New York Times Book News
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- Simon & Schuster Names Dana Canedy New Publisher
Ms. Canedy, a former journalist at The New York Times and the administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes, will run the flagship imprint at one of the country’s largest book publishers. ... More - These Radical Black Thrillers Fantasized About Dismantling the Police
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, a series of novels by Black authors married revolutionary politics with pulp fiction. Their plotlines remain distressingly relevant. ... More - Marc Fumaroli, Defender of French Culture, Is Dead at 88
A leading historian, he wrote and taught in defense of the French language and its heritage and against “globish English.” ... More - 8 Picture Books That Let Young Minds Wonder and Wander on Their Own
These journeys of the imagination explore what it means to be human. ... More - Newt Gingrich and the Dawn of a Toxic Political Era
In “Burning Down the House,” Julian Zelizer shows how Gingrich was able to exploit the profound developments since Watergate to his lasting advantage. ... More - Lonnie Wheeler, 68, Dies; Helped Ballplayers Tell Their StoriesA longtime sportswriter, he collaborated with Hank Aaron, Bob Gibson and Mike Piazza on their autobiographies. “I was there,” he once said, “to make the subject more literary.” ... More
- Rudolfo Anaya, a Father of Chicano Literature, Dies at 82
His coming-of-age novel “Bless Me, Ultima” reframed the way many in New Mexico viewed their own history, even as school districts tried to ban it. ... More - Jules Feiffer on His Long, Varied CareerFeiffer talks about his new picture book and more, and Steve Inskeep discusses “Imperfect Union.” ... More
- How Do We See Each Other in a ‘Market Society’?
A graphic review of Karl Polanyi’s seminal work “The Great Transformation,” which charted the social effects of capitalism. ... More - Considering the American VoiceIrving Howe wrote for the Book Review about American literature — “moving from visions to problems, from ecstasy to trouble, from self to society” — on July 4, 1976. “Land of the free? Yes, but also home of the exploited.” ... More
- New in Paperback: ‘The Yellow House’ and ‘Night Boat to Tangier’Six new paperbacks to check out this week. ... More
- Feminists, Poetic Pretensions and Other Letters to the EditorReaders respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review. ... More
- What Keeps America Divided?
“Let Them Eat Tweets,” by Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson, examines the ways in which the wealthy control the Republican Party. ... More - What Is the Status of Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Wall’?
In “14 Miles,” his exploration of life on the border, DW Gibson reveals the reality and fantasy of the president’s desired wall. ... More - 10 New Books We Recommend This WeekSuggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. ... More