Book Review: ‘Our Evenings,’ by Alan Hollinghurst
In Alan Hollinghurst’s new novel, “Our Evenings,” a Burmese English actor grapples with race and ambition, sexuality and love in a bigoted world.
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2024-10-09 21:05:38
Book Revives Questions About Trump’s Ties to Putin
The journalist Bob Woodward cited an unnamed aide saying that Donald J. Trump had spoken to Vladimir V. Putin as many as seven times since leaving office. Multiple sources say they cannot confirm that report.
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Book Review: ‘The Witches of El Paso,’ by Luis Jaramillo
In this family saga, a floundering lawyer must tap into her supernatural heritage to help her family in the past and present.
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2024-10-09 21:05:36
Book Review: ‘Selling Sexy,’ by Lauren Sherman and Chantal Fernandez
In “Selling Sexy,” two veteran fashion journalists examine how Victoria’s Secret fell from grace.
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2024-10-09 21:05:35
With the Nobel Prize in Literature, Greatness Is Not the Same as Popularity
As the Nobel Committee gets ready to admit a new writer into the pantheon, our critic asks: Is greatness overrated?
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Jean Hanff Korelitz on ‘The Sequel’
The writer discusses her follow-up to her best-selling 2021 novel “The Plot.”
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2024-10-04 16:42:22
New Crime and Mystery Books
Our crime columnist on books by Kate Atkinson, Nicholas Meyer, Marcie R. Rendon and Nilanjana Roy.
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2024-10-04 16:42:22
Book Review: ‘John Lewis,’ by David Greenberg
In his new biography, David Greenberg tells the full story of the civil rights hero who became a long-serving U.S. representative.
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2024-10-04 16:42:22
5 Picture Books About Space, From the Sublime to the Silly
Works by Ada Limón and Peter Sís, Randy Cecil, Lucy Ruth Cummins and more depict the poetry, wonder and droll humor inspired by the great beyond.
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2024-10-04 16:42:22
Book Review: ‘Henry V,’ by Dan Jones
In a comprehensive biography, the historian Dan Jones tries to reconcile the hero of legend with the complicated young monarch of reality.
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2024-10-03 14:56:20
Martin Amis: An Appreciation
Our critic assesses the achievement of Martin Amis, Britain’s most famous literary son.
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Book Review: ‘NB by J.C.,’ by James Campbell
“NB by J.C.” collects the variegated musings of James Campbell in the Times Literary Supplement.
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2024-10-03 14:56:20
In ‘Fires in the Dark,’ Kay Redfield Jamison Turns to Healers
In “Fires in the Dark,” Jamison, known for her expertise on manic depression, delves into the quest to heal. Her new book, she says, is a “love song to psychotherapy.”
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2024-10-03 14:56:20
The Detective Novel ‘Whose Body?,’ by Dorothy L. Sayers, Turns 100
Dorothy L. Sayers dealt with emotional and financial instability by writing “Whose Body?,” the first of many to star the detective Lord Peter Wimsey.
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Book Review: ‘Dom Casmurro,’ by Machado de Assis
“Dom Casmurro,” by Machado de Assis, teaches us to read — and reread — with precise detail and masterly obfuscation.
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