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A report from the free speech organization PEN America looked at the role of politics and advocacy groups in the growing number of book bans in schools across the country.
Jenny Xie Explores the Subversive Power of the Concealed and the Overlooked
In her new poetry collection, “The Rupture Tense,” Xie peeks at the past — her family’s, and China’s — to examine the consequences of “how we see, what we see, and also what we allow to remain unseen.”
Jenny Xie Explores the Subversive Power of the Concealed and the Overlooked
In her new poetry collection, “The Rupture Tense,” Xie peeks at the past — her family’s, and China’s — to examine the consequences of “how we see, what we see, and also what we allow to remain unseen.”
Review: ‘A System So Magnificent It Is Blinding,’ by Amanda Svensson
Three siblings reunite in Amanda Svensson’s turbulent novel “A System So Magnificent It Is Blinding.”
Book Review: “Less Is Lost,” by Andrew Sean Greer
In “Less Is More,” the sequel to his Pulitzer Prize-winning comic novel, the author’s writer protagonist, now over 50 and in need of cash, takes to the road once again.
Review: ‘Getting Lost,’ by Annie Ernaux
“Getting Lost,” a diary by the French writer Annie Ernaux, recounts an all-consuming Paris romance.
Alexandra Horowitz Traces ‘The Year of the Puppy’
Like many, the canine behavioral expert Alexandra Horowitz adopted a dog during the pandemic. She had extra incentive: understanding a puppy’s development. Now, she’s turned her observations into a book.
Review: ‘We Are the Proud Boys,’ by Andy Campbell
Andy Campbell examines extremism in the U.S. through a history of an ascendant far-right group.
Book Review: ‘Bold Ventures,’ by Charlotte Van den Broeck
Charlotte Van den Broeck’s “Bold Ventures” is an idiosyncratic tour of architectural misfires, dotted with its author’s personal anxieties.
Book Review: “The Book of Goose,” by Yiyun Li
In “The Book of Goose,” a literary hoax devised by two teenagers closes the distance between fiction and reality.
My Life in Error
A copy editor recounts his obsession with perfection.
Review: “The Complicities,” by Stacey D’Erasmo
In “The Complicities,” Stacey D’Erasmo introduces a woman who is rebuilding her life in the aftermath of her ex’s financial wrongdoings.
Andrew Sean Greer on Writing ‘Less’
The novelist discusses his Pulitzer-winning comedy about the travels and travails of a heartbroken writer, and William Finnegan talks about surfing.
Newly Published, From Zora Neale Hurston to the Russian Revolution
A selection of books published this week.
Attempts to Ban Books Are Accelerating and Becoming More Divisive
To mark Banned Books Week, the American Library Association released a report on the rise in censorship efforts: In 2022, there have been attempts to restrict access to 1,651 titles.
What’s So Frightening About Identical Twins?
“The Silent Twins,” a new film starring Letitia Wright and Tamara Lawrance, sets out to show the complexity of twinship onscreen.
Book Review: ‘Black Skinhead,’ by Brandi Collins-Dexter
A civil rights advocate investigates.
New Parenting Books
The kids are back in their classrooms — but are they OK? These new titles can provide reassurance, advice and solidarity.
Book Review: “Lucy by the Sea,” by Elizabeth Strout
In “Lucy by the Sea,” Elizabeth Strout relocates a formerly married couple from Manhattan to Maine at the peak of the Covid pandemic.
Review: “The Midnight Children” by Dan Gemeinhart
Dan Gemeinhart’s latest book, “The Midnight Children,” is light compared with “The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise,” but weighty nonetheless.
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