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A Critic of Technology Turns Her Gaze Inward

Friday, February 26, 2021 - 5:00am
By Casey Schwartz
Sherry Turkle is best known for exploring the dysfunctional relationships between humans and their screens. She takes on a new focus — herself — in her memoir, “The Empathy Diaries.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Aliens, Book Organizing Tricks and Other Letters to the Editor

Friday, February 26, 2021 - 5:00am
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


New in Paperback: ‘Real Life’ and ‘A Game of Birds and Wolves’

Friday, February 26, 2021 - 5:00am
By Lauren Christensen
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Murder, Mayhem and Menace: New Crime Fiction

Friday, February 26, 2021 - 5:00am
By Sarah Weinman
In these novels, bodies disappear, swallowed by sinkholes and forests.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


His Debut Novel Won the Pulitzer. Now It Has an Action-Packed Sequel.

Friday, February 26, 2021 - 5:00am
By Junot Díaz
In “The Committed,” a follow-up to “The Sympathizer,” Viet Thanh Nguyen’s nameless spy navigates a Paris underworld rife with drug deals, violence and colonialism’s ghosts.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


5 Picture Books About the Wonders of Science

Friday, February 26, 2021 - 1:41am
By Nicola Davies
Fossils, flowers, galaxies and a rare “lefty” snail.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


12 New Books We Recommend This Week

Thursday, February 25, 2021 - 1:54pm
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Searching for Our Urban Future in the Ruins of the Past

Thursday, February 25, 2021 - 5:00am
By Russell Shorto
In “Four Lost Cities,” Annalee Newitz explores the fates of four cities lost to time to better understand what leads urban environments to decay.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


To Light Up a Dark Time, Effervescent Poems of New York City

Thursday, February 25, 2021 - 5:00am
By Jeff Gordinier
Alex Dimitrov’s third collection, “Love and Other Poems,” delivers a burst of energy and a happy reminder of Frank O’Hara’s work.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Ibram X. Kendi Likes to Read at Bedtime

Thursday, February 25, 2021 - 5:00am
“I don’t remember the last time the pages of a book were not the final thing I saw before departing off for sleep.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


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