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Newly Published, From Virtual Worlds to a History of Clothing

Friday, January 14, 2022 - 11:49am
A selection of books published this week.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘You Don’t Know Us Negroes,’ by Zora Neale Hurston

Friday, January 14, 2022 - 5:00am
By Trudier Harris
A new collection of essays, some appearing here for the first time, reveals the Harlem Renaissance author’s intellectual breadth.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Hope Gained and Lost, in New Fiction From Around the World

Friday, January 14, 2022 - 5:00am
By Antonia Hitchens
In novels from Ireland, Sweden and Japan: tales of terminal illness, a gruesome murder and time travel.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Two High-Powered Black Attorneys Confront a Justice System’s Flaws

Friday, January 14, 2022 - 5:00am
By David Lat
“Just Pursuit,” by Laura Coates, a former federal prosecutor, and “The Rage of Innocence,” by Kristin Henning, a longtime juvenile defense lawyer, detail the moral quandaries and bias they encountered in their work.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


What Does It Mean to Be a ‘High-Risk Homosexual’?

Friday, January 14, 2022 - 5:00am
By John Paul Brammer
Edgar Gomez’s debut memoir recounts a life of resisting compulsory masculinity.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


New in Paperback: ‘Made in China’ and ‘Better Luck Next Time’

Friday, January 14, 2022 - 5:00am
By Miguel Salazar
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


For Travel or Hibernation: New Audiobooks to Uplift, Soothe or Terrify

Friday, January 14, 2022 - 5:00am
By Sebastian Modak
What to listen to this winter, from a dark, dystopian fantasy to a guide to enjoying the here and now.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


A Scheherazade for Our Times

Friday, January 14, 2022 - 1:04am
By Marina Warner
For Nahid Kazemi’s version of the fabled storyteller, empathy rules.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


9 New Books We Recommend This Week

Thursday, January 13, 2022 - 6:09pm
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


The Book That Turned Annie Leibovitz Into a Photographer

Thursday, January 13, 2022 - 12:43pm
“I became a photographer because of ‘The World of Henri Cartier-Bresson,’ which was published when I was a student at the San Francisco Art Institute. I was studying painting. Maybe it was something about the word ‘world,’ as well as the pictures, that seduced me.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


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