Ed Young Dies at 91; Infused His Illustrations With Chinese Tradition Date Tuesday, October 03, 2023 - 7:11 PM Description Over a 60-year career, he illustrated some 100 books of fairy tales, poetry and memoirs, and won three Caldecott Medals.
Book Review: ‘A Man of Two Faces,’ by Viet Thanh Nguyen Image Date Tuesday, October 03, 2023 - 5:01 PM Description The author blends polemic and family history in a fragmentary memoir, “A Man of Two Faces.”
2023 National Book Award Finalists Are Named Image Date Tuesday, October 03, 2023 - 4:25 PM Description Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Paul Harding and Cristina Rivera Garza are among the honorees. Winners will be announced next month.
Harvey Awards to Induct 6 New Hall of Fame Members Image Date Tuesday, October 03, 2023 - 10:34 AM Description The inductees will be honored at New York Comic Con on Oct. 13. Five are from the world of superheroes, and one is a pioneer of underground comics.
Book Review: ‘Mary and the Birth of Frankenstein,’ by Anne Eekhout Image Date Tuesday, October 03, 2023 - 9:32 AM Description A Dutch novelist envisions the creation of “Frankenstein,” Shelley’s most famous work.
Book Review: ‘If We Burn,’ by Vincent Bevins, and ‘The Loom of Time,’ by Robert D. Kaplan Image Date Tuesday, October 03, 2023 - 4:01 AM Description Vincent Bevins’s “If We Burn” and Robert D. Kaplan’s “The Loom of Time” consider protest movements of the past and the drive for democracy in countries like Egypt, Syria and Iraq.
Book Review: ‘Making It So,’ by Patrick Stewart Image Date Tuesday, October 03, 2023 - 4:00 AM Description In his fond memoir “Making It So,” the actor traces the path from the working class to the Shakespearean stage to “Star Trek” superstardom.
Book Review: ‘In the Form of a Question,’ by Amy Schneider Date Tuesday, October 03, 2023 - 4:00 AM Description Amy Schneider’s new memoir, “In the Form of a Question,” captures a life of bold choices well beyond wagers on the Daily Double.
Echo Brown, Young Adult Author and Performer, Dies at 39 Date Monday, October 02, 2023 - 4:32 PM Description A one-woman show that used her date with a white hipster to talk about life, race, love and sex, led an editor to sign her to write two novels.
Two Books on Witches Image Date Monday, October 02, 2023 - 2:29 PM Description In Allyson Shaw’s “Ashes and Stones” and Diana Helmuth’s “The Witching Year,” authors confront ancient stereotypes through modern eyes.