Open Shelves: Making “Manhattan Beach”
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan gives a tour of the private book stacks from which she drew inspiration for her latest novel.
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Nonfiction: Little Farm on the Prairie
In “This Blessed Earth,” Ted Genoways writes about a Nebraskan farmer and his family as they try to adapt to changing times.
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Fiction: A Form of Literary Alchemy That Resurrects the Past
“Swallowing Mercury,” a novella by Wioletta Greg that was longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize, is set in rural Poland during the Cold War.
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Nonfiction: The Woman Who Smashed a Glass Ceiling in the 16th Century
Leslie Peirce’s “Empress of the East” tells the story of the slave girl who rose to become Queen of the Ottomans.
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Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to “Draft No. 4,” “Schlesinger” and more.
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Our Back Pages: Notes From the Book Review Archives
In which we consult the Book Review’s past to shed light on the books of the present. This week: Eleanor Cameron on the import of Laura Ingalls Wilder.
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100 Notable Books of 2017
The year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, selected by the editors of The New York Times Book Review.
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Nonfiction: Iconic Food Writers Toppled Off Their Pedestals
Justin Spring’s “The Gourmands’ Way” offers a critical group portrait of the Americans who introduced French food to post-World War II America.
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Nonfiction: The Cookbook Addict
Jane Kramer’s “The Reporter’s Kitchen” explains how she approaches life through food and food through life.
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