Books
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For ‘The Late Americans,’ Grad School Life Equals Envy, Sex and Ennui
Brandon Taylor’s novel circulates among Iowa City residents, some privileged, some not, but all aware that their possibilities are contracting.
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A Brief Guide to Martin Amis’s Books
The acclaimed British novelist was also an essayist, memoirist and critic of the first rank.
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Salman Rushdie Makes Surprise Appearance at PEN America Gala
The novelist, who was stabbed and gravely wounded at a literary event last year, received an award from the freedom…
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The Essential Neil Gaiman
In his stories of horror, humanity and uncomfortable truths, Neil Gaiman is never afraid to go into dark places looking…
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Casting a Bright Light on the Supreme Court’s ‘Shadow Docket’
A new book by the legal scholar Stephen Vladeck argues that unsigned and unexplained decisions issued through the court’s shadow…
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K-Pop Stars BTS Will Release a Book Telling Their Own Story in July
The announcement by their U.S. publisher, Flatiron Books, came after days of frantic speculation by their fervent fans.
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Abraham Verghese’s Sweeping New Fable of Family and Medicine
THE COVENANT OF WATER, by Abraham Verghese Abraham Verghese occupies a curious place in the modern literary landscape. A doctor…
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Tracing the Angry Path From Timothy McVeigh to Trumpism
“Homegrown,” by Jeffrey Toobin, revisits the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, finding ominous parallels between the bomber’s anti-government extremism and the…
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A Black, Queer Hero’s Journey for the Digital Age
In Tembe Denton-Hurst’s new novel, “Homebodies,” a young woman loses her New York media job and must figure out how to…
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Banned Bunnies
In 1959, the picture-book nuptials of a black rabbit and a white rabbit caused intense debate across the nation.