Watching Britney Spears, as a Girl and a Woman Image Date Monday, October 30, 2023 - 9:14 AM Description For 25 years, American culture has used her body to determine a woman’s worth. In “The Woman in Me,” she asks us to take a second look.
Sigrid Nunez’s Art of Noticing Image Date Monday, October 30, 2023 - 8:52 AM Description The National Book Award winner smuggles profound reflections on pain and loss into novels of deceptive lightness.
Anthony Holden, Royal Chronicler Who Ruffled the Palace, Dies at 76 Image Date Monday, October 30, 2023 - 8:31 AM Description A prolific journalist and author, he ignited an uproar with a less-than-flattering portrait of Charles and Diana’s marriage. “The most reviled man in Britain,” one newspaper called him.
Two Books for a Mental Vacation Image Date Monday, October 30, 2023 - 4:50 AM Description Madeleine L’Engle’s domestic memoir; Julie Orringer’s humane short stories
Book Review: ‘The Vulnerables,’ by Sigrid Nunez Image Date Monday, October 30, 2023 - 3:01 AM Description Set during the pandemic, Sigrid Nunez’s new novel, “The Vulnerables,” is a story of unlikely companionship and personal reflection.
Book Review: ‘Blowback,’ by Miles Taylor; ‘Renegade,’ by Adam Kinzinger; ‘Losing Our Religion,’ by Russell Moore Image Date Monday, October 30, 2023 - 3:00 AM Description Three new books from different corners of conservative America talk about the ways Donald Trump disfigured the country and wrecked their public lives.
Mixing Books and Burlesque Image Date Sunday, October 29, 2023 - 4:22 PM Description The author of “On Fire Island” wasn’t sure what to expect when she was invited to appear at a “Books & Burlesque” event. Here’s her unblushing report.
Book Review: ‘Bob Dylan: Mixing Up the Medicine,’ edited by Mark Davidson and Parker Fishel Date Sunday, October 29, 2023 - 4:20 PM Description This collection of archival treasures at the Bob Dylan Center includes fan mail from Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen.
Book review: “A City on Mars,” by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith Date Sunday, October 29, 2023 - 7:07 AM Description Probably not, Kelly and Zach Weinersmith argue in “A City on Mars.”
Book Review: ‘The Berry Pickers,’ by Amanda Peters Date Saturday, October 28, 2023 - 3:00 AM Description In Amanda Peters’s debut novel, a 4-year-old Mi’kmaw girl disappears one summer, prompting a lifelong saga of mystery and tragedy.