Starring an undergraduate student at Oxford, Rosalind Brown’s debut novel is exquisitely attuned to the thrill and boredom of academic life. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-06-22 09:00:56 UTC ]
In Nicola Yoon’s first novel for adults, “One of Our Kind,” a woman finds that a lush California suburb is not what it seems. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-06-11 09:01:04 UTC ]
In his memoir “The Friday Afternoon Club,” the Hollywood hyphenate Griffin Dunne, best known for his role in Martin Scorsese’s “After Hours,” recounts his privileged upbringing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-06-09 09:02:20 UTC ]
In a new book, the journalist and science fiction writer Annalee Newitz shows how we have used narrative to manipulate and coerce. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-06-05 09:05:03 UTC ]
Reading Anna Akbari’s memoir of online manipulation, you think you’ve seen it all — then you keep reading. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-06-04 14:30:08 UTC ]
Picture book writers whose works look different from one another because they’re illustrated by different artists are less apt to be on your radar. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-05-31 09:04:00 UTC ]
World Literature Today Announces 2024 Student Translation Prize Winners, by the Editors of WLT News and Events [email protected] Tue, 05/14/2024 - 16:27 Lucy Coleman and Madeline Jones, winners of the 2024 Student Translation PrizesWorld Literature... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2024-05-14 21:27:38 UTC ]
For The Book Review Podcast’s May book club, we’ll talk about “James,” Percival Everett’s radical reimagining of “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-05-10 15:51:16 UTC ]
Michael Deagler’s first novel follows a young man who is piecing his life back together and trying very hard not to drink. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-05-06 09:00:26 UTC ]
The editor and essayist Joseph Epstein looks back on his life and career in two new books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-04-22 09:03:39 UTC ]
In the debut novel “The Band,” a burned-out pop idol meets a disillusioned professor, raising the question: What if the dangers of fame resemble white-collar ennui? Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-04-13 09:02:30 UTC ]
In the memoir “Rabbit Heart,” Kristine S. Ervin explores the human being behind sensational headlines, and our culture’s insatiable thirst for other people’s tragedy. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-03-23 09:00:45 UTC ]
Vinson Cunningham’s impressive debut novel finds a watchful campaign aide measuring his ambitions on the trail of a magnetic presidential candidate. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-03-12 09:00:38 UTC ]
In Andrew Boryga’s debut novel, a young writer creates a career for himself by exaggerating, or sometimes completely manufacturing, stories of tragedy. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-03-09 10:00:20 UTC ]
Britain’s youngest code-breakers, brought to life in a new nonfiction book by Candace Fleming, were normal teenagers: playing pranks, attending dances. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-03-08 10:01:52 UTC ]
In his eighth book, the best-selling author Cal Newport offers life hacks for producing high-quality work while working less. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-03-06 10:03:11 UTC ]
Chronicling the high-heeled path to drag-queen superstardom, the new memoir also reveals a celebrity infatuated with his sense of a special destiny. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-03-05 10:00:18 UTC ]
“A Woman of Pleasure,” Kiyoko Murata’s first novel to be translated into English, explores the world of sex work in early-20th-century Japan. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-02-26 10:00:14 UTC ]
His charming memoir “What Have We Here?” traces the path from a Harlem childhood to “Star Wars,” while lamenting the roles that never came his way. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-02-13 10:00:45 UTC ]
In “The Book of Love,” the Pulitzer finalist and master of short stories pushes our understanding of what a fantasy novel can be. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-02-12 10:00:46 UTC ]