-south-beach.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The Enthusiast: In Praise of bell hooks
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
“For me, reading ‘Ain’t I A Woman,’ was as if someone had opened the door, the windows, and raised the roof in my mind.”
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/books/bell-hooks-min-jin-lee-aint-i-a-woman.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
“For me, reading ‘Ain’t I A Woman,’ was as if someone had opened the door, the windows, and raised the roof in my mind.”
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/books/bell-hooks-min-jin-lee-aint-i-a-woman.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Fiction: A Brilliantly Funny and Slightly Bonkers New Novel From Jasper Fforde
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
In “Early Riser,” Fforde explores the strange things that happen when humans begin hibernating during ice age-like winters.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/books/review/early-riser-jasper-fforde.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
In “Early Riser,” Fforde explores the strange things that happen when humans begin hibernating during ice age-like winters.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/books/review/early-riser-jasper-fforde.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
12 New Books to Watch for in March
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Preet Bharara on justice, a chronicle of gun violence in Chicago, a grown-up fairy tale and more.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/books/new-march-books.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Preet Bharara on justice, a chronicle of gun violence in Chicago, a grown-up fairy tale and more.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/books/new-march-books.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
To Honor Gift, Public Library Will Add Donor’s Name a 6th Time
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The New York Public Library is abiding by an agreement that says Stephen A. Schwarzman’s name should be inscribed at every entrance to its main building.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/arts/design/to-honor-gift-public-library-will-add-donors-name-a-6th-time.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The New York Public Library is abiding by an agreement that says Stephen A. Schwarzman’s name should be inscribed at every entrance to its main building.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/arts/design/to-honor-gift-public-library-will-add-donors-name-a-6th-time.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Can ‘Captain Marvel’ Fix Marvel’s Woman Problem?
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Criticized for taking so long to make a movie focused on a female superhero, the studio has made strides that parallel the evolution of the comic books.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/movies/captain-marvel.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Criticized for taking so long to make a movie focused on a female superhero, the studio has made strides that parallel the evolution of the comic books.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/movies/captain-marvel.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Legal Threats From Broadway’s ‘Mockingbird’ Sink Productions Around the Country
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Some community theaters have canceled productions of the play after receiving legal warnings that theirs cannot go on at the same time as the one in New York.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/theater/scott-rudin-mockingbird-broadway.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Some community theaters have canceled productions of the play after receiving legal warnings that theirs cannot go on at the same time as the one in New York.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/theater/scott-rudin-mockingbird-broadway.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Nonfiction: When Asia Ruled the World
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
In “Empires of the Weak,” J.C. Sharman argues that the belief in Western dominance is a mistake.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/books/review/jc-sharman-empires-weak.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
In “Empires of the Weak,” J.C. Sharman argues that the belief in Western dominance is a mistake.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/books/review/jc-sharman-empires-weak.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
By the Book: By the Book: Edward O. Wilson
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The naturalist and entomologist, whose new book is “Genesis,” loves a reptile guide called “Lizards and Snakes of Alabama,” which “speaks to my boyhood passion and is a source of good memories page by page.”
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/books/review/by-the-book-edward-o-wilson.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The naturalist and entomologist, whose new book is “Genesis,” loves a reptile guide called “Lizards and Snakes of Alabama,” which “speaks to my boyhood passion and is a source of good memories page by page.”
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/books/review/by-the-book-edward-o-wilson.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Wednesday, 27 February 2019
Fiction: A Heroine Who Lives at Once in Elizabethan England and 21st-Century New York
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Sandra Newman’s novel “The Heavens” explores notions of time travel, romance and mental stability.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/27/books/review/sandra-newman-heavens.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Sandra Newman’s novel “The Heavens” explores notions of time travel, romance and mental stability.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/27/books/review/sandra-newman-heavens.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Books of The Times: How the Mind-Body Connection is Rewiring Our Politics
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
In “Nervous States,” William Davies says profound uncertainty and heightened alertness have encouraged us to approach politics as a matter of instinct rather than rationality.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/27/books/review-nervous-states-democracy-decline-of-reason-william-davies.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
In “Nervous States,” William Davies says profound uncertainty and heightened alertness have encouraged us to approach politics as a matter of instinct rather than rationality.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/27/books/review-nervous-states-democracy-decline-of-reason-william-davies.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Nonfiction: An Economist’s Argument for Preserving Communities
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Raghuram Rajan’s “The Third Pillar” contends that economic growth is not enough to ensure a nation’s health.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/27/books/review/raghuram-rajan-third-pillar.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Raghuram Rajan’s “The Third Pillar” contends that economic growth is not enough to ensure a nation’s health.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/27/books/review/raghuram-rajan-third-pillar.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Tuesday, 26 February 2019
Books of The Times: A New Book Speaks Plainly About the Large Role White Women Played in Perpetuating Slavery
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
In “They Were Her Property,” the historian Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers uncovers “hitherto hidden relationships among gender, slavery and capitalism.”
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/26/books/review-they-were-her-property-white-women-slave-owners-stephanie-jones-rogers.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
In “They Were Her Property,” the historian Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers uncovers “hitherto hidden relationships among gender, slavery and capitalism.”
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/26/books/review-they-were-her-property-white-women-slave-owners-stephanie-jones-rogers.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Nonfiction: Toni Morrison: First Lady of Letters
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
“The Source of Self-Regard,” a new collection of essays and lectures spanning four decades of the author’s career, cements her status as an unparalleled literary innovator.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/26/books/review/toni-morrison-source-of-self-regard.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
“The Source of Self-Regard,” a new collection of essays and lectures spanning four decades of the author’s career, cements her status as an unparalleled literary innovator.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/26/books/review/toni-morrison-source-of-self-regard.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
New & Noteworthy
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/26/books/review/new-poetry.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/26/books/review/new-poetry.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Fiction: A Father’s Corpse Journeys Across War-Torn Syria in This Masterly Novel
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
“Death Is Hard Work,” by the lauded Syrian novelist Khaled Khalifa, is his first to be set during the country’s current war.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/26/books/review/khaled-khalifa-death-is-hard-work.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
“Death Is Hard Work,” by the lauded Syrian novelist Khaled Khalifa, is his first to be set during the country’s current war.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/26/books/review/khaled-khalifa-death-is-hard-work.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Monday, 25 February 2019
Newsbook: Love ‘Roma’? Here Are 3 Books That Explore Mexican Cinema
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Academy gave “Roma” three Oscars on Sunday, underscoring the film industry’s rich history in Mexico.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/books/3-books-mexican-cinema-roma.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The Academy gave “Roma” three Oscars on Sunday, underscoring the film industry’s rich history in Mexico.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/books/3-books-mexican-cinema-roma.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Front Burner: A Memoir to Whet the Appetite
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Boris Fishman recalls his youth in Belarus in this page-turner with recipes.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/dining/boris-fishman-savage-feast.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Boris Fishman recalls his youth in Belarus in this page-turner with recipes.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/dining/boris-fishman-savage-feast.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Fiction: Han Kang’s Novel Is a Politically Tinged Eulogy for a Dead Sister
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
In “The White Book,” a Korean novelist wanders the city of Warsaw, haunted by her family’s loss — and by her country’s inability to mourn its own losses.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/books/review/han-kang-white-book.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
In “The White Book,” a Korean novelist wanders the city of Warsaw, haunted by her family’s loss — and by her country’s inability to mourn its own losses.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/books/review/han-kang-white-book.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Books of The Times: ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ Had Strong Opinions About Appalachians. Now, Appalachians Return the Favor.
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A new anthology, “Appalachian Reckoning,” pushes back against some of the generalizations in J.D. Vance’s best-selling memoir.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/books/review-appalachian-reckoning-region-responds-hillbilly-elegy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
A new anthology, “Appalachian Reckoning,” pushes back against some of the generalizations in J.D. Vance’s best-selling memoir.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/books/review-appalachian-reckoning-region-responds-hillbilly-elegy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Books News: New York Review Names 2 Top Editors 5 Months After Ian Buruma’s Departure
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Emily Greenhouse, 32, and Gabriel Winslow-Yost, 33, will lead the magazine, and a longtime contributor, Daniel Mendelsohn, will assume a newly created role.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/books/nyrb-emily-greenhouse-gabriel-winslowyost.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Emily Greenhouse, 32, and Gabriel Winslow-Yost, 33, will lead the magazine, and a longtime contributor, Daniel Mendelsohn, will assume a newly created role.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/books/nyrb-emily-greenhouse-gabriel-winslowyost.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Nonfiction: Frans de Waal Embraces Animal Emotions in ‘Mama’s Last Hug’
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
In his new book, the renowned ethnologist argues that emotions are key to understanding both human and animal behavior.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/books/review/frans-de-waal-mamas-last-hug.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
In his new book, the renowned ethnologist argues that emotions are key to understanding both human and animal behavior.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/books/review/frans-de-waal-mamas-last-hug.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Sunday, 24 February 2019
The Week in Books
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Oscars, a new history of Northern Ireland, Isaac Mizrahi and more.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/24/books/books-weekend-reads.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The Oscars, a new history of Northern Ireland, Isaac Mizrahi and more.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/24/books/books-weekend-reads.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Saturday, 23 February 2019
Charles Dickens Tried to Banish His Wife to an Asylum, Letters Show
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Newly published correspondence gives Catherine Dickens’s account of a great Victorian scandal.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/23/world/europe/charles-dickens-wife-asylum.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Newly published correspondence gives Catherine Dickens’s account of a great Victorian scandal.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/23/world/europe/charles-dickens-wife-asylum.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
An Appraisal: Tomi Ungerer Transformed Darkness With Whimsy and Glee
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The iconoclastic artist’s picture books comforted children and made adults uncomfortable.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/23/books/review/tomi-ungerer-appreciation.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The iconoclastic artist’s picture books comforted children and made adults uncomfortable.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/23/books/review/tomi-ungerer-appreciation.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Friday, 22 February 2019
Graphic Content: Graphic Novels in the Age of Trump
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
In his latest Graphic Content column, Ed Park looks at James Sturm’s “Off Season” and Elly Lonon and Joan Reilly’s “Amongst the Liberal Elite.”
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/books/review/graphic-novels-trump-politics.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
In his latest Graphic Content column, Ed Park looks at James Sturm’s “Off Season” and Elly Lonon and Joan Reilly’s “Amongst the Liberal Elite.”
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/books/review/graphic-novels-trump-politics.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The Book Review Podcast: Seeking Silence
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Gal Beckerman discusses “How to Disappear,” by Akiko Busch, and “Silence,” by Jane Brox; and Steve Luxenberg talks about “Separate.”
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/books/review/podcast-how-to-disappear-akiko-busch-silence-jane-brox-.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Gal Beckerman discusses “How to Disappear,” by Akiko Busch, and “Silence,” by Jane Brox; and Steve Luxenberg talks about “Separate.”
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/books/review/podcast-how-to-disappear-akiko-busch-silence-jane-brox-.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
W.E.B. Griffin, 89, Dies; Best Selling Novelist Dozens of Times
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
He said he published more than 150 books — including dozens about soldiers, spies and cops — using numerous pseudonyms (including W.E.B. Griffin).
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/obituaries/web-griffin-dies.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
He said he published more than 150 books — including dozens about soldiers, spies and cops — using numerous pseudonyms (including W.E.B. Griffin).
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/obituaries/web-griffin-dies.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
A Samurai Rabbit Comic Book Adventure Finds a New Home
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The long-running saga of the rabbit, Usagi Yojimbo, by Stan Sakai, is moving to IDW Publishing, which will begin a new, full-color series in June.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/arts/design/usagi-yojimbo-new-publisher.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The long-running saga of the rabbit, Usagi Yojimbo, by Stan Sakai, is moving to IDW Publishing, which will begin a new, full-color series in June.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/arts/design/usagi-yojimbo-new-publisher.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Nonfiction: ‘Say Nothing’ — Part History, Part True Crime — Illuminates the Bitter Conflict in Northern Ireland
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Patrick Radden Keefe’s stunning new book uses the 1972 murder and abduction of a Belfast mother of 10 to tell the story of the Troubles.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/books/review/say-nothing-patrick-radden-keefe.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Patrick Radden Keefe’s stunning new book uses the 1972 murder and abduction of a Belfast mother of 10 to tell the story of the Troubles.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/books/review/say-nothing-patrick-radden-keefe.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
New in Paperback: ‘The Strange Order of Things,’ ‘The Pisces’
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/books/review/new-paperbacks.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/books/review/new-paperbacks.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Inside the List: The ‘Columbine’ Author Dave Cullen Talks About His New Book, ‘Parkland’
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Soon after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Cullen realized there was something different about this tragedy. He got on a plane to Florida.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/books/review/dave-cullen-parkland-best-seller.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Soon after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Cullen realized there was something different about this tragedy. He got on a plane to Florida.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/books/review/dave-cullen-parkland-best-seller.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Match Book: Books at the Box Office
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Nonfiction titles that made a splash on both the page and the big screen.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/books/review/movie-adaptations.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Nonfiction titles that made a splash on both the page and the big screen.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/books/review/movie-adaptations.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Sketchbook: Was the True Hero of ‘Peter Pan’ the Dog?
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Sara Lautman draws a tribute to the Darling family’s loyal pet and caretaker, Nana.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/books/review/jm-barrie-peter-pan.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Sara Lautman draws a tribute to the Darling family’s loyal pet and caretaker, Nana.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/books/review/jm-barrie-peter-pan.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Fiction: Their Romance Dissolved. So the Heroines of This Novel Seek Their Roots.
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The title characters of Amy Feltman’s “Willa & Hesper” find solace from their breakup in the rabbit holes of their European Jewish backgrounds.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/books/review/willa-hesper-amy-feltman.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The title characters of Amy Feltman’s “Willa & Hesper” find solace from their breakup in the rabbit holes of their European Jewish backgrounds.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/books/review/willa-hesper-amy-feltman.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Otherworldly: Sublime New Fantasy Fiction
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
An epic debut, poems as sharp as blood-tinged spindles, a stand-alone novel narrated by a god: There’s something for everyone here.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/books/review/new-science-fiction-fantasy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
An epic debut, poems as sharp as blood-tinged spindles, a stand-alone novel narrated by a god: There’s something for everyone here.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/books/review/new-science-fiction-fantasy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Nonfiction: The Series of Historical Mistakes That Led to Trump
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Michael Tomasky’s “If We Can Keep It” recounts the political and cultural back story to our current, destabilized moment.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/books/review/michael-tomasky-if-we-can-keep-it.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Michael Tomasky’s “If We Can Keep It” recounts the political and cultural back story to our current, destabilized moment.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/books/review/michael-tomasky-if-we-can-keep-it.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The Shortlist: Hitler Had Food Tasters, Anne Frank Lived and Maud Baum Wanted to Be Heard
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Three new historical novels reimagine the lives of real women.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/books/review/at-wolfs-table-rosella-postorino.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Three new historical novels reimagine the lives of real women.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/books/review/at-wolfs-table-rosella-postorino.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
From Our Archives: Revisiting Diana Athill: ‘The Doyenne of English Book Editors’
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
In her memoir “Stet,” the editor behind writers such as V.S. Naipaul and Jean Rhys reflected on her life in publishing.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/books/review/diana-athill-stet.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
In her memoir “Stet,” the editor behind writers such as V.S. Naipaul and Jean Rhys reflected on her life in publishing.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/books/review/diana-athill-stet.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Children’s Books: Y.A. Thrillers That Put Teenagers to the Test
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
An emotionless world where feelings are a commodity. A murderer pursuing a homecoming queen. And more, in novels from Karen M. McManus, E.K. Johnston, Lamar Giles and S.E. Grove.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/books/review/new-young-adult-fiction.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
An emotionless world where feelings are a commodity. A murderer pursuing a homecoming queen. And more, in novels from Karen M. McManus, E.K. Johnston, Lamar Giles and S.E. Grove.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/books/review/new-young-adult-fiction.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Essay: Joan Castleman, Meet Glenn Close. What Happens When a Book’s Character Comes to Life.
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
“The first time I saw ‘The Wife’ I felt as if I were watching a home movie I hadn’t known existed.”
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/books/review/meg-wolitzer-the-wife.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
“The first time I saw ‘The Wife’ I felt as if I were watching a home movie I hadn’t known existed.”
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/books/review/meg-wolitzer-the-wife.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Letters to the Editor
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/books/review/letters-to-the-editor.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/books/review/letters-to-the-editor.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Thursday, 21 February 2019
Editors’ Choice: 10 New Books We Recommend This Week
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/books/review/10-new-books-we-recommend-this-week.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/books/review/10-new-books-we-recommend-this-week.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Further reading: A Literary Guide to the Oscars
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Let your favorite movies of 2018 guide your next reading choices.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/books/oscars-reading-guide.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Let your favorite movies of 2018 guide your next reading choices.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/books/oscars-reading-guide.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Black History Trail Makes 200 Stops Across Massachusetts
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A Tufts University project seeks to make “history more visible” — from slavery to Black Lives Matter — with a map of historic African-American sites in Boston and beyond.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/arts/design/black-history-african-american-trail-project-boston.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
A Tufts University project seeks to make “history more visible” — from slavery to Black Lives Matter — with a map of historic African-American sites in Boston and beyond.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/arts/design/black-history-african-american-trail-project-boston.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Fiction: Two Young Men Come of Age Amid Violence and Pathos Overseas
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
These novels, about an aspiring scholar in Italy and a young poet returning to his roots in Afghanistan, chart unsettled paths to adulthood.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/books/review/99-nights-in-logar-jamil-jan-kochai-alessandro-davenia-what-hell-is-not.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
These novels, about an aspiring scholar in Italy and a young poet returning to his roots in Afghanistan, chart unsettled paths to adulthood.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/books/review/99-nights-in-logar-jamil-jan-kochai-alessandro-davenia-what-hell-is-not.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
By the Book: Isaac Mizrahi: By the Book
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The fashion designer and author of the new memoir “I.M.” likes his literature “sort of plain”: “Style is suspicious to me in general. I think that’s true about my taste in everything. Food. Décor. Clothes.”
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/books/review/isaac-mizrahi-by-the-book.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The fashion designer and author of the new memoir “I.M.” likes his literature “sort of plain”: “Style is suspicious to me in general. I think that’s true about my taste in everything. Food. Décor. Clothes.”
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/books/review/isaac-mizrahi-by-the-book.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Fiction: In This Updated Myth, Female Intuition Goes Nuclear
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Sharma Shields’s new novel, “The Cassandra,” brings an archetypal Greek seer into the age of modern warfare.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/books/review/cassandra-sharma-shields.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Sharma Shields’s new novel, “The Cassandra,” brings an archetypal Greek seer into the age of modern warfare.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/books/review/cassandra-sharma-shields.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Wednesday, 20 February 2019
Dr. Theodore Rubin, High-Profile Psychoanalyst, Is Dead at 95
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Dr. Rubin was a public face of psychotherapy and a prolific author whose novel “Lisa and David” was the basis of the popular movie “David and Lisa.”
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/obituaries/dr-theodore-rubin-dead.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Dr. Rubin was a public face of psychotherapy and a prolific author whose novel “Lisa and David” was the basis of the popular movie “David and Lisa.”
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/obituaries/dr-theodore-rubin-dead.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Newsbook: 6 Books to Binge Read Before the 2019 Oscars
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
These books will take you back to the golden age of Hollywood.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/books/2019-oscars-hollywood.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
These books will take you back to the golden age of Hollywood.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/books/2019-oscars-hollywood.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Fiction: A Novelist Dares to Imagine Tennessee Williams in Love and at Work
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
In “Leading Men,” Christopher Castellani takes Tennessee Williams and his lover, Frank Merlo, back to an invented interlude in Portofino.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/books/review/leading-men-christopher-castellani.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
In “Leading Men,” Christopher Castellani takes Tennessee Williams and his lover, Frank Merlo, back to an invented interlude in Portofino.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/books/review/leading-men-christopher-castellani.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Books of The Times: ‘Say Nothing’ Unearths Buried Secrets in Northern Ireland
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Patrick Radden Keefe’s new book explores the abduction of Jean McConville, a mother of 10, from her home in 1972, while also offering a broader history of the Troubles.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/books/review-say-nothing-murder-northern-ireland-patrick-radden-keefe.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Patrick Radden Keefe’s new book explores the abduction of Jean McConville, a mother of 10, from her home in 1972, while also offering a broader history of the Troubles.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/books/review-say-nothing-murder-northern-ireland-patrick-radden-keefe.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
On Poetry: What Charles Bukowski’s Glamorous Displays of Alcoholism Left Out
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A new collection of the writer’s prose and poems, “On Drinking,” makes clear how evasive he was even in his most seemingly honest work. Can Bukowski’s view of addiction survive a new era?
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/books/review/charles-bukowski-on-drinking.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
A new collection of the writer’s prose and poems, “On Drinking,” makes clear how evasive he was even in his most seemingly honest work. Can Bukowski’s view of addiction survive a new era?
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/books/review/charles-bukowski-on-drinking.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Jeffrey Hart, Influential and Iconoclastic Conservative, Dies at 88
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
He was an author, Republican speechwriter, National Review polemicist, Dartmouth Review provocateur and, to many, an antiwar apostate when he defected to Obama.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/obituaries/jeffrey-hart-dead.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
He was an author, Republican speechwriter, National Review polemicist, Dartmouth Review provocateur and, to many, an antiwar apostate when he defected to Obama.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/obituaries/jeffrey-hart-dead.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The N.Y.P.L. “Love & Resistance” Opening and the Writer’s Guild Awards
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Writers, L.G.B.T. people, L.G.B.T. writers, and Jimmy Fallon attended parties this week.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2019/02/20/style/stonewall-50.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Writers, L.G.B.T. people, L.G.B.T. writers, and Jimmy Fallon attended parties this week.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2019/02/20/style/stonewall-50.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Fiction: In a Gutsy New Thriller, a Black Female Spy’s Past Comes Back to Haunt Her
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
“American Spy,” Lauren Wilkinson’s assured debut novel, explores the career and moral quandaries of a black woman who’s undervalued in the boy’s club of the F.B.I.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/books/review/american-spy-lauren-wilkinson.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
“American Spy,” Lauren Wilkinson’s assured debut novel, explores the career and moral quandaries of a black woman who’s undervalued in the boy’s club of the F.B.I.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/books/review/american-spy-lauren-wilkinson.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
A Marvel Hero Copes With Bipolar Disorder
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The teenage Wasp has inherited her father’s mission for justice. Like him, she must also learn to live with a mental health condition.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/arts/design/the-wasp-marvel-issue-5.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The teenage Wasp has inherited her father’s mission for justice. Like him, she must also learn to live with a mental health condition.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/arts/design/the-wasp-marvel-issue-5.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Nonfiction: Sex and the Cinema: How Hollywood Shaped Desire
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
In “Sleeping With Strangers,” David Thomson examines the ways in which movies have codified our fantasies.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/books/review/sleeping-with-strangers-david-thomson.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
In “Sleeping With Strangers,” David Thomson examines the ways in which movies have codified our fantasies.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/books/review/sleeping-with-strangers-david-thomson.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Tuesday, 19 February 2019
Books of The Times: An Exhilarating Work of History About Daring Adventures in Love
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
In “Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments,” Saidiya Hartman writes about young black women in the early 20th century who tossed out the narrow scripts about intimacy they had been given.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/19/books/wayward-lives-beautiful-experiments-saidiya-hartman.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
In “Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments,” Saidiya Hartman writes about young black women in the early 20th century who tossed out the narrow scripts about intimacy they had been given.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/19/books/wayward-lives-beautiful-experiments-saidiya-hartman.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Tomi Ungerer’s Books, for Adults, to Be Rereleased
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Fantagraphics Books will publish four of his books, starting with “The Underground Sketchbook,” in October.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/19/arts/tomi-ungerer-the-underground-sketchbook.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Fantagraphics Books will publish four of his books, starting with “The Underground Sketchbook,” in October.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/19/arts/tomi-ungerer-the-underground-sketchbook.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Nonfiction: The Life-or-Death Struggle of Refugees Braving the Mediterranean Crossing
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
In “Notes on a Shipwreck,” the Italian journalist Davide Enia bears witness to the suffering of migrants fleeing Africa for the island of Lampedusa.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/19/books/review/davide-enia-notes-on-shipwreck.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
In “Notes on a Shipwreck,” the Italian journalist Davide Enia bears witness to the suffering of migrants fleeing Africa for the island of Lampedusa.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/19/books/review/davide-enia-notes-on-shipwreck.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
New & Noteworthy
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/19/books/review/new-this-week.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/19/books/review/new-this-week.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Front Burner: Michelin Issues Its First Cuisine-Focused Guide
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The guidebook covers Cantonese food in Asia, Europe and the United States.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/19/dining/michelin-guide-cantonese-restaurants.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The guidebook covers Cantonese food in Asia, Europe and the United States.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/19/dining/michelin-guide-cantonese-restaurants.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Fiction: In This New Caper Novel, a Yearbook Reveals Family Secrets
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Elinor Lipman’s “Good Riddance” offers an up-to-the-minute look at a young woman’s life in Manhattan.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/19/books/review/elinor-lipman-good-riddance.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Elinor Lipman’s “Good Riddance” offers an up-to-the-minute look at a young woman’s life in Manhattan.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/19/books/review/elinor-lipman-good-riddance.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Monday, 18 February 2019
Nonfiction: The Tumultuous Path From Emancipation to Segregation
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
“Separate: The Story of Plessy v. Ferguson, and America’s Journey From Slavery to Segregation,” by Steve Luxenberg, is an elegant history of the mostly losing battle to protect the civil rights of newly freed black citizens.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/18/books/review/steve-luxenberg-separate-plessy-v-ferguson.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
“Separate: The Story of Plessy v. Ferguson, and America’s Journey From Slavery to Segregation,” by Steve Luxenberg, is an elegant history of the mostly losing battle to protect the civil rights of newly freed black citizens.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/18/books/review/steve-luxenberg-separate-plessy-v-ferguson.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Nonfiction: The Case for Covering Your Ears in Noisy Times
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Two new books, “How to Disappear,” by Akiko Busch, and “Silence,” by Jane Brox, explore the benefits of tuning out.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/18/books/review/akiko-busch-how-to-disappear-jane-brox-silence.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Two new books, “How to Disappear,” by Akiko Busch, and “Silence,” by Jane Brox, explore the benefits of tuning out.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/18/books/review/akiko-busch-how-to-disappear-jane-brox-silence.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Sunday, 17 February 2019
Books News: Similarities in Two Novels Raise Questions About the Limits of Literary Influence
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Readers have noticed an overlap between “The Woman in the Window,” by A.J. Finn — a pen name for Dan Mallory — and Sarah A. Denzil’s “Saving April.”
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/books/dan-mallory-woman-window-denzil.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Readers have noticed an overlap between “The Woman in the Window,” by A.J. Finn — a pen name for Dan Mallory — and Sarah A. Denzil’s “Saving April.”
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/books/dan-mallory-woman-window-denzil.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Books of The Times: ‘The Border’ Is a Stunning and Timely Conclusion to Don Winslow’s Drug-War Trilogy
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The third novel in this propulsive, violent series trains a fictional lens on some of today’s most pressing issues, including the opioid crisis and political corruption.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/17/books/review-border-don-winslow.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The third novel in this propulsive, violent series trains a fictional lens on some of today’s most pressing issues, including the opioid crisis and political corruption.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/17/books/review-border-don-winslow.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The Week in Books
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A novel about the George W. Bush administration, Valeria Luiselli’s “Lost Children Archive,” a sneak peek at Ta-Nehisi Coates’s upcoming novel and more.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/17/books/review/the-week-in-books.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
A novel about the George W. Bush administration, Valeria Luiselli’s “Lost Children Archive,” a sneak peek at Ta-Nehisi Coates’s upcoming novel and more.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/17/books/review/the-week-in-books.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Saturday, 16 February 2019
Books of The Times: In ‘The Threat,’ Andrew McCabe Issues the Latest Warning Call About Trump’s America
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
This memoir by the former deputy director of the F.B.I. joins a roster of recent and alarming books by high-ranking members of the United States’ justice and intelligence communities.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/16/books/review-threat-fbi-trump-andrew-mccabe.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
This memoir by the former deputy director of the F.B.I. joins a roster of recent and alarming books by high-ranking members of the United States’ justice and intelligence communities.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/16/books/review-threat-fbi-trump-andrew-mccabe.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Friday, 15 February 2019
Betty Ballantine, Who Helped Introduce Paperbacks, Dies at 99
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
As a publishing team, she and her husband, Ian, set out in 1939 “to change the reading habits of America,” and to a large extent they did.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/obituaries/betty-ballantine-dead.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
As a publishing team, she and her husband, Ian, set out in 1939 “to change the reading habits of America,” and to a large extent they did.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/obituaries/betty-ballantine-dead.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Read Books by Kamala Harris, Kirsten Gillibrand and Other 2020 Presidential Candidates
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Politicians’ memoirs can give insight into their values.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/books/2020-presidential-candidate-memoirs.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Politicians’ memoirs can give insight into their values.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/books/2020-presidential-candidate-memoirs.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The Book Review Podcast: A Class in ‘Dreyer’s English’
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Benjamin Dreyer talks about his best-selling guide to writing, and Thomas Mallon discusses “Landfall,” his new novel about the presidential administration of George W. Bush.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/books/review/podcast-dreyers-english-benjamin-dreyer-landfall-thomas-mallon.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Benjamin Dreyer talks about his best-selling guide to writing, and Thomas Mallon discusses “Landfall,” his new novel about the presidential administration of George W. Bush.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/books/review/podcast-dreyers-english-benjamin-dreyer-landfall-thomas-mallon.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Books of The Times: In ‘The Next to Die,’ a Serial Killer Targets Pairs of Best Friends
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
In Hannah’s new novel, the Culver Valley police force is searching for a killer who sends homemade books to prospective victims.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/books/review-next-to-die-sophie-hannah.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
In Hannah’s new novel, the Culver Valley police force is searching for a killer who sends homemade books to prospective victims.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/books/review-next-to-die-sophie-hannah.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
New in Paperback: ‘Directorate S,’ ‘The Friend’
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/books/review/new-paperbacks.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/books/review/new-paperbacks.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Inside the List: ‘The Unwinding of the Miracle’ Is About How to Die — and Live
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Julie Yip-Williams, diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer at 37, couldn’t find a book that would help her prepare for death. So she decided to write one herself.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/books/review/julie-yip-williams-unwinding-miracle-best-seller.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Julie Yip-Williams, diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer at 37, couldn’t find a book that would help her prepare for death. So she decided to write one herself.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/books/review/julie-yip-williams-unwinding-miracle-best-seller.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Andrea Levy, Author Who Spoke for a Generation of Immigrants, Dies at 62
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Her books were praised for their witty, honest portraits of the immigrant experience, especially of those who moved to Britain from the West Indies after World War II.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/obituaries/andrea-levy-dead.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Her books were praised for their witty, honest portraits of the immigrant experience, especially of those who moved to Britain from the West Indies after World War II.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/obituaries/andrea-levy-dead.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Sketchbook: The Future of Publishing, as Imagined by R.O. Blechman
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
An illustrated prediction of the book world’s next big frontier.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/books/review/future-publishing-imagined-ro-blechman.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
An illustrated prediction of the book world’s next big frontier.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/books/review/future-publishing-imagined-ro-blechman.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Children’s Books: New Fantasy Novels for Kids (and Adults) Ready to Go Beyond Harry Potter
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A shape-shifting fox in space, a sentient island, an eerily perfect town and twins who use magic to stay together: There’s abundant life in this speculative fiction.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/books/review/fantasy-novels.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
A shape-shifting fox in space, a sentient island, an eerily perfect town and twins who use magic to stay together: There’s abundant life in this speculative fiction.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/books/review/fantasy-novels.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Ivory Tower: Is Blockchain Technology Overhyped?
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Two books by legal scholars argue that the revolutionary promise of the new database tool has been exaggerated.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/books/review/blockchain.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Two books by legal scholars argue that the revolutionary promise of the new database tool has been exaggerated.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/books/review/blockchain.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Fiction: A Novel About the Life and Times of the Photographer Lee Miller
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Whitney Scharer’s “The Age of Light” tells the story of the journalist and model who was often overshadowed by her lover and collaborator Man Ray.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/books/review/whitney-scharer-age-light.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Whitney Scharer’s “The Age of Light” tells the story of the journalist and model who was often overshadowed by her lover and collaborator Man Ray.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/books/review/whitney-scharer-age-light.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Nonfiction: Exploring Her Own Experience of Psychosis
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
In “The Collected Schizophrenias,” Esmé Weijun Wang unravels a long history of coming to terms with mental illness.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/books/review/collected-schizophrenias-esme-weijun-wang.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
In “The Collected Schizophrenias,” Esmé Weijun Wang unravels a long history of coming to terms with mental illness.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/books/review/collected-schizophrenias-esme-weijun-wang.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
From Our Archives: Revisiting George W. Bush’s Memoir “A Charge to Keep”
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Our reviewer called the 1999 book “a puzzling exercise.”
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/books/review/george-w-bush-charge-to-keep.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Our reviewer called the 1999 book “a puzzling exercise.”
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/books/review/george-w-bush-charge-to-keep.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Crime: Stalkers and Dead Wedding Guests: The Latest in Crime Novels
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Marilyn Stasio’s column covers new books from established crime-writing giants, like Jonathan Kellerman, and a newcomer, Alex Michaelides.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/books/review/lars-kepler-stalker.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Marilyn Stasio’s column covers new books from established crime-writing giants, like Jonathan Kellerman, and a newcomer, Alex Michaelides.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/books/review/lars-kepler-stalker.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Letters to the Editor
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/books/review/letters-to-the-editor.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/books/review/letters-to-the-editor.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Thursday, 14 February 2019
Editors’ Choice: 9 New Books We Recommend This Week
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/books/review/9-new-books-we-recommend-this-week.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/books/review/9-new-books-we-recommend-this-week.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Nonfiction: How Wild Was Wild Bill Hickok? A Biographer Separates Life From Legend
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Tom Clavin’s “Wild Bill” details the life of a legendary gunfighter whose real name wasn’t even Bill.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/books/review/tom-clavin-wild-bill-biography-james-butler-hickok.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Tom Clavin’s “Wild Bill” details the life of a legendary gunfighter whose real name wasn’t even Bill.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/books/review/tom-clavin-wild-bill-biography-james-butler-hickok.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
52 Books for 52 Places
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Explore the cities, countries, regions and states in Travel’s “52 Places to Go in 2019” through these books.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/books/52-books-for-52-places.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Explore the cities, countries, regions and states in Travel’s “52 Places to Go in 2019” through these books.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/books/52-books-for-52-places.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The Enthusiast: In Praise of Maurice Sendak
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
“I’ve read the books many times to my own children, astonished at how much is in them for my grown-up self — about that growing-up process, and about the times I grew up in, too.”
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/arts/maurice-sendak-enthusiast.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
“I’ve read the books many times to my own children, astonished at how much is in them for my grown-up self — about that growing-up process, and about the times I grew up in, too.”
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/arts/maurice-sendak-enthusiast.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Arundhati Roy to Headline the 2019 PEN World Voices Festival
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Dave Eggers, Joyce Carol Oates and others will also take part in the festival, whose theme is the narrowing gap between public and private life.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/arts/arundhati-roy-2019-pen-world-voices.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Dave Eggers, Joyce Carol Oates and others will also take part in the festival, whose theme is the narrowing gap between public and private life.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/arts/arundhati-roy-2019-pen-world-voices.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
By the Book: ‘Why Have a Large Library and Not Use It?’ Janet Malcolm: By the Book
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The journalist, whose new book is “Nobody’s Looking at You: Essays,” read indiscriminately in her youth: “Bookish children are not critics. They just like to read.”
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/books/review/janet-malcolmn-by-the-book.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The journalist, whose new book is “Nobody’s Looking at You: Essays,” read indiscriminately in her youth: “Bookish children are not critics. They just like to read.”
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/books/review/janet-malcolmn-by-the-book.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Dancing to Jane Austen’s Beat
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
An annual celebration, this year attended by some 300 costumed revelers, is one of the regular events around the country that unite both the novelist’s hard-core fans and period dance enthusiasts.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/arts/jane-austen-evening.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
An annual celebration, this year attended by some 300 costumed revelers, is one of the regular events around the country that unite both the novelist’s hard-core fans and period dance enthusiasts.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/arts/jane-austen-evening.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Tolkien’s World: An Exhibition Transports Us to Middle-earth
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
J.R.R. Tolkien — the artist, the writer, the scholar — is the subject of an exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum. The show is a comprehensive view of his alternate reality.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/arts/design/tolkien-exhibition-morgan-library-and-museum.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
J.R.R. Tolkien — the artist, the writer, the scholar — is the subject of an exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum. The show is a comprehensive view of his alternate reality.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/arts/design/tolkien-exhibition-morgan-library-and-museum.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Nonfiction: The First Lady Who Begat Phyllis Schlafly, Nancy Reagan and Ivanka Trump?
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
In Amy Greenberg’s “Lady First,” Sarah Polk — the wife of President James K. Polk — emerges as a powerful strategist who wielded her status with a velvet vengeance.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/books/review/lady-first-amy-greenberg.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
In Amy Greenberg’s “Lady First,” Sarah Polk — the wife of President James K. Polk — emerges as a powerful strategist who wielded her status with a velvet vengeance.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/books/review/lady-first-amy-greenberg.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Sweden Investigates Its Ambassador to China After Report of Secret Talks to Free Publisher
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The daughter of Gui Minhai, a Swedish bookseller detained in China, said the ambassador arranged a meeting with men who first offered to help, then cajoled and pressured her.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/world/europe/gui-minhai-sweden-china.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The daughter of Gui Minhai, a Swedish bookseller detained in China, said the ambassador arranged a meeting with men who first offered to help, then cajoled and pressured her.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/world/europe/gui-minhai-sweden-china.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Books News: Dan Mallory, 2 Starkly Similar Novels and the Puzzle of Plagiarism
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Readers have noticed an overlap between “The Woman in the Window,” by A.J. Finn — a pen name for Dan Mallory — and Sarah A. Denzil’s “Saving April.”
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/books/dan-mallory-plagiarism.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Readers have noticed an overlap between “The Woman in the Window,” by A.J. Finn — a pen name for Dan Mallory — and Sarah A. Denzil’s “Saving April.”
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/books/dan-mallory-plagiarism.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Now Read This: Discussion Questions for ‘The Wife’
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Meg Wolitzer’s novel is our February pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club, “Now Read This.”
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/books/discussion-questions-for-the-wife.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Meg Wolitzer’s novel is our February pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club, “Now Read This.”
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/books/discussion-questions-for-the-wife.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Overlooked No More: Dudley Randall, Whose Broadside Press Gave a Voice to Black Poets
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Randall, a poet and librarian, started the press out of his home, eventually publishing the work of about 200 writers amid Detroit’s flowering Black Arts Movement.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/obituaries/dudley-randall-overlooked.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Randall, a poet and librarian, started the press out of his home, eventually publishing the work of about 200 writers amid Detroit’s flowering Black Arts Movement.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/obituaries/dudley-randall-overlooked.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Nonfiction: How the Parkland Shooting Led to a Generation’s Political Awakening
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
In his book “Parkland,” Dave Cullen follows the survivors of the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on their quest to change gun laws and heal themselves.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/books/review/parkland-dave-cullen.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
In his book “Parkland,” Dave Cullen follows the survivors of the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on their quest to change gun laws and heal themselves.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/books/review/parkland-dave-cullen.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Nonfiction: Run-DMC, Aerosmith and the Song That Changed Everything
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
In “Walk This Way,” the reporter Geoff Edgers tells the story of a crucial moment in the history of pop music.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/books/review/walk-this-way-geoff-edgers.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
In “Walk This Way,” the reporter Geoff Edgers tells the story of a crucial moment in the history of pop music.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/books/review/walk-this-way-geoff-edgers.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Books of The Times: ‘How to Hide an Empire’ Shines Light on America’s Imperial Side
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Daniel Immerwahr’s provocative and absorbing history draws attention to those islands and archipelagos too often sidelined in the national imagination.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/books/review-how-to-hide-empire-daniel-immerwahr.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Daniel Immerwahr’s provocative and absorbing history draws attention to those islands and archipelagos too often sidelined in the national imagination.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/books/review-how-to-hide-empire-daniel-immerwahr.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Anne Firor Scott, Scholar of Women’s History, Dies at 97
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Studying diaries, letters and more, she found that women, in the South and beyond, were not just passive observers of the vital events of their time.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/obituaries/anne-firor-scott-dead.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Studying diaries, letters and more, she found that women, in the South and beyond, were not just passive observers of the vital events of their time.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/obituaries/anne-firor-scott-dead.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Further reading: Books for Broken Hearts
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Feeling like you’ve kissed too many frogs? Given up on love altogether? These books might provide some escape this Valentine’s Day.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/books/books-for-broken-hearts.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Feeling like you’ve kissed too many frogs? Given up on love altogether? These books might provide some escape this Valentine’s Day.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/books/books-for-broken-hearts.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Fiction: In This Ingenious Satire, a Father Goes to Extremes to Protect His Son From Racism
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
“We Cast a Shadow,” a first novel by Maurice Carlos Ruffin, is a hilarious and profound meditation on racial bias, and how it warps our capacity for love.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/books/review/maurice-carlos-ruffin-we-cast-shadow.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
“We Cast a Shadow,” a first novel by Maurice Carlos Ruffin, is a hilarious and profound meditation on racial bias, and how it warps our capacity for love.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/books/review/maurice-carlos-ruffin-we-cast-shadow.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Tuesday, 12 February 2019
Heidi Toffler, Unsung Force Behind Futurist Books, Dies at 89
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
With her husband, Alvin Toffler, she was half of a team that produced global best-sellers, including “Future Shock.” Recognition was belated.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/12/obituaries/heidi-toffler-dead.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
With her husband, Alvin Toffler, she was half of a team that produced global best-sellers, including “Future Shock.” Recognition was belated.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/12/obituaries/heidi-toffler-dead.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Fiction: A Dark Fairy Tale of American Oddballs and Candlepin Bowling
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
“Bowlaway,” Elizabeth McCracken’s first novel in 18 years, is a family saga, a burlesque chronicle of eccentrics and a fractured, fanciful fable.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/12/books/review/elizabeth-mccracken-bowlaway.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
“Bowlaway,” Elizabeth McCracken’s first novel in 18 years, is a family saga, a burlesque chronicle of eccentrics and a fractured, fanciful fable.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/12/books/review/elizabeth-mccracken-bowlaway.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
New & Noteworthy
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/12/books/review/new-this-week.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/12/books/review/new-this-week.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Books of The Times: ‘Leading Men,’ a Novel About Tennessee Williams and His Lover, Casts a Spell From the Start
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Christopher Castellani’s latest vividly reimagines the relationship between Williams and Frank Merlo, and offers intricate thoughts about the nature of fidelity, the artistic impulse and estrangement.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/12/books/review-leading-men-christopher-castellani-tennessee-williams.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Christopher Castellani’s latest vividly reimagines the relationship between Williams and Frank Merlo, and offers intricate thoughts about the nature of fidelity, the artistic impulse and estrangement.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/12/books/review-leading-men-christopher-castellani-tennessee-williams.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Books News: Get a First Look at the Cover of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Forthcoming Novel
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
“The Water Dancer,” out in September, is about an enslaved man whose life is altered by a near-death experience.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/12/books/ta-nehisi-coates-water-dancer-calida-garcia-rawles.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
“The Water Dancer,” out in September, is about an enslaved man whose life is altered by a near-death experience.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/12/books/ta-nehisi-coates-water-dancer-calida-garcia-rawles.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
A Call to Putin, and Russian TV Changed Its Story
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The former Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi describes the 2016 exchange with the Russian president in his new book.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/12/world/europe/matteo-renzi-putin-russia.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The former Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi describes the 2016 exchange with the Russian president in his new book.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/12/world/europe/matteo-renzi-putin-russia.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The Shortlist: Five Essay Collections by Women of Color
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Urgent new reading on the subjects of race and gender disparities in America.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/12/books/review/thick-tressie-mcmillan-cottom.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Urgent new reading on the subjects of race and gender disparities in America.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/12/books/review/thick-tressie-mcmillan-cottom.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Monday, 11 February 2019
Newsbook: Curious About the Missing Princess? 3 Books Detail the Lives of Middle Eastern Women
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
These writers describe a region where women can encounter great privilege and fierce repression at the same time.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/11/books/lives-of-middle-eastern-women.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
These writers describe a region where women can encounter great privilege and fierce repression at the same time.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/11/books/lives-of-middle-eastern-women.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
C.Y. Lee, ‘Flower Drum Song’ Author, Is Dead at 102
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
His novel of generational and cultural conflict among Chinese immigrants became a hit Broadway musical and then a film that earned five Oscar nominations.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/11/obituaries/cy-lee-dead.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
His novel of generational and cultural conflict among Chinese immigrants became a hit Broadway musical and then a film that earned five Oscar nominations.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/11/obituaries/cy-lee-dead.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Tomi Ungerer, Brash Illustrator for Young and Older, Dies at 87
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
His children’s books brought a refreshing jolt to the genre, but his erotica made him an outcast in some circles.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/11/obituaries/tomi-ungerer-dead.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
His children’s books brought a refreshing jolt to the genre, but his erotica made him an outcast in some circles.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/11/obituaries/tomi-ungerer-dead.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Books of The Times: Valeria Luiselli’s Latest Is a Mold-Breaking New Classic
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
In “Lost Children Archive,” an unhappily married couple set out on a road trip, with their two young children, to visit the ancestral homeland of the Apaches in Arizona.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/11/books/review-lost-children-archive-valeria-luiselli.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
In “Lost Children Archive,” an unhappily married couple set out on a road trip, with their two young children, to visit the ancestral homeland of the Apaches in Arizona.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/11/books/review-lost-children-archive-valeria-luiselli.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Nonfiction: A Grieving Woman’s Eloquent Homage to Virginia Woolf
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
In “All the Lives We Ever Lived,” Katharine Smyth revisits “To the Lighthouse” for comfort and insight after the death of her father.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/11/books/review/katharine-smyth-all-lives-we-ever-lived.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
In “All the Lives We Ever Lived,” Katharine Smyth revisits “To the Lighthouse” for comfort and insight after the death of her father.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/11/books/review/katharine-smyth-all-lives-we-ever-lived.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Nancy B. Reich, Scholarly Champion of Clara Schumann, Dies at 94
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Her research raised the profile of a composer too often overshadowed by her husband and established her as a major figure of German Romanticism.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/11/obituaries/nancy-b-reich-dead.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Her research raised the profile of a composer too often overshadowed by her husband and established her as a major figure of German Romanticism.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/11/obituaries/nancy-b-reich-dead.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Fiction: A Comic Novel About the George W. Bush No One Knows
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Thomas Mallon’s “Landfall” imagines the goings-on inside the Bush White House.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/11/books/review/thomas-mallon-landfall.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Thomas Mallon’s “Landfall” imagines the goings-on inside the Bush White House.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/11/books/review/thomas-mallon-landfall.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Sunday, 10 February 2019
Books of The Times: An Encyclopedic Novel Intent on Reliving the Baby Boomers’ Touchstone Moments. All of Them.
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
David Bowman’s posthumously published “Big Bang” travels from 1950 to 1963, and includes appearances by nearly every boldface name of the era.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/10/books/review-big-bang-david-bowman.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
David Bowman’s posthumously published “Big Bang” travels from 1950 to 1963, and includes appearances by nearly every boldface name of the era.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/10/books/review-big-bang-david-bowman.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Saturday, 9 February 2019
ART OF THE Book: Mapping Oliver Jeffers’ World
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
In his studio in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, he brings together his work as a fine artist and as an illustrator.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/09/books/oliver-jeffers-highline-childrens-books-studio.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
In his studio in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, he brings together his work as a fine artist and as an illustrator.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/09/books/oliver-jeffers-highline-childrens-books-studio.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Friday, 8 February 2019
Jan Wahl, Children’s Writer Who Attracted Top Artists, Dies at 87
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Mr. Wahl published more than 100 lucidly written books, some illustrated by the likes of Maurice Sendak, Norman Rockwell and Edward Gorey.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/obituaries/jan-wahl-dies.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Mr. Wahl published more than 100 lucidly written books, some illustrated by the likes of Maurice Sendak, Norman Rockwell and Edward Gorey.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/obituaries/jan-wahl-dies.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Inside the List: Is Everyone in Washington Writing a Political Tell-All?
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Two more books by former members of President Trump’s administration hit the best-seller list this week.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/books/review/political-memoirs-chris-christie-let-me-finish-best-seller.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Two more books by former members of President Trump’s administration hit the best-seller list this week.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/books/review/political-memoirs-chris-christie-let-me-finish-best-seller.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The Book Review Podcast: Marlon James Talks About His Epic New Trilogy
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
James discusses “Black Leopard, Red Wolf,” and Stephanie Land talks about “Maid.”
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/books/review/marlon-james-talks-about-his-epic-new-trilogy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
James discusses “Black Leopard, Red Wolf,” and Stephanie Land talks about “Maid.”
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/books/review/marlon-james-talks-about-his-epic-new-trilogy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Book Territory: Where Books Meet Black Mecca
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A bookstore in Atlanta where half of the books aren’t for sale?
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/books/atlanta-bookstore-for-keeps-black-mecca.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
A bookstore in Atlanta where half of the books aren’t for sale?
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/books/atlanta-bookstore-for-keeps-black-mecca.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Sketchbook | Graphic Review: Liana Finck’s Illustrated Tribute to Isak Dinesen
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
“Seven Gothic Tales,” like the biography of the Danish author herself, provides the perfect anti-romance for this Valentine’s Day.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/books/review/seven-gothic-tales-isak-dinesen.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
“Seven Gothic Tales,” like the biography of the Danish author herself, provides the perfect anti-romance for this Valentine’s Day.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/books/review/seven-gothic-tales-isak-dinesen.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
New in Paperback: ‘Force of Nature,’ ‘Feel Free’
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/books/review/new-paperbacks.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/books/review/new-paperbacks.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
From Our Archives: Revisiting Marlon James’s Debut Novel, “John Crow’s Devil”
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Before you read Michiko Kakutani’s review of “Black Leopard, Red Wolf,” check out our 2005 review of Marlon James’s first book.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/books/review/marlon-jamess-john-crows-devil.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Before you read Michiko Kakutani’s review of “Black Leopard, Red Wolf,” check out our 2005 review of Marlon James’s first book.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/books/review/marlon-jamess-john-crows-devil.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Fiction: In This Novel, God Is Annoyed and in Love
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Giacomo Sartori’s “I Am God” imagines a deity who winks and nudges, rants and complains.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/books/review/i-am-god-giacomo-sartori.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Giacomo Sartori’s “I Am God” imagines a deity who winks and nudges, rants and complains.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/books/review/i-am-god-giacomo-sartori.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Children’s Books: Picture Books That Bring Black Heroes to Life
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The life of a legendary cowboy, a tribute to the poet Gwendolyn Brooks, a shout-out to hip-hop and more.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/books/review/james-ransome-bell-rang-song-gwendolyn-brooks-alice-faye-duncan-xia-gordon.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The life of a legendary cowboy, a tribute to the poet Gwendolyn Brooks, a shout-out to hip-hop and more.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/books/review/james-ransome-bell-rang-song-gwendolyn-brooks-alice-faye-duncan-xia-gordon.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Letters to the Editor
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/books/review/letters-to-the-editor.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/books/review/letters-to-the-editor.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Thursday, 7 February 2019
Rosamunde Pilcher, Author of ‘The Shell Seekers,’ Dies at 94
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
After the success of what her publisher called “the quintessential word-of-mouth book,” many of her novels were made into TV movies or mini-series.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/obituaries/rosamunde-pilcher-author-of-the-shell-seekers-dies-at-94.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
After the success of what her publisher called “the quintessential word-of-mouth book,” many of her novels were made into TV movies or mini-series.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/obituaries/rosamunde-pilcher-author-of-the-shell-seekers-dies-at-94.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Editors’ Choice: 9 New Books We Recommend This Week
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/books/review/9-new-books-we-recommend-this-week.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/books/review/9-new-books-we-recommend-this-week.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Lili Wronker, Calligrapher and Illustrator, Is Dead at 94
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A German refugee, she brought her expertise in lettering to Hebrew calligraphy. She also illustrated hundreds of books, many of them for children.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/obituaries/lili-wronker-dead.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
A German refugee, she brought her expertise in lettering to Hebrew calligraphy. She also illustrated hundreds of books, many of them for children.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/obituaries/lili-wronker-dead.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Profile: Valeria Luiselli, At Home in Two Worlds
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Mexican writer has made a name for herself with experimental books and essays. Her latest, “Lost Children Archive,” is a road trip novel that shows off her intellectual sensibilities.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/arts/valeria-luiselli-lost-children-archive.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The Mexican writer has made a name for herself with experimental books and essays. Her latest, “Lost Children Archive,” is a road trip novel that shows off her intellectual sensibilities.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/arts/valeria-luiselli-lost-children-archive.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
An Apology for Rejecting a George Orwell Essay (but Not for His Marmalade Recipe)
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A British cultural exchange body said it had been wrong to turn down the writer’s effort 73 years ago but stood by the criticism of his marmalade: “Bad recipe!”
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/world/europe/george-orwell-marmalade-britain.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
A British cultural exchange body said it had been wrong to turn down the writer’s effort 73 years ago but stood by the criticism of his marmalade: “Bad recipe!”
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/world/europe/george-orwell-marmalade-britain.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Nonfiction: The Black Sergeant and the White Judge Who Changed Civil Rights History
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
“Unexampled Courage,” by Richard Gergel, is a riveting account of the 1946 legal case that spurred the federal government to act in defense of racial equality.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/books/review/richard-gergel-unexampled-courage.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
“Unexampled Courage,” by Richard Gergel, is a riveting account of the 1946 legal case that spurred the federal government to act in defense of racial equality.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/books/review/richard-gergel-unexampled-courage.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
By the Book: Maria Popova: By the Book
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The author of “Figuring” (and the brain behind the Brain Pickings website) likes how children’s books speak “a language of absolute sincerity, so deliciously countercultural in our age of cynicism.”
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/books/review/maria-popova-by-the-book.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The author of “Figuring” (and the brain behind the Brain Pickings website) likes how children’s books speak “a language of absolute sincerity, so deliciously countercultural in our age of cynicism.”
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/books/review/maria-popova-by-the-book.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Wednesday, 6 February 2019
Match Book: So You’ve Read ‘The House of Mirth.’ Now What?
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Edith Wharton’s 1905 classic offers endless fodder for comparison with the empathetic social novels that succeeded it.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/06/books/review/house-mirth-edith-wharton.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Edith Wharton’s 1905 classic offers endless fodder for comparison with the empathetic social novels that succeeded it.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/06/books/review/house-mirth-edith-wharton.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
When Social Media Goes After Your Book, What’s the Right Response?
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Two authors weigh in.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/06/books/amelie-wen-zhao-blood-heir-keira-drake-continent-jonah-winter-secret-project.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Two authors weigh in.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/06/books/amelie-wen-zhao-blood-heir-keira-drake-continent-jonah-winter-secret-project.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
New & Noteworthy
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/06/books/review/new-releases-edward-st-aubyn-patrick-melrose.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/06/books/review/new-releases-edward-st-aubyn-patrick-melrose.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Fiction: An Ominous Sleeping Sickness Paralyzes a Small California Town in ‘The Dreamers’
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
In Karen Thompson Walker’s second novel, people stop waking up in the morning. They’re not dead, just trapped in a dream-filled netherworld.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/06/books/review/dreamers-karen-thompson-walker.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
In Karen Thompson Walker’s second novel, people stop waking up in the morning. They’re not dead, just trapped in a dream-filled netherworld.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/06/books/review/dreamers-karen-thompson-walker.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Books of The Times: An Enthralling and Terrifying History of the Nuclear Meltdown at Chernobyl
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
In “Midnight in Chernobyl,” the journalist Adam Higginbotham reconstructs the disaster from the ground up, recounting the prelude to it as well as its aftermath.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/06/books/review-midnight-chernobyl-adam-higginbotham.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
In “Midnight in Chernobyl,” the journalist Adam Higginbotham reconstructs the disaster from the ground up, recounting the prelude to it as well as its aftermath.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/06/books/review-midnight-chernobyl-adam-higginbotham.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Cover Stories
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Here’s how book designers get a concept from good to must-pick-up.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/06/books/cover-stories.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Here’s how book designers get a concept from good to must-pick-up.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/06/books/cover-stories.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Nonfiction: A Dying Young Woman Reminds Us How to Live
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Julie Yip-Williams’s memoir, “The Unwinding of the Miracle,” written before her death at 42 last year, is an exquisitely moving exhortation to the living.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/06/books/review/julie-yip-williams-unwinding-miracle.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Julie Yip-Williams’s memoir, “The Unwinding of the Miracle,” written before her death at 42 last year, is an exquisitely moving exhortation to the living.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/06/books/review/julie-yip-williams-unwinding-miracle.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Tuesday, 5 February 2019
Newsbook: Ahead of the State of the Union, Read About the People Behind the Words
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Three books about presidential speeches and speechwriters.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/05/books/state-of-the-union-books-speeches-speechwriters.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Three books about presidential speeches and speechwriters.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/05/books/state-of-the-union-books-speeches-speechwriters.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Books of The Times: Janet Malcolm, a Withering Critic, in a Nostalgic Key
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
“Nobody’s Looking at You” collects pieces about the fashion designer Eileen Fisher, the concert pianist Yuja Wang, the writer Joseph Mitchell and other subjects.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/05/books/review-nobodys-looking-at-you-janet-malcolm.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
“Nobody’s Looking at You” collects pieces about the fashion designer Eileen Fisher, the concert pianist Yuja Wang, the writer Joseph Mitchell and other subjects.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/05/books/review-nobodys-looking-at-you-janet-malcolm.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Fiction: A First Novel Exposes the Hollow Core of the Global Big Ideas Industry
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
In “Same Same,” the renowned graphic designer Peter Mendelsund presents a metafictional sendup of artists’ retreats and tech-industry think tanks.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/05/books/review/peter-mendelsund-same-same.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
In “Same Same,” the renowned graphic designer Peter Mendelsund presents a metafictional sendup of artists’ retreats and tech-industry think tanks.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/05/books/review/peter-mendelsund-same-same.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Children’s Books: In Angie Thomas’s ‘On the Come Up,’ a Young Rapper Finds Her Way
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The follow-up to “The Hate U Give” introduces a heroine whose late father was a local hip-hop legend. She has a struggling mom, a venal manager and a ton of talent.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/05/books/review/angie-thomas-on-the-come-up.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The follow-up to “The Hate U Give” introduces a heroine whose late father was a local hip-hop legend. She has a struggling mom, a venal manager and a ton of talent.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/05/books/review/angie-thomas-on-the-come-up.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The Shortlist: From Black Holes to Breakfast, Three Books Show How Einstein’s Legacy Lives On
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The revolutionary advances in physics pioneered by Einstein are at the heart of new books that cover phenomena both celestial and mundane.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/05/books/review/einsteins-shadow-seth-fletcher-albert-einstein.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The revolutionary advances in physics pioneered by Einstein are at the heart of new books that cover phenomena both celestial and mundane.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/05/books/review/einsteins-shadow-seth-fletcher-albert-einstein.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Nonfiction: A Sensible Climate Change Solution, Borrowed From Sweden
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
In “A Bright Future,” Joshua S. Goldstein and Staffan A. Qvist look to Europe for examples of how nuclear energy can help solve the global warming crisis.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/05/books/review/bright-future-joshua-s-goldstein-staffan-a-qvist.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
In “A Bright Future,” Joshua S. Goldstein and Staffan A. Qvist look to Europe for examples of how nuclear energy can help solve the global warming crisis.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/05/books/review/bright-future-joshua-s-goldstein-staffan-a-qvist.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Monday, 4 February 2019
Theodore Rabb, Resourceful Renaissance Historian, Dies at 81
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Based at Princeton, Professor Rabb brought a fresh eye to analyzing historical records in producing books, articles and a PBS series.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/obituaries/theodore-rabb-dead.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Based at Princeton, Professor Rabb brought a fresh eye to analyzing historical records in producing books, articles and a PBS series.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/obituaries/theodore-rabb-dead.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Essay: What Happens When Autism Becomes a Literary Device?
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The disorder is poorly understood. Should novelists be able to make it mean whatever they want?
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/books/review/autism-marie-myung-ok-lee.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The disorder is poorly understood. Should novelists be able to make it mean whatever they want?
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/books/review/autism-marie-myung-ok-lee.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Books of The Times: Elizabeth McCracken’s First Novel in 18 Years Has Whimsy to Spare
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
“Bowlaway” revolves around a large cast of characters and a candlepin bowling alley in New England.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/books/review-bowlaway-elizabeth-mccracken.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
“Bowlaway” revolves around a large cast of characters and a candlepin bowling alley in New England.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/books/review-bowlaway-elizabeth-mccracken.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
A Writer Describes Palestinian Cuisine, and the World Around It
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Yasmin Khan’s new cookbook, “Zaitoun,” documents her travels in the West Bank and Gaza, and the beauty of the food she encountered there.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/dining/yasmin-khan-zaitoun-palestinian-cookbook.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Yasmin Khan’s new cookbook, “Zaitoun,” documents her travels in the West Bank and Gaza, and the beauty of the food she encountered there.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/dining/yasmin-khan-zaitoun-palestinian-cookbook.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Nonfiction: A Personal Fight for the Dignity of L.G.B.T. People in India
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
In “An Indefinite Sentence,” Siddharth Dube recounts his personal struggle to destigmatize homosexuality and AIDS in his home country.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/books/review/indefinite-sentence-siddharth-dube.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
In “An Indefinite Sentence,” Siddharth Dube recounts his personal struggle to destigmatize homosexuality and AIDS in his home country.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/books/review/indefinite-sentence-siddharth-dube.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Saturday, 2 February 2019
The Queen of Change
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/02/style/julia-cameron-the-artists-way.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/02/style/julia-cameron-the-artists-way.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Friday, 1 February 2019
THE INSTITUTE Excerpt and Cover
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Entertainment Weekly has shared the cover and an exerpt from The Institute, on sale September 10th, 2019. Head over to their site to give it a read.
An exclusive preview of Stephen King's next novel on EW
via StephenKing.com - Latest News https://stephenking.com/news_archive/article654.html
Entertainment Weekly has shared the cover and an exerpt from The Institute, on sale September 10th, 2019. Head over to their site to give it a read.
An exclusive preview of Stephen King's next novel on EW
via StephenKing.com - Latest News https://stephenking.com/news_archive/article654.html
The Book Review Podcast: Assessing the Facebook Problem
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Roger McNamee talks about “Zucked,” and Charles Finch discusses the season’s best thrillers.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/books/review/podcast-roger-mcnamee-zucked-facebook-catastrophe.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Roger McNamee talks about “Zucked,” and Charles Finch discusses the season’s best thrillers.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/books/review/podcast-roger-mcnamee-zucked-facebook-catastrophe.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Inside the List: 70 and Female Is the New Cool
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Mary Pipher’s “Women Rowing North” celebrates the unacknowledged talents and wisdom of older women — a demographic increasingly in the limelight.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/books/review/mary-pipher-women-rowing-north-best-seller.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Mary Pipher’s “Women Rowing North” celebrates the unacknowledged talents and wisdom of older women — a demographic increasingly in the limelight.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/books/review/mary-pipher-women-rowing-north-best-seller.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
New in Paperback: ‘An American Marriage,’ ‘How Democracies Die’
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/books/review/new-paperbacks.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/books/review/new-paperbacks.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
New & Noteworthy
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/books/review/new-releases.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/books/review/new-releases.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Fiction: A Grieving Mother Converses With Her Dead Son in Yiyun Li’s New Novel
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
In “Where Reasons End,” an unnamed narrator plumbs the nature of suffering — and the limits of language — in a dialogue with the child she mourns.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/books/review/yiyun-li-where-reasons-end.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
In “Where Reasons End,” an unnamed narrator plumbs the nature of suffering — and the limits of language — in a dialogue with the child she mourns.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/books/review/yiyun-li-where-reasons-end.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Children’s Books: Picture Books That Let Imaginations Soar
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
In the latest from Beth Ferry and Tom Lichtenheld, Shaun Tan and others, a boy and his dog head to the moon, a crab bakes cakes and a cat foils a bakery break-in.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/books/review/new-picture-books.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
In the latest from Beth Ferry and Tom Lichtenheld, Shaun Tan and others, a boy and his dog head to the moon, a crab bakes cakes and a cat foils a bakery break-in.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/books/review/new-picture-books.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Profile: Meet the Guardian of Grammar Who Wants to Help You Be a Better Writer
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Benjamin Dreyer sees language the way an epicure sees food. And there are cretins everywhere he looks.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/books/benjamin-dreyer-english-grammar-writers-writing.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Benjamin Dreyer sees language the way an epicure sees food. And there are cretins everywhere he looks.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/books/benjamin-dreyer-english-grammar-writers-writing.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Sketchbook: The Urban Grid of Writerdom
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
An illustrated map of the authorial life.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/books/review/writers-block-grant-snider.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
An illustrated map of the authorial life.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/books/review/writers-block-grant-snider.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
12 New Books to Look for in February
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A follow-up to “The Hate U Give.” An investigation into the Chernobyl disaster. True crime in Northern Ireland. And more.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/books/12-new-books-february.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
A follow-up to “The Hate U Give.” An investigation into the Chernobyl disaster. True crime in Northern Ireland. And more.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/books/12-new-books-february.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The Shortlist: A Quartet of First Novels Takes Readers From Trinidad to the Himalayas
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Disappearances link the works of Claire Adam, Madhuri Vijay, Juliet Lapidos and James Charlesworth: missing persons, missing manuscripts and missed connections.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/books/review/golden-child-claire-adam.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Disappearances link the works of Claire Adam, Madhuri Vijay, Juliet Lapidos and James Charlesworth: missing persons, missing manuscripts and missed connections.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/books/review/golden-child-claire-adam.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Crime: Marilyn Stasio’s Crime Column Exhumes the Murderous Past
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
New novels take readers back to Tudor England (C.J. Sansom), 1920s England (Charles Todd) and the age of Queen Victoria (Mick Finlay).
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/books/review/cj-sansom-tombland.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
New novels take readers back to Tudor England (C.J. Sansom), 1920s England (Charles Todd) and the age of Queen Victoria (Mick Finlay).
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/books/review/cj-sansom-tombland.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Nonfiction: The Examined Life May Be More Worth Living. Reading About It Is Another Matter.
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Reema Zaman, Sophia Shalmiyev and Pam Houston all seek solace in memoir for their pain.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/books/review/i-am-yours-reema-zaman.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Reema Zaman, Sophia Shalmiyev and Pam Houston all seek solace in memoir for their pain.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/books/review/i-am-yours-reema-zaman.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Fiction: A Novel Set at the Dakota Imagines John Lennon as a Neighbor
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
In Tom Barbash’s “The Dakota Winters,” a searching young man finds an unlikely companion in the former Beatle’s last year of life.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/books/review/tom-barbash-dakota-winters.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
In Tom Barbash’s “The Dakota Winters,” a searching young man finds an unlikely companion in the former Beatle’s last year of life.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/books/review/tom-barbash-dakota-winters.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Nonfiction: A Deep Dive Into the ‘Underground’ World of Caves and Tunnels
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Will Hunt travels from New York’s subways to Australian ochre mines to tell the subterranean story of what exists beneath us.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/books/review/underground-will-hunt.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Will Hunt travels from New York’s subways to Australian ochre mines to tell the subterranean story of what exists beneath us.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/books/review/underground-will-hunt.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
From Our Archives: Revisiting Roberto Bolaño — ‘the Visceral Realist’
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Book Review’s past sheds light on the books of the present. This week: James Wood on the Chilean author’s legacy.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/books/review/roberto-bolano-savage-detectives.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The Book Review’s past sheds light on the books of the present. This week: James Wood on the Chilean author’s legacy.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/books/review/roberto-bolano-savage-detectives.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Letters to the Editor
https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/books/review/letters-to-the-editor.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
via NYT > Books https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/books/review/letters-to-the-editor.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
