Book Review: ‘Made in Asian America: A History for Young People,’ by Erika Lee and Christina Soontornvat
Erika Lee and Christina Soontornvat’s “Made in Asian America” spotlights young people who defy erasure and make their own history.
Beth Linker is Turning Good Posture On its Head
A historian and sociologist of science re-examines the “posture panic” of the last century. You’ll want to sit down for this.
Audiobook Review: ‘Prima Facie,’ by Suzie Miller
The actress Jodie Comer recasts her Tony-winning turn in Suzie Miller’s hit play “Prima Facie” for a new novelization.
Review: A New ‘Great Gatsby’ Leads With Comedy and Romance
This musical adaptation, now on Broadway, is a lot of Jazz Age fun. But it forgot that Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel endures because it is a tragedy.
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Helen Vendler: An Appreciation
She devoted her life to showing us how and why.
They Saw Dallas as a Literary Hub, Then Got to Work Making It One
“We are a literary city”: Will Evans started saying it in 2013, when he started the publisher Deep Vellum. Alongside the bookstore Wild Detectives and others, they’ve put Dallas on the literary map.
Interview: Steve Gleason, the author of the A.L.S. memoir ‘A Life Impossible’
The former N.F.L. player has been living with A.L.S. for more than a decade. Sharing “the most lacerating and vulnerable times” in “A Life Impossible” was worth the physical and emotional toll, he says.
New Crime and Mystery Novels
Our crime columnist on mysteries by Catherine Mack, Katrina Carrasco, Marcia Muller and K.C. Constantine.
Helen Vendler, ‘Colossus’ of Poetry Criticism, Dies at 90
In the poetry marketplace, her praise had reputation-making power, while her disapproval could be withering.
Book Review: ‘Finish What We Started,’ by Isaac Arnsdorf
“Finish What We Started,” by the journalist Isaac Arnsdorf, reports from the front lines of the right-wing movement’s strategy to gain power, from the local level on up.
Book Review: ‘Bad Habit,’ by Alana S. Portero, translated by Mara Faye Lethem
Alana S. Portero’s debut, “Bad Habit,” follows one woman’s coming-of-age in a blue-collar Madrid neighborhood.
If You Read One Romance This Spring, Make It This One
Our romance columnist recommends three terrific new books, but the one she loves most is Cat Sebastian’s “You Should Be So Lucky.”
Kathleen Hanna Reveals the Story of Her Life in ‘Rebel Girl’
In “Rebel Girl,” the punk frontwoman reveals the story of her life — the men who tried to stop her, the women who kept her going and the boy who made her a mother.
Book Review: ‘The Secret Mind of Bertha Pappenheim,’ by Gabriel Brownstein
As described by Gabriel Brownstein, the basis for one of Freud’s most famous cases posed as many questions as it answered.
Book Review: ‘Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other,’ by Danielle Dutton
“Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other,” the author’s new collection, ranges from a playful one-act drama set in a lake to short fiction rife with apocalyptic anxiety.
Was Shakespeare Really Born in This Stratford-upon-Avon House?
Every year, millions flock to Stratford-upon-Avon, England, to visit the house known as Shakespeare’s Birthplace. But was he really born there? A whole industry depends on it.
Book Review: ‘The Whole Staggering Mystery,’ by Sylvia Brownrigg
In “The Whole Staggering Mystery,” Sylvia Brownrigg explores her mysterious parent’s past, and finds more than she bargained for.
Jane Smiley’s Folk Music Novel Hits Some Bum Notes
“Lucky” features a 1970s singer-songwriter who finds improbable success.
PEN America Cancels Literary Awards Ceremony Amid Gaza War Fallout
The event had been set for April 29, but weeks of escalating criticism of the organization’s response to the war had led nearly half of the prize nominees to withdraw.
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