Interview: Jayne Anne Phillips
“Language, specific to the writer’s voice, rhythmic, weighted, moves me,” says the author, whose new novel is “Night Watch.” “Language is always the living soul of a narrative.”
Poem: ‘Fourth poem from the second continuation’
An evocation of motherhood as negative capability.
Do You Flip Past Epigraphs? Don’t Tell Angie Kim.
The author of “Happiness Falls” explains how — and why — she chose a quote from “The Little Prince” to set the tone for her novel.
Book Review: ‘50 Years of Ms,’ edited by Katherine Spillar
In its first half-century, Ms. magazine upended norms, disrupted the print world and made trouble. It was a start.
Book Review: ‘Beyond the Door of No Return,’ by David Diop
In his novel “Beyond the Door of No Return,” David Diop explores the secret life of Michel Adanson, who cataloged the natural world during the Enlightenment.
Peter C. Newman, 94, Journalist and Scourge of Canada’s Powerful, Dies
A historian as well, he challenged, with a muckraker’s spirit, the political and corporate establishment of a country he adopted after fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe.
Book Review: ‘Mexikid’ and ‘Salsa Magic’ Help Children Celebrate Hispanic Heritage
A Mexican American family heads to Jalisco in their Winnebago and a “bruja” from Puerto Rico steps out of a cab in Brooklyn.
Michael Cunningham Talks About ‘Day,’ His New Novel
His new book, “Day,” is his first in nearly a decade. “How does anybody,” he said, “write a contemporary novel that’s about human beings that’s not about the pandemic?”
Drew Barrymore Dropped as National Book Awards Host After Strike Backlash
The actor and TV host’s decision to return her talk show to the air, bypassing striking writers, made her a magnet for criticism, online and off.
Pulitzer Prizes Expand Eligibility to Noncitizens
The jury for the memoir category had raised concerns that the citizenship requirement was excluding a large part of American culture.
Egos! Drama! Desmond Child, a Pop Hitmaker, Is Telling His Story.
He helped write indelible hits by Bon Jovi, Katy Perry and Ricky Martin. Now he’s written his own life story.
‘Water for Elephants’ Musical to Arrive on Broadway Next Spring
The show, with a group of circus artists as part of the cast, is adapted from Sara Gruen’s best-selling novel.
What Happens on Page 76 in This Season’s Books?
The artist Mosie Romney envisions new releases by Major Jackson, Ayana Mathis and more.
Book Review: ‘Taming the Street,’ by Diana B. Henriques, and ‘The Problem of the Twelve,” by John Coates
“Taming the Street,” by Diana B. Henriques, and “The Problem of Twelve,” by John Coates, tell the story of America’s powerful and unwieldy financial institutions.
Book Review: ‘The Six,’ by Loren Grush
In a group portrait of America’s first female astronauts, Loren Grush details the basics of training and the challenges of sexism without lionizing her heroines.
Book Review: ‘A House for Alice,’ by Diana Evans
In Diana Evans’s new novel, “A House for Alice,” a woman who immigrated to Britain for marriage must decide whether or not to return to her country of origin after her husband dies.
Book Review: ‘The Death of Public School,’ by Cara Fitzpatrick
In a new book, Cara Fitzpatrick traces the rise of the movement to expand public funding for privately operated institutions.
In J.M. Coetzee’s New Novel, Love Awakens an Austere Soul
“The Pole” explores romance, mortality and the tangled ways we communicate.
Putting Women at the Center of Human Evolution
Cat Bohannon’s book, “Eve,” looks at the way women’s bodies evolved, and how a focus on male subjects in science has left women “under-studied and under-cared for.”
Book Review: ‘Exit Interview: The Life and Death of My Ambitious Career,’ by Kristi Coulter
In her new memoir, “Exit Interview,” Kristi Coulter details her time working at the company, connecting her experience to the larger history of women’s employment struggles.
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