Book Review: ‘Who’s Afraid of Gender?,’ by Judith Butler Image Date Wednesday, April 03, 2024 - 4:03 AM Description Judith Butler’s new book, “Who’s Afraid of Gender?,” tries to turn down the heat on an inflamed argument.
Alice Randall Made Country History. Black Women Are Helping Tell Hers. Image Date Wednesday, April 03, 2024 - 4:00 AM Description In “My Black Country,” the musician and author who cracked a Nashville color barrier is telling her story — and hearing her songs reimagined.
Peter Brown, One of the Beatles’ Closest Confidants, Tells All (Again) Image Date Tuesday, April 02, 2024 - 3:26 PM Description At 87, the dapper insider is releasing a new book of interviews conducted in 1980 and 1981 with the band and people nearest to it.
Don Winslow Is Ready to Trade His Pen for a Protest Sign Image Date Tuesday, April 02, 2024 - 1:58 PM Description “City in Ruins” is the third novel in Winslow’s Danny Ryan trilogy and, he says, his last book. He’s retiring in part to invest more time into political activism.
New York Times Readers on Their Picks for Funniest Books Image Date Tuesday, April 02, 2024 - 12:49 PM Description Responding to our list of the funniest books since “Catch-22,” readers offer their own choices.
Book Review: ‘The Return of Great Powers,’ by Jim Sciutto; ‘Up in Arms,’ by Adam E. Casey Image Date Tuesday, April 02, 2024 - 4:00 AM Description In “The Return of Great Powers” and “Up in Arms,” Jim Sciutto and Adam E. Casey consider modern-day superpower conflict through the lens of the past.
Book Review: ‘The Sicilian Inheritance,’ by Jo Piazza Date Tuesday, April 02, 2024 - 4:00 AM Description A Philadelphia chef goes searching for her family history in Jo Piazza’s sun-baked multigenerational tale “The Sicilian Inheritance.”
Book Review: ‘Choice,’ by Neel Mukherjee Date Tuesday, April 02, 2024 - 4:00 AM Description An editor’s ambition. A coveted manuscript. The gift of a cow. Lives and lies graze one another in Neel Mukherjee’s tragicomic novel.
Once Upon a Time, the World of Picture Books Came to Life Image Date Monday, April 01, 2024 - 2:23 PM Description The tale behind a new museum of children’s literature is equal parts imagination, chutzpah and “The Little Engine That Could.”
Book Review: ‘The Cemetery of Untold Stories,’ by Julia Alvarez Image Date Monday, April 01, 2024 - 4:01 AM Description In Julia Alvarez’s “The Cemetery of Untold Stories,” a boneyard in the Dominican Republic becomes a rich wellspring for discarded narratives.