Min Jin Lee Looks Back at ‘Pachinko’
The second in a series of conversations with authors appearing on our “Best Books of the 21st Century” list.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Book Review: ‘A Complicated Passion,’ by Carrie Rickey
A new biography surveys the prolific and pioneering career of the filmmaker Agnès Varda.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Baldwin’s ‘Blues for Mister Charlie,’ 60 Years After It Hit Broadway
On the centennial of James Baldwin’s birth, a look at this revolutionary work that was a playwriting milestone for him.
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More States Are Passing Book Banning Rules. Here’s What They Say.
Discussion about what books children should access has diminished on the national stage. But most rules pertaining to schools and libraries are made at the state and local level.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
15 New Books Coming in August
New novels by Elif Shafak and Casey McQuiston, a biography of a gay cultural icon, a dystopian tale of A.I. gone awry — and more.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Edna O’Brien: An Appreciation
Her fiction delivered searing, candid portraits of Irish society through the prism of female friendship.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
James C. Scott, Iconoclastic Social Scientist, Dies at 87
In influential books, he questioned top-down government programs and extolled the power of the powerless, embracing a form of anarchism.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Edna O’Brien, Writer Who Gave Voice to Women’s Passions, Dies at 93
Her novels and short stories often explored the lives of willful women who loved men who were crass, unfaithful or already married.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Jill Schary Robinson, Who Wrote of Her Hollywood Upbringing, Dies at 88
A screenwriter’s daughter, she grew up in the glittering world of privilege and its contradictions, which became rich material for her memoirs and novels.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Book Review: ‘Seeing Through,’ by Ricky Ian Gordon
In “Seeing Through,” the prolific composer Ricky Ian Gordon shares the heroes, monsters, obsessions and fetishes that drive his art and fuel a dizzying life.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
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