Celebrating Strange Faces, Gorgeous Sentences and Circular Prose
Brilliant new essay collections from Namwali Serpell, Brian Dillon and Daniel Mendelsohn.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Yes, Books Were Bound in Human Skin. An Intrepid Librarian Finds the Proof.
“Dark Archives,” by Megan Rosenbloom, a librarian at U.C.L.A., traces the history of the controversial practice and considers what we should do with such books today.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Book Review: ‘The Dead Are Arising,’ by Les Payne and Tamara Payne
Thirty years in the making, “The Dead Are Arising,” by Les Payne and Tamara Payne, sharpens our understanding of the Black activist and thinker whose influence continues to reverberate.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
'The Voice Of Sheila Chandra' Echoes Through Time And Space
Kazim Ali's new poetry collection was inspired by the story of Sheila Chandra, a well-known singer rendered voiceless by an incurable neurological condition.
(Image credit: Alice James Books)
Source: NPR Book Reviews
'The Once And Future Witches' Will Have You Spellbound
Alix Harrow's new book is set in an alternate 19th-century America where the suffragette movement exists alongside a quest to restore magic and end the banishment of witches and witchcraft.
(Image credit: Redhook)
Source: NPR Book Reviews
Trick or Treat: It’s Mom and Dad!
The world’s worst parents come back to haunt us, in Lois Lowry’s “The Willoughbys Return.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Invasion of the Memory Snatchers
In Kory Merritt’s “No Place for Monsters,” an invisible force is snatching kids in the night, erasing them not only from their beds but from everyone else’s memory.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
The Ottoman Empire’s Influence on the Present Day
Alan Mikhail talks about “God’s Shadow,” and Benjamin Lorr discusses “The Secret Life of Groceries.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
The Mysteries of the American-Saudi Alliance
Two new books, David H. Rundell’s “Vision or Mirage” and Bradley Hope and Justin Scheck’s “Blood and Oil,” offer insights into an enigmatic country.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Upper West Side Story: The Dazzling Rise of Richard Avedon
Philip Gefter’s biography, “What Becomes a Legend Most,” follows the career of one of the 20th century’s most successful photographers.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
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