‘Desperate Characters’ and the Chaos That Lies Beneath
Paula Fox, the author of the 1970 novel, writes Sigrid Nunez, had a keen sense of the thin veneer of civilization, and how little it takes to fall through.
Review: ‘Bad City,’ by Paul Pringle
In 2016, editors at The Los Angeles Times were reluctant to publish reporting that would portray the university and its top fund-raisers in a negative light.
Math Defeated Him in School. In His 60s, He Went Back for More.
In “A Divine Language,” Alec Wilkinson writes about the year he spent trying to learn the algebra, geometry and calculus that had confounded him decades before.
Review: “Thank You for Your Servitude,” by Mark Leibovich
Mark Leibovich’s “Thank You for Your Servitude” asks why establishment Republicans failed to prevent a hostile takeover of their party.
Newly Published, From Joseph Smith to Salmon Farms
A selection of books published this week.
In ‘Carnality,’ a Wild Ride Fueled by Rash Decisions
Lina Wolff’s new novel is about strangers who meet in Madrid and become entwined as deeply as two people can: sexually, spiritually, criminally.
In West Africa and Beyond, Mali’s Famed Manuscripts Are Put to Use
Tens of thousands of manuscripts were smuggled out of Timbuktu under jihadists’ noses, containing a wealth of knowledge about science, governance and peace-making. Now the public is getting a look.
His First Novel Was a Critical Hit. Two Decades Later, He Rewrote It.
Many fiction writers wind up wishing they could redraft their early works. Akhil Sharma actually did.
Book Review: “Agent Josephine,” by Damien Lewis
Damien Lewis makes the case that the legendary cabaret star was a daring World War II-era spy.
Ada Limón Is Named the Next Poet Laureate
Poetry, she said, can help the nation “become whole again” in a fraught, divided moment.
Review: ‘Gods of Want,’ by K-Ming Chang
The stories in K-Ming Chang’s “Gods of Want” are obsessed with the hungers and precarities of emigration and queer love.
Review: ‘Any Other Family,’ by Eleanor Brown
In her new novel, “Any Other Family,” Eleanor Brown shows how nonstop togetherness can lead to tension, injury and, occasionally, joy.
Review: ‘Brother Alive,’ by Zain Khalid
Zain Khalid’s “Brother Alive” follows three brothers from Staten Island to Saudi Arabia, with plenty to say about the modern world.
Review: ‘Total: Stories,’ by Rebecca Miller
The author and filmmaker Rebecca Miller plays with notions of convention, comfort and surprise in her latest collection, “Total.”
Review: ‘Winter Work,’ by Dan Fesperman
Dan Fesperman’s “Winter Work” is set amid confusion and moral compromise in East Germany as Communism fell.
Review: ‘Harry Sylvester Bird,’ by Chinelo Okparanta
Chinelo Okparanta’s second novel attempts to skewer white liberal solipsism.
Among the Literary Lions, at Full Roar, in the 1980s
In “Circus of Dreams,” the literary editor John Walsh writes about the bookish life in London when Martin Amis, Ian McEwan, Jeanette Winterson and their generation were in the increasingly bright limelight.
India and the United States: Two Countries That Can’t Live With Each Other or Without Each Other
Meenakshi Ahamed’s “A Matter of Trust” traces the tangled, complicated and difficult relationship between two allies that are not quite friends.
Tanqueray Looks Back at Her Grand and Gritty New York Life
Stephanie Johnson went from burlesque nights in Times Square to internet stardom. “I did it my way and it worked,” she said.
Review: ‘Bad Thoughts,’ by Nada Alic
Nada Alic’s debut story collection pierces superficial appearances to access deeper human connection.
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