'These Violent Delights' Transports Romeo And Juliet To 1920s Shanghai
Chloe Gong's new novel has some of the important aspects of Shakespeare's famous tragedy — but more than anything else, it's a rich portrait of a time and place not often seen in literature.
(Image credit: Margaret K. McElderry Books)
Source: NPR Book Reviews
Joy Williams and Her Unique Views of America
A.O. Scott talks about Williams’s fiction, and Nicholas Christakis discusses his new book about the coronavirus, “Apollo’s Arrow.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
'Oak Flat' Tells The Story Of An Apache Tribe Fighting To Save Its Land From Mining
Artist and writer Lauren Redniss mixes art, design, and rigorous research with a prose style that is at once assertive, journalistic and poetic to create a book like no other.
(Image credit: Lauren Redniss/Random House)
Source: NPR Book Reviews
New in Paperback: ‘The Grammarians’ and ‘Edison’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
England’s Greatest Novelist and Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
12 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
A Lifelong Rock Critic Goes Back to the Actual Classics
In “A Sound Mind,” the British journalist Paul Morley discovers the wonders of classical music.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
The Classic Novel That Robert Macfarlane Just Couldn’t Finish
“Wild landscapes, weird nature, science fiction — this really should be my jam. But no.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Now More Than Ever, Brandon Stanton Makes People Feel Less Alone
The creator of Humans of New York went global in his new best seller. Now that we have to stay local, his perspective is more galvanizing than ever.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
In 'This Is Not My Memoir' André Gregory Recounts Tales Of Childhood And The Theater
The avant-garde theater director and actor pairs up with writer-director Todd London to present the story of his multi-faceted life, full of dramatic ups and downs — and celebrities.
(Image credit: Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Source: NPR Book Reviews
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