Interview: Gore Vidal
Diane Johnson chatted with the confident writer in 1977, asking him to explain what made him a self-proclaimed “authority” on all things literary.
Review: Books About Babe Ruth
In 1974, Roger Angell celebrated four new biographies of the Bambino.
Review: ‘Persepolis,’ by Marjane Satrapi
A memoir and a history of Iran’s turbulent 20th-century politics, one comic strip frame at a time.
Review: ‘The Makioka Sisters,’ by Junichiro Tanizaki
A classic Japanese novel echoes Jane Austen, with instructive contrasts.
The First New York Times Book Review Best-Seller List
The best-seller lists as we know them today have their roots in the Aug. 9, 1942, issue — but the Book Review has been tracking sales for much longer than that.
Review: ‘The Street,’ by Ann Petry
This classic story of a single mother’s struggle against poverty, published in 1946, would become the first novel by a Black woman to sell a million copies.
Review: ‘The Death and Life of Great American Cities,’ by Jane Jacobs
This 1961 masterwork offered new, vibrant ways to think about how city neighborhoods ought to look.
Review: ‘The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book’
When Toklas — Gertrude Stein’s partner — published this cookbook, it was reviewed by Rex Stout, the creator of the food-loving detective Nero Wolfe.
Interview: Eudora Welty
“Really, don’t people know the first thing about the South?” Welty asked The Times in 1970, when her novel “Losing Battles” was published.
Review: ‘Hannibal,’ by Thomas Harris
Eleven years after “The Silence of the Lambs,” Hannibal Lecter returned. Stephen King called him “the great fictional monster of our time.”
Review: ‘Roots,’ by Alex Haley
James Baldwin, reviewing this headline-making novel in 1976, called it “a study of … how each generation helps to doom, or helps to liberate, the coming one.”
'Orwell's Roses' centers on the tensions between beauty and labor, joy and suffering
Rebecca Solnit's latest is a deeply political collection of interlinked essays, of which George Orwell is a part but not the whole; one of its joys is its unexpected turns from one topic to the next.
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Questlove Looks at 50 Years of Modern Music — and Modern History
In “Music Is History,” the Roots’ frontman tells a story of America that begins in 1971, the year he was born.
Dave Grohl Has Some Writing Advice You Need to Hear
While he was working on his No. 1 best seller, “The Storyteller,” the iconic rocker found the common ground between music and books.
Storytime in the Park
Open to ages 3 1/2-5. Registration required. Join us for fun stories & a simple craft, designed to develop early literacy skills. We'll meet in Gaskill Park near the playground. Bring your own towel, blanket, or lawn chairs to sit on. Guardians must remain present. This is an outdoor event and is weather dependent.
'Gentrifier' crafts a narrative about Detroit in darkly comic vignettes
Culture critic Anne Elizabeth Moore's project is also an investigation of the costs — monetary, psychological, ethical — of the free house she was given for writing, and an ode to her neighbors.
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Biography and Memoir: October 2021
Walk a mile in someone else's shoes -- immerse yourself in the lives of the famous, the infamous, and the ever intriguing. Monthly.
Delivered: 10/20/2021 12:00:00 AM
Delivered: 10/20/2021 12:00:00 AM
Playdate at the Library...in the Park!
Open to ages 6-36 months. Registration required. Enjoy stories, rhymes & songs designed to develop early literacy skills with your little one. We'll meet in the park near the playground. Bring your own towel, blanket, or lawn chairs to sit on. Guardians must remain present. This is an outdoor event and is weather dependent.
New York Times Nonfiction Bestsellers: October 24, 2021
An up-to-date list of the New York Times Nonfiction Bestsellers. Weekly.
Delivered: 10/19/2021 9:00:00 PM
Delivered: 10/19/2021 9:00:00 PM
New York Times Fiction Bestsellers: October 24, 2021
An up-to-date list of the New York Times Fiction Bestsellers. Weekly.
Delivered: 10/19/2021 8:00:00 PM
Delivered: 10/19/2021 8:00:00 PM
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