I Swear This Poem Didn’t Make Me Cry
George Oppen’s “From a Photograph” turns a wintry snapshot into a moving meditation on parenthood and the passage of time. Our critic A.O. Scott shows you what he loves about it.
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George Oppen’s “From a Photograph” turns a wintry snapshot into a moving meditation on parenthood and the passage of time. Our critic A.O. Scott shows you what he loves about it.
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Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
In “Bright Circle,” Randall Fuller shines a light on the women behind — and before — the male philosophers of 19th-century Massachusetts.
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An adaptation of “Fatherland,” the best-selling novelist’s first solo work, “sets my teeth on edge,” he admits. His newest book, “Precipice,” is about a former British prime minister in love.
If Talking Politics With Family Has Become a Horror Show, This Book’s for You
Clay McLeod Chapman kept hearing friends say, of their Fox News-watching parents, “It’s like they were possessed.” That’s what inspired him to write “Wake Up and Open Your Eyes.”
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Why Scott Turow Brought Back His Most Famous Hero: He ‘Changed My Life’
The novelist is 75. Rusty Sabich, the now-retired prosecutor he introduced in “Presumed Innocent,” is 77 — and taking on a new case in “Presumed Guilty.”
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The Dalai Lama Shares Thoughts on China and the Future in a New Book
The spiritual leader of Tibet has published amply but seldom written in depth about politics. Now, as he approaches 90, he shares a detailed and personal account of his decades dealing with China.
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An Unsolved Murder Haunts an Elite Black Family in New England
Charmaine Wilkerson’s novel “Good Dirt” weaves together grief, suspense and the story of a jar made by an enslaved potter generations earlier.
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Heartbreak and History in a Single Color
Imani Perry’s impressionistic “Black in Blues” finds shades of meaning — beautiful and ugly — in art, artifacts, music, fashion and more.
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Heartbreak and History in a Single Color
Imani Perry’s impressionistic “Black in Blues” finds shades of meaning — beautiful and ugly — in art, artifacts, music, fashion and more.
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In Pop Culture, the End of the World Is Always Nigh
A new book by the British cultural journalist Dorian Lynskey chronicles our centuries-old obsession with doomsday scenarios.
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You’ve Been Invited to a Secret House Party in London
Details are in Caleb Femi’s new poetry collection, “The Wickedest.”
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Remember Body Glitter and Chat Rooms? ‘Y2K’ Won’t Let You Forget.
In a vibrant collection of “essays on the future that never was,” Colette Shade takes a cold look at the cheery promise of the 2000s.
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The Secret to a Good Life? Thinking Like Socrates.
In “Open Socrates,” the scholar Agnes Callard argues that the ancient Greek philosopher offers a blueprint for an ethical life.
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Charmaine Wilkerson’s novel “Good Dirt” weaves together grief, suspense and the story of a jar made by an enslaved potter generations earlier.
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Joan Aiken’s neo-Gothic; Joseph Roth’s family epic.
Books by Alyssa Cole, Talia Hibbert and more offer heartwarming banter and plenty of heat.
By Sangu Mandanna
Solvej Balle’s “On the Calculation of Volume” rethinks the familiar story of the endlessly repeating day.
By Hilary Leichter
In Maggie Su’s funny debut novel, a Frankenstein-like monster turns on his flailing creator.
By Weike Wang
His own experience assisting his terminally ill wife in ending her life set him on a path to founding the Hemlock Society and writing a best-selling guide.
By Michael S. Rosenwald
“Picturing the Border” collects photographs of the United States-Mexico boundary dating back to the 1960s.
By Miguel Salazar
A Hamptons vacation and a prank gone wrong anchor Burke’s new book, “The Note.” It started with real life.
For the three Latino kids transported to 1862 Mexico in Emma Otheguy’s latest novel, the outcome of the American Civil War hangs in the balance.
By Juan Vidal
The spiritual leader of Tibet has published amply but seldom written in depth about politics. Now, as he approaches 90, he shares a detailed and personal account of his decades dealing with China.
By Alexandra Alter
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