Book Review: ‘Seven Empty Houses,’ by Samanta Schweblin
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.
10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Chaucer the Rapist? Newly Discovered Documents Suggest Not.
That the author of “The Canterbury Tales” had been accused of rape was long a staple of Chaucer studies. But scholars now suggest it was based on a misreading of court papers from 1380.
How a Tiny U.K. Publisher Became the Home of Nobel Laureates
Fitzcarraldo Editions is not yet 10 years old and has only six full-time staff members. Already, three of its authors have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Bob Dylan’s “The Philosophy of Modern Song”: An Excerpt
In his first collection of writing since “Chronicles: Volume One,” Dylan takes on the songs that captivate and define us. Here are two excerpts from his new book.
When It Comes to Sturdy Kids, Becky Kennedy Has You Covered
In “Good Inside,” the clinical psychologist, podcast host and Instagram parenting guru provides tools for building strength and calm.
His Fantasy Literary Dinner Party? He Already Threw It.
As a student, Anand Giridharadas asked V.S. Naipaul to dinner on a lark — and, when Naipaul accepted, carried him up three flights of stairs to his apartment. “It was strange and beautiful,” says Giridharadas, whose new book is “The Persuaders,” “to carry the man who had taught me to write.”
Book Review: ‘Liberation Day,’ by George Saunders
In a post-democratic America, the characters in Saunders’s story collection “Liberation Day” are waiting for the end. But what if it never comes?
Can Black Literature Escape the Representation Trap?
A crop of recent novels strains against the expectations of a publishing industry attempting to embrace diversity.
Poem: Apricots
This seems as if it would be a simple meditation on apricots, but the poem is more comfortable within its own mysteries.
Bruno Latour, Philosopher on the Social Basis of Scientific Facts, Dies at 74
He later became an unexpected ally of the science establishment in the face of attacks by climate deniers and conspiracy theorists.
Book Review: ‘Nerd: Adventures in Fandom From This Universe to the Multiverse,’ by Maya Phillips
In a new book, the cultural critic Maya Phillips explores the impact and evolution of nerd culture, especially in her own life.
Sex, Death, Family: Sharon Olds Is Still Shockingly Intimate
“No one should read more than one poem at a time from this book.”
Book Review: ‘The Persuaders: At the Front Lines of the Fight for Hearts, Minds, and Democracy,’ by Anand Giridharadas
“The Persuaders,” by Anand Giridharadas, profiles progressive activists and organizers who are embracing bold tactics to persuade other Americans to change their views.
Read Your Way Through London
Bernardine Evaristo, whose “Girl, Woman, Other” won the Booker Prize, invites readers into London, a city whose rich literary landscape is “for everyone, not just the privileged few.”
Newly Published Poetry, From Alice Fulton to Saeed Jones
A selection of books published this week.
Walter Dean Burnham, Who Traced Political Parties’ Shifts, Dies at 92
A noted political scientist, he saw parties periodically realigning themselves in stark fashion, presaging the rise of Donald Trump.
Leonard Kriegel, 89, Dies; Wrote Unflinchingly About His Disability
He was known for his scholarly and popular writings about historical phenomena. But he was best known for writing about losing the use of his legs.
Book Review: ‘Daughters of the New Year,’ by E.M. Tran
In “Daughters of the New Year,” E.M. Tran explores assimilation, rebellion and the power of ancestry, as seen through the history of one Vietnamese family.
Book Review: ‘The Slowworm’s Song,’ by Andrew Miller
Andrew Miller’s novel “The Slowworm’s Song” reckons with conflicts both personal and national.
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