Book Review: ‘Bright Circle,’ by Randall Fuller
Both she and Lydia Emerson, who married Ralph Waldo, sustained their marriages by compromising their own intellectual talents. Lydia — a staunch abolitionist, committed to the rights of women and…
‘Modern Love’ Podcast: Neko Case: ‘If I Didn’t Yell the Truth, What Good Was I?’
In a new memoir out next week, the singer-songwriter Neko Case shares some painful childhood memories. In the studio with Anna Martin, Case is open and unapologetically angry as she…
Book Review: ‘Everything Must Go,’ by Dorian Lynskey
EVERYTHING MUST GO: The Stories We Tell About the End of the World, by Dorian Lynskey When it comes to make-believe disasters, our appetite is endless; yet we’re loath to…
Winter Books to Read When It’s Cold Outside
Frigid storms, heaps of snow and subzero temperatures are not exactly pleasant to live through, but winter weather can make for an irresistible setting for a book. From the cool…
The Most Anticipated Book Adaptations of 2025: Movies and TV Shows
New Year, new reading goals. It’s that season again when anything feels possible: Maybe this is the year you’ll finally tackle that dust-laden copy of “Infinite Jest” sitting on your…
Rick Astley memoir tackles Rickrolling, Dave Grohl
Watch Rick Astley’s reaction to the ‘Ted Lasso’ funeral scene Ahead of his slot on New Kids on the Block’s The Mixtape tour, singer Rick Astley plays ’80s trivia with…
Book Review: ‘Dark Laboratory,’ by Tao Leigh Goffe
DARK LABORATORY: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis, by Tao Leigh Goffe The slow-motion disaster that is climate change started with our unearthing long-buried organic…
Han Kang Talks About Her Jeju Book, ‘We Do Not Part”
In Han Kang’s latest novel, a character saws off the tips of two of her fingers in a woodworking accident. Surgeons reattach them but the treatment is gruesome and agonizing.…
In African Publishing, ‘There Is a Renaissance Going On’
One sector that most publishers in Africa say is rapidly growing is children’s books. Lola Shoneyin, a novelist and the publisher of Ouida Books in Nigeria, is leading a project…
Nathalie Dupree, ‘Queen of Southern Cooking,’ Dies at 85
Nathalie Dupree, a Southern cookbook author, television personality and culinary mentor whose personal life was sometimes as messy as her kitchen, and whose keen interest in literature and politics gave…