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Iowa Law Requiring Schools to Remove Books With Sexual Content to Take Effect

Friday, August 9, 2024 - 5:10pm
By Alexandra Alter and Elizabeth A. Harris
A federal appeals court lifted an injunction on the law, which had already led to the removal of thousands of books from public school classrooms and libraries.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Overlooked No More: Renee Carroll, ‘World’s Most Famous Hatcheck Girl’

Friday, August 9, 2024 - 4:22pm
By Julie Besonen
From the cloakroom at Sardi’s, she made her own mark on Broadway, hobnobbing with celebrity clients while safekeeping fedoras, bowlers, derbies and more.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Ross Terrill, Insightful Expert on Communist China, Is Dead at 85

Friday, August 9, 2024 - 1:23pm
By Clay Risen
In the 1960s, he was among the first Westerners allowed into the country, and for decades he helped the rest of the world understand it.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


The End-of-Summer Reading Roundup

Friday, August 9, 2024 - 12:24pm
Fall is on the horizon. Here are the books that have been keeping us company lately.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


6 Books Like ‘It Ends With Us’ by Colleen Hoover to Read Next

Friday, August 9, 2024 - 5:02am
By Sarah Wendell
Whether the Blake Lively movie brought you to the Colleen Hoover universe or you’re a longtime CoHo fan looking for more emotional, spicy stories, these novels are for you.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘The Mysterious Mrs. Nixon,’ by Heath Hardage Lee

Friday, August 9, 2024 - 5:00am
By Amy S. Greenberg
In “The Mysterious Mrs. Nixon,” the historian Heath Hardage Lee tries to give the oft-maligned “Plastic Pat” her due.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


6 New Books We Recommend This Week

Thursday, August 8, 2024 - 4:03pm
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Mary Wings, Pioneering Creator of Queer Comics, Dies at 75

Thursday, August 8, 2024 - 3:59pm
By Clay Risen
She was the first openly gay woman to write a comic book about lesbians. She went on to write detective novels with a queer woman in the lead.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘House of Bone and Rain,’ by Gabino Iglesias

Thursday, August 8, 2024 - 5:05am
By Christopher Bollen
In “House of Bone and Rain,” Gabino Iglesias sets a supernatural revenge fantasy against the approach of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Interview: Brenda Wineapple on Her Reading Life and Tackling the Scopes Trial

Thursday, August 8, 2024 - 5:00am
Among her favorites: books by Pat Barker and Marguerite Yourcenar. Her own latest work of historical nonfiction is “Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial That Riveted a Nation.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


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