In 'Recollections Of My Nonexistence,' Rebecca Solnit Once Again Tackles Gender Bias
"[P]erhaps the best thing creative work can do is to compost into the soil so that, unremembered, it becomes the food of a new era, or rather, devoured, digested, the very consciousness of that era."
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'Writers & Lovers' Captures The Cost Of Following A Dream That May Not Pay Off
Lily King's new novel centers on a woman who's spent six years working on her own novel. It's a story of ambition — and what happens when the markers of adult achievement are slow to materialize.
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'My Dark Vanessa' Looks Back At The Devastation Of A Predatory Affair
Kate Elizabeth Russell's new novel centers on a woman coming to terms with a relationship she had with a predatory teacher when she was 15. It's overworked and overlong, but still packs a punch.
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Shakespeare Conquers America! Starring Ulysses S. Grant as Desdemona
In James Shapiro’s “Shakespeare in a Divided America: What His Plays Tell Us About Our Past and Future,” the historical-tragical constantly muscles out the pastoral-comical.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
‘Recollections of My Nonexistence,’ By Rebecca Solnit: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Recollections of My Nonexistence,” By Rebecca Solnit
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
‘My Dark Vanessa,’ by Kate Elizabeth Russell: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “My Dark Vanessa,” by Kate Elizabeth Russell
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: A Neurotic Filmmaker’s Life Story
In his memoir, “Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother,” the director of “Men in Black” and “The Addams Family” tells both hilarious and harrowing stories.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Stalkers, Chat Bots and Trolls: Stories From Our Lives Online
Mary South’s debut collection, “You Will Not Be Forgotten,” scrolls through the many facets of our digital existence.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
What if Gatsby Worked at a Tech Start-Up?
The narrator of Kevin Nguyen’s debut novel, “New Waves,” discovers his charismatic work wife was not what she seemed.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Two Lies and a Truth: Story Collections Exploring the Spectrum of Human Honesty
Three new books of short fiction — by Peter Kispert, Vanessa Hua and Leesa Cross-Smith — show characters of all races and sexual orientations deceiving others and themselves.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
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