An Appraisal
Remembering the Firebrand Irish Novelist Edna O’Brien
Her fiction delivered searing, candid portraits of Irish society through the prism of female friendship.
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CreditJack Robinson/Hulton Archive, via Getty Images 15 New Books Coming in August
New novels by Elif Shafak and Casey McQuiston, a biography of a gay cultural icon, a dystopian tale of A.I. gone awry — and more.
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The Woman Who Beat the Boys of the French New Wave to the Punch
A new biography surveys the prolific and pioneering career of the filmmaker Agnès Varda.
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Stephen Graham Jones Says His University Colleagues Aren’t Snobs About Horror
“It’s nice to work with faculty without that inbuilt prejudice against genre,” says the author of “I Was a Teenage Slasher.” “Or, I’m a little bit tall, so it’s tricky to look down your nose at me.”
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An Undocumented Immigrant Admitted to the Elite World of Harvard
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio’s fiction debut, “Catalina,” brings readers into the life and struggles of a blue-collar brainiac from Ecuador.
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Credit FictionDon’t Worry, Be Happy? ‘Feh’ on That.
Misery makes for good company in Shalom Auslander’s second memoir, which finds him self-deprecating, drug-dabbling, envious and, oy, middle-aged.
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The first in a series of conversations with authors appearing on our “Best Books of the 21st Century” list.
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As voted on by 503 book lovers — with a little help from the staff of The New York Times Book Review.
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In “Seeing Through,” the prolific composer Ricky Ian Gordon shares the heroes, monsters, obsessions and fetishes that drive his art and fuel a dizzying life.
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The simple pleasures keep coming in this keenly observed collection by the Argentinian writer Hebe Uhart.
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Harry Crews, Barry Hannah and Larry Brown were part of a Southern writers’ movement that centered dissidents and outsiders. They’re still worth reading.
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Peter Schjeldahl’s final book collects the essays and reviews he wrote in the years after a cancer diagnosis.
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Kevin Barry’s new novel follows a fugitive couple from Butte, Mont., in the late 19th century.
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Francine Pascal, Creator of ‘Sweet Valley High’ Book Series, Dies at 92
The series and its many spinoffs have sold more than 200 million copies and revolutionized the world of young adult publishing.
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fictionLocal Depressive Bisexual Experiences Quarter-Life Crisis
The protagonist of Madison Newbound’s debut novel, “Misrecognition,” returns to her hometown after a breakup with her power-imbalanced polycule.
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Min Jin Lee Looks Back at ‘Pachinko’
The second in a series of conversations with authors appearing on our “Best Books of the 21st Century” list.
How Well Do You Know These Works of the Harlem Renaissance?
Try this short quiz about the vibrant cultural movement that came together a century ago — and continues to be influential.
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Baldwin’s ‘Blues for Mister Charlie,’ 60 Years After It Hit Broadway
On the centennial of James Baldwin’s birth, a look at this revolutionary work that was a playwriting milestone for him.
By Anna Venarchik
More States Are Passing Book Banning Rules. Here’s What They Say.
Discussion about what books children should access has diminished on the national stage. But most rules pertaining to schools and libraries are made at the state and local level.
By Elizabeth A. Harris
James C. Scott, Iconoclastic Social Scientist, Dies at 87
In influential books, he questioned top-down government programs and extolled the power of the powerless, embracing a form of anarchism.
By Trip Gabriel
Jill Schary Robinson, Who Wrote of Her Hollywood Upbringing, Dies at 88
A screenwriter’s daughter, she grew up in the glittering world of privilege and its contradictions, which became rich material for her memoirs and novels.
By Penelope Green
Edna O’Brien, Writer Who Gave Voice to Women’s Passions, Dies at 93
Her novels and short stories often explored the lives of willful women who loved men who were crass, unfaithful or already married.
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FictionRomeo and Juliet, Plus Guns, Cults and Waco, Texas
An infamous 1993 siege provides the backdrop for Bret Anthony Johnston’s novel about star-crossed lovers.
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