The Book Review Podcast: How Curses Function in Literature
Julian Lucas talks about the role of curses in contemporary African literature, and Abby Ellin discusses “Duped: Double Lives, False Identities, and the Con Man I Almost Married.”
Inside the List: Some Dos and Don’ts From Famous Writers
Some best-selling novelists have written books about their craft. Others dispense advice on Twitter, their websites and in interviews and articles.
Children’s Books: Flying Through the Night to Defeat the Nazis
In “A Thousand Sisters,” Elizabeth Wein tells the thrilling true story of the World War II Soviet all-female air regiments who flew 24,000 missions into “a continuous curtain of fire.”
Fiction: Hygge and Kisses
In “The Red Address Book,” by Sofia Lundberg, an elderly woman looks back at the loves of her life.
Fiction: After 18 Years in Prison, a Woman Tries to Find Her Way Home
Mesha Maren’s debut novel, “Sugar Run,” sets a quest for re-entry against the backdrop of modern Appalachia.
The Shortlist: Sex, Death and More Sex: Three Books of Fiction by Acclaimed Japanese Writers
Story collections by Akiyuki Nosaka and Taeko Kono, plus a short novel by the great Yukio Mishima.
Fiction: Characters Who Crave a Return to the Past, Human Sacrifice and All
Sarah Moss’s novel “Ghost Wall” describes how the notion of “original Britishness” can lead to no good.
From Our Archives: Revisiting Anne Frank’s Diary — ‘A Warm and Stirring Confession’
In 1952, Meyer Levin reviewed “The Diary of a Young Girl” for the Book Review. Here’s an excerpt.
New in Paperback: ‘King Zeno,’ ‘The Monk of Mokha’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Fiction: What’s It Like to Write Poetry in Authoritarian Cuba? Tricky, This Novel Suggests
“Revolution Sunday,” by the banned novelist Wendy Guerra, traces a young exile’s struggle against censorship — political, literary and personal.
Nonfiction: A Habitual Liar Almost Conned Abby Ellin Into Marrying Him. Instead, He Gave Her the Idea for a Book.
In “Duped,” Ellin describes her ruinous relationship and other cases of deception.
Children’s Books: Reframing Refugee Children’s Stories
In “We Are Displaced,” the Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai gathers stories from girls around the world who, like her, have had to flee their homes.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Editors’ Choice: 8 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Reader’s Notebook: This Is the Story of My Life. And This Is the Story of My Life.
Kathryn Harrison’s and Dani Shapiro’s new autobiographical books are reminders of a seemingly modern job title: serial memoirist. Time and time again, self-chroniclers like them prove that you can’t spell “memoir” without “me.”
How Astounding Saw the Future
Tracing the evolution of the mid-20th-century magazine whose pages gave rise to the genre of science fiction.
Book Scene: Cooking the Book: Dinner with Publisher Daniel Halpern and Chef Wylie Dufresne
A republication of a 1985 cookbook, “The Good Food,” brings writers and foodies to the table.
Existential Dread Is Deceptively Simple In 'Mouthful Of Birds'
Samanta Schweblin has a gift for treating the otherworldly with a matter-of-fact attitude; her new story collection proves that she's a master of elegant, uncanny fiction.
(Image credit: Jenna Sterner/NPR)
'Hollywood's Eve' Feeds Renewed Interest In L.A. 'It' Girl Turned Writer
Eve Babitz had long been forgotten, when a profile by Lili Anolik triggered a reissuing of the former Hollywood glamour girl's literary works. In a new book, Anolik fills some, but not all, the gaps.
(Image credit: Amr Alfiky/NPR)
By the Book: Dani Shapiro: By the Book
The author, most recently, of the memoir “Inheritance” turns to family and friends for reading suggestions: “My 19-year-old son is a voracious reader and constantly recommends books to me.”
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