Books
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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.
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Craving Beauty, but at What Cost?
In “The Ugly History of Beautiful Things,” Katy Kelleher considers her desire for rare or pretty objects, as both life-affirming…
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A Biography of a Blues Legend, Five Decades in the Making
Mack McCormick’s long-awaited book about the musician Robert Johnson has arrived, in modest and expurgated form.