In his latest novel, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Paul Harding reimagines the history of a small mixed-race community’s devastating eviction from their homes. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-01-24 10:00:17 UTC ]
John Hendrickson's memoir “Life on Delay” recounts his experience with this poorly understood neurological disorder, tracing an arc from frustration and isolation to acceptance and community. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-01-18 10:00:22 UTC ]
“Teller of the Unexpected,” an elegant new biography, sidesteps the ugly side of the children’s book author while capturing his grandiose, tragedy-specked life. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-01-17 20:39:40 UTC ]
At once emotional and embittered, the royal memoir is mired in a paradox: drawing endless attention in an effort to renounce fame. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-01-10 21:07:46 UTC ]
On the 125th anniversary of “J’Accuse,” a picture book for older kids places the lives of Alfred Dreyfus and Émile Zola side by side. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-01-06 07:36:52 UTC ]
In a newly reissued photo book from 1967, Ernest Cole surveys the ever-present atrocities of European oppression. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-12-29 10:00:35 UTC ]
‘Tis the season for schadenfreude. Yes, for the sixth year running, we’ve emerged from the bowels of the book review mines trailing behind us an oozing sack of pans—each one riper and more wince-inducing that the last. Among the books being gored and devoured by feral hogs this year: Jared... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-12-20 09:55:19 UTC ]
Beatrice Alemagna’s “You Can’t Kill Snow White,” a picture book for older kids, mines the brutal envy that underpins the original Brothers Grimm tale. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-12-16 17:24:59 UTC ]
Book review podcasts are an engaging way to discover new books. Check out these podcasts across different genres, including All The Books! Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-11-30 11:32:00 UTC ]
A new anthology collects some of the writings, interviews and speeches of the comic and civil rights activist. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-11-14 20:11:45 UTC ]
First published in Japan in 1983, this picture book from the fabled animator is eerie, enchanting and surpassingly strange. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-11-02 09:00:16 UTC ]
The National Book Award-winning author and translator of “Winter in Sokcho” return with another quietly powerful tale of dislocation. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-10-22 09:00:12 UTC ]
The stories in Samanta Schweblin’s “Seven Empty Houses,” a finalist for the National Book Award in translated literature, tear down the delicate scaffolding of home. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-10-14 09:00:09 UTC ]
Sometime around 2006, everyone in publishing began to lament the death of the book section. In the face of declining readership, budget cuts, and mergers, newspapers began to realize that book review sections did not bring in enough ad revenue to cover their costs and so cut and culled until... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-08-26 16:03:34 UTC ]
Lynne Tillman’s taut memoir of caring for an aging parent runs an emotional gamut. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-08-08 19:30:06 UTC ]
Book review of "The Last White Man," by Mohsin Hamid, which imagines a town in which everyone becomes dark-skinned. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-08-02 14:00:00 UTC ]
In his latest book, the French author celebrated for his deeply personal accounts of tragic events embraces meditation as a means of learning to write “without fabrication.” But telling the truth is complicated. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-07-31 09:00:08 UTC ]
In 1904, after the Book Review published an appreciation of Henry James’s “The Turn of the Screw,” its letters page overflowed with ghost-story recommendations. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-07-22 15:44:31 UTC ]
Book review of Give Me Liberty: The True Story of Oswaldo Payá and his Daring Quest for a Free Cuba by David E. Hoffman Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-07-01 12:00:49 UTC ]
Book review of O Say Can You Hear: A Cultural Biography of The Star Spangled Banner by Mark Clague Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-07-01 12:00:42 UTC ]