Monday, November 25, 2024 - 5:03am
By Melena Ryzik
The comedian Youngmi Mayer is fearless on TikTok, about her Korean American identity and foodie culture. In a new memoir, she explains laughing while crying.
Monday, November 25, 2024 - 5:03am
By Dwight Garner
Orhan Pamuk’s illustrated notebooks lead us to the great writer’s mind, then ask us to remain outside.
Monday, November 25, 2024 - 5:01am
By Jennifer Hubert Swan
Stories of giving and of appreciating everyday wonders will warm hearts and teach valuable lessons this holiday season.
Sunday, November 24, 2024 - 5:01am
By Charles Curkin
In “The White Ladder,” the British writer Daniel Light explores the heroes, villains and dramas of early mountaineering.
Sunday, November 24, 2024 - 5:00am
By Alexandra Jacobs
In an eye-opening collection, Emily Mester considers why she, and we, seek satisfaction by obsessively choosing, buying and rating the objects we desire.
Sunday, November 24, 2024 - 5:00am
By Sarah Bahr
Reporting on the 40th anniversary of the popular pizza literacy program sent one writer on a mozzarella-scented memory trail.
Saturday, November 23, 2024 - 7:50am
A Japanese tale of “frustrated love and revenge,” and a visual history of bathrooms.
Saturday, November 23, 2024 - 5:03am
By Alexandra Alter and Elisabeth Egan
Revelations about a relationship between the author and a woman who was 16 when they met shocked readers, but not scholars of his work. Now there’s a debate about how much she influenced his writing.
Saturday, November 23, 2024 - 5:02am
By A.O. Scott
How Americans learned to root for the dark side — from the Joker and “Wicked” to Elon Musk.
Saturday, November 23, 2024 - 5:02am
By Anthony Gottlieb
Henri Bergson enjoyed a cult following on both sides of the Atlantic in the early 20th century. A new biography explains what the fuss was about.