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Kate Banks, Children’s Author Who Wrote About Grief, Dies at 64

Wednesday, March 27, 2024 - 4:06pm
By Alex Williams
She became an award-winning author of children’s books and young-adult novels despite debilitating health issues and the murder of her father.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘Reading the Constitution,’ by Stephen Breyer

Wednesday, March 27, 2024 - 5:02am
By Jennifer Szalai
Stephen Breyer means well. Why is his new book, “Reading the Constitution,” so exasperating?
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Stephen King’s Best Books: A Guide

Wednesday, March 27, 2024 - 5:01am
By Gilbert Cruz
The author has dominated horror fiction, and arguably all popular fiction, for decades. Here’s where to start.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: New Horror Books

Wednesday, March 27, 2024 - 5:00am
By Gabino Iglesias
Our columnist reviews this month’s haunting new releases.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘Death Row Welcomes You,’ by Steven Hale

Wednesday, March 27, 2024 - 5:00am
By Ben Austen
In “Death Row Welcomes You,” Steven Hale follows the cases of men in an American prison awaiting execution, examining what they did as well as the people they’ve become.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Writers, Filmmakers and Actors Talk About the Powerful Impact of Stephen King

Wednesday, March 27, 2024 - 5:00am
By Scott Heller
As “Carrie” turns 50, George R.R. Martin, Sissy Spacek, Tom Hanks, the Archbishop of Canterbury and others recall the powerful impact the writer’s work has had on their lives.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Marjorie Perloff, Leading Scholar of Avant-Garde Poetry, Dies at 92

Tuesday, March 26, 2024 - 5:44pm
By Clay Risen
A forceful advocate for experimental poetry, she argued that a critic’s task was not to search for meaning, but to explicate the form and texture of a poem.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘Age of Revolutions,’ by Fareed Zakaria

Tuesday, March 26, 2024 - 5:01am
By Tim Wu
In “Age of Revolutions,” the CNN host promises to shed light on four centuries of social upheavals and to offer insights on the global fractures of the present.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘An Emancipation of the Mind,’ by Matthew Stewart; ‘The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic,’ by Manisha Sinha

Tuesday, March 26, 2024 - 5:00am
By S. C. Gwynne
Taken together, two new books tell the century-long story of the revolutionary ideals that transformed the United States, and the counterrevolutionaries who fought them.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘The Anxious Generation’ by Jonathan Haidt

Tuesday, March 26, 2024 - 5:00am
By Tracy Dennis-Tiwary
In “The Anxious Generation,” Jonathan Haidt says we’re failing children — and takes a firm stand against tech.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


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