Newly Published, From Teenage D.J.s to the Pope
A selection of books published this week.
In ‘Also a Poet,’ a Search for Frank O’Hara and for Peace With Dad
Ada Calhoun hoped to finish a biography of O’Hara once started by her father, the art critic Peter Schjeldahl. Instead, she wrote a searching memoir about creativity and family.
In ‘Also a Poet,’ a Search for Frank O’Hara and for Peace With Dad
Ada Calhoun hoped to finish a biography of O’Hara once started by her father, the art critic Peter Schjeldahl. Instead, she wrote a searching memoir about creativity and family.
James Patterson Apologizes for Saying White Writers Face a ‘Form of Racism’
The comments by Mr. Patterson, the prolific author of best-selling thrillers, had been widely criticized.
James Patterson Apologizes for Saying White Writers Face a ‘Form of Racism’
The comments by Mr. Patterson, the prolific author of best-selling thrillers, had been widely criticized.
A.B. Yehoshua, Israeli Writer, Dies at 85
In 11 novels, three short-story collections and four plays, he tackled a variety of narrative forms and delved into knotty and uncommon subjects.
Book Review: ‘The British Surrealists,’ by Desmond Morris
A famed zoologist returns to his first love, art, in a colorful portrait of the British avant-garde.
Book Review: “O Say Can You Hear? A Cultural Biography of ‘The Star-Spangled Banner,’” by Mark Clague
In his comprehensive study of the national anthem, a historian and musicologist examines our complicated relationship to a famously challenging song.
Book Review: “O Say Can You Hear? A Cultural Biography of ‘The Star-Spangled Banner,’” by Mark Clague
In his comprehensive study of the national anthem, a historian and musicologist examines our complicated relationship to a famously challenging song.
Book Review: “Esmond and Ilia,” by Marina Warner
Marina Warner tells the story of her parents’ unlikely marriage as memoir, fairy tale and tragedy.
Book Review: ‘Rough Draft,’ by Katy Tur
In her second memoir, “Rough Draft,” the journalist Katy Tur recounts growing up alongside her parents’ news-gathering exploits and her father’s outlandish, then violent, behavior.
Review: “Elusive: How Peter Higgs Solved the Mystery of Mass,” by Frank Close
Frank Close’s “Elusive” looks at the life and work of the man who changed our ideas about the basis of matter.
Review: “We Carry Their Bones,” Erin Kimmerle
Erin Kimmerle’s “We Carry Their Bones” describes efforts to uncover the graves and crimes at a boys’ school in Florida.
Review: “Grand Hotel Europa,” by Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer
Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer’s “Grand Hotel Europa” combines a comedy of manners with cultural commentary.
Review: “Diary of a Film,” by Niven Govinden
“Diary of a Film,” a novel by Niven Govinden, follows a film director struggling to balance his artistry with real life.
Book Review: “Moonlight and the Pearler’s Daughter” by Lizzie Pook
Lizzie Pook’s novel about a young woman in the 19th-century outback, “Moonlight and the Pearler’s Daughter,” examines the perils — moral, physical and otherwise — of the pearling industry.
Review: “Jackie & Me,” by Louis Bayard
In a new novel, “Jackie & Me,” Louis Bayard imagines the road to Camelot from the perspective of a loyal friend.
Review: “Jackie & Me,” by Louis Bayard
In a new novel, “Jackie & Me,” Louis Bayard imagines the road to Camelot from the perspective of a loyal friend.
Book Review: “Pig Years” by Ellen Gaydos
In her memoir, “Pig Years,” Ellyn Gaydos shows readers what it’s like to be a farmhand.
Tom Perrotta on the Return of Tracy Flick
Perrotta talks about “Tracy Flick Can’t Win,” and Ann Leary discusses “The Foundling.”
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