When James Baldwin and Langston Hughes Reviewed Each Other
Authors aren’t allowed mutual reviews in the Book Review anymore, but in the 1950s there was a moment of kismet.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
A Babysitter, Her Employer and $46 Hand Soap
“Friends and Strangers,” a new novel by J. Courtney Sullivan, examines the complex dynamic between a young mother and the college student who cares for her new baby.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Ahab’s White Whale and Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
New in Paperback: ‘The Nickel Boys’ and ‘Confirmation Bias’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Roddy Doyle Scored 8 Out of 10 on a Quiz About Roddy Doyle
“I was actually quite pleased.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Fascinating, Messy 'Death In Her Hands' Is A Portrait Of An Unraveling Mind
Ottessa Moshfegh's latest isn't exactly a murder mystery, though there seems to be a mysterious murder. It's more a portrait of a woman gradually losing her mind, using the mystery to try to hang on.
(Image credit: Penguin Press)
Source: NPR Book Reviews
Want to Be in Stacey Abrams’s Book Club? Sorry, It’s Family Only.
The best-selling author and former minority leader for the Georgia House of Representatives has a lot going on, but she still makes time for fiction.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Leo Tolstoy vs. the Police
Why the great Russian novelist’s critique of state-sponsored violence bears thinking about now.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
A Poet Whose Calling Is Doubt Celebrates Language’s Uncertainty
In “Muddy Matterhorn,” Heather McHugh embraces puns, anagrams and other wordplay in the service of philosophical inquiry.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
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