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Can John Green Make You Care About Tuberculosis?

Wednesday, October 30, 2024 - 1:00am

By Maddie Bender

With a forthcoming nonfiction book and an online army of Nerdfighters, the young-adult author aims to eliminate an entirely curable global scourge.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

John Gierach, Fly Fishing Author With Wit and Wisdom, Dies at 77

Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 5:48pm

By Clay Risen

Writing for anglers and amateurs alike, he found that the sport can reveal as much about people as it does about fish.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Two Horror Authors on the Scary Books You Should Read

Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 1:15pm

Stephen Graham Jones and Joe Hill with their recommendations for this Halloween season.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Helen Pickett Brings ‘Crime and Punishment’ to American Ballet Theater

Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 11:21am

By Brian Seibert

“Why can’t ballet be a roller coaster?” Helen Pickett said of her and James Bonas’s full-length work, premiering this week at American Ballet Theater.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Book Review: ‘Sister Deborah,’ by Scholastique Mukasonga

Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 8:30am

By V.V. Ganeshananthan

The eponymous healer in “Sister Deborah” inspires a Black feminist uprising.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Taking on Nora Ephron, Movie by Movie and Book by Book

Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 5:02am

By Celia McGee

Ephron’s entire oeuvre — “When Harry Met Sally,” “You’ve Got Mail,” “Heartburn” and more — is examined in a new book.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

New Horror for Readers Who Want to Be Completely Terrified

Monday, October 28, 2024 - 6:59am

By Gabino Iglesias

Our columnist reviews October’s new horror books.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Book Review: ‘Mondrian,’ by Nicholas Fox Weber

Monday, October 28, 2024 - 5:02am

By Dwight Garner

A new biography of one of the quintessential artists of the 20th century.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Three New Books Make the Case for Music as Medicine

Sunday, October 27, 2024 - 5:00am

By Alexandra Jacobs

Three new books make the case for music as medicine. In “The Schubert Treatment,” the most lyrical of the trio, a cellist takes us bedside with the sick and the dying.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Joan Didion Remains as Elusive as Ever. These Books Want to Fix That.

Sunday, October 27, 2024 - 5:00am

By Casey Schwartz

Since her death, Didion has become a literary subject as popular for her image and writing as for the fascination she inspired for almost half a century.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

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