Book Review: ‘Tove Jansson,’ by Boel Westin
The Finnish artist and writer Tove Jansson had a love-hate relationship with her most famous creations.
2 Memoirs by Poets
Carl Sandburg’s boyhood; Carolyn Forché’s political awakening.
If My Favorite Bookstores Were People
An illustrator in New York City imagines the personalities of some local bookshops and how they might be embodied.
Book Review: ‘Short War,’ by Lily Meyer
In Lily Meyer’s first novel, “Short War,” love and family ties are tested by a nation’s upheaval.
‘The Swans of Harlem,’ by Karen Valby
The birth of a pioneering Black dance company comes alive in Karen Valby’s “The Swans of Harlem.”
The Fashion Influencers of the French Revolution
“Liberty Equality Fashion” explores radical shifts in fashion that embodied the ideas of the French Revolution and the women who led the charge.
Book Club: Let’s Talk About ‘Good Material,’ by Dolly Alderton
The writer Dolly Alderton has long had an avid following in her native England, but with her best-selling comic novel “Good Material” she’s become a trans-Atlantic success.
PEN America Cancels World Voices Festival Amid Israel-Gaza Criticism
The decision by the free expression group came after intense criticism of its response to the war in Gaza. A wave of participants had pulled out of the festival in protest.
Joan Didion’s Best Books: A Guide
Her distinctive prose and sharp eye were tuned to an outsider’s frequency, telling us about ourselves in essays are almost reflexively skeptical. Here’s where to start.
Did Richard III Kill the Princes in the Tower?
Philippa Langley devoted years to the search for Richard III’s remains. Now, she’s trying to crack a 15th-century cold case: Did he really assassinate his nephews?
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.
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