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- Cathleen Schine Writes Fiction. But She Prefers Not to Read It at Work.
The author of “The Grammarians” and other novels favors nonfiction when she’s writing: “I try not to read contemporary fiction, which is often so good it’s discouraging or so bad it’s discouraging.” ... More - Alice Walker Defends George Washington Murals
“Why try to hide the reality of our history?” she said of the objectionable images that confronted San Francisco students every day. ... More - ‘Middle England,’ a Traditional Novel Set in Our Very Unconventional Times
Jonathan Coe’s latest concerns several generations of characters in the years leading up to the Brexit vote and the Trump presidency. ... More - How to Draw Yourself Out of a Creative Funk
Malaka Gharib, the author of the coming-of-age graphic memoir “I Was Their American Dream,” shares her tips. ... More - Reading Ahead in the Season’s Most Anticipated New Books
The artist Firelei Báez interprets what happens inside two novels and one collection of poetry. ... More - With Her Latest Novel, Petina Gappah Sees an Obsession Through
The Zimbabwean writer was inspired by Faulkner, Eliot and Toni Morrison for “Out of Darkness, Shining Light,” a fictional account of the journey David Livingstone’s workers took transporting his body. ... More - Recalling a Time When Books Could Give You Indigestion
In “What We Talk About When We Talk About Books,” the book historian Leah Price tries to contextualize our current anxieties about books and reading by turning to the past. ... More - 8 New Comic Book Series for the End of Summer
The season may be winding down, but things are heating up for comics fans, with unusual plot lines and new kinds of heroes. ... More - A Biography of Oliver Sacks, Written by His BoswellIn “And How Are You, Dr. Sacks?” Lawrence Weschler writes a “biographical memoir,” covering over three decades of his relationship with the famed neurologist. ... More
- It’s Not Always Excellent to Be Jamie Oliver
Twenty years after he vaulted to fame, the brash British chef, TV star and cookbook author has lost his restaurant empire — but not his taste for hard work. ... More - When Violent Crime Is Your Fixation
In “Savage Appetites,” the journalist Rachel Monroe investigates a peculiarly female attraction to murder cases. ... More - Restaurant History, All the Way Back to the Bronze Age
A new book takes a looser definition of “restaurant” to explore global roots. ... More - When Providing for Your Family Means Leaving It Behind
Jason DeParle’s “A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves” is a deeply reported look at global migration centered on the experiences of a single Filipino family over the course of 30 years. ... More - Two Views of the Tumult on American Campuses
Michael S. Roth’s “Safe Enough Spaces” and Andrew Kronman’s “The Assault on American Excellence” differ on the battles roiling universities. ... More - Fighting Racism Even, and Especially, Where We Don’t Realize It ExistsIn “How to Be an Antiracist,” the scholar Ibram X. Kendi scrutinizes himself and the rest of us for lessons on how to eradicate the scourge of racism. ... More