Oprah Shamed James Frey. He’s Back Anyway. Image Date Monday, June 09, 2025 - 6:23 AM Description Twenty years after “A Million Little Pieces” became a national scandal, James Frey is ready for a new audience.
Our Favorite Books for a Last-Minute Father’s Day Gift Image Date Monday, June 09, 2025 - 3:00 AM Description Looking for a Father’s Day gift? Try one of these recent releases.
Overlooked No More, Walasse Ting, Who Bridged Cultures With Paint and Prose Date Saturday, May 17, 2025 - 12:27 PM Description His style as a poet and artist was informed by his upbringing in Shanghai and his years in Paris. He then joined the Pop-fueled studios of New York.
Our Favorite Books for a Last-Minute Mother’s Day Gift Image Date Thursday, May 08, 2025 - 9:19 AM Description Need a last-minute Mother’s Day gift? Try one of these recent releases.
Overlooked Letter Rewrites History of Shakespeare’s Bad Marriage Image Date Friday, April 25, 2025 - 6:09 AM Description New research undermines the traditional view that Shakespeare was a distant, neglectful husband to his wife, Anne.
Overlooked Clue Sheds Light on Shakespeare’s Marriage Image Date Thursday, April 24, 2025 - 10:29 AM Description New research undermines the traditional view that Shakespeare was a distant, neglectful husband to his wife, Anne.
Overlooked No More: Ethel Lina White, Master of Suspense Who Inspired Hitchcock Image Date Monday, April 21, 2025 - 2:48 PM Description A powerhouse of the genre, she published around 100 short stories and 17 novels, one of which was adapted into the acclaimed film “The Lady Vanishes.”
Overlooked No More: Karen Wynn Fonstad, Who Mapped Tolkien’s Middle-earth Date Wednesday, January 15, 2025 - 11:19 AM Description She was a novice cartographer who landed a dream assignment: to create an atlas of the setting of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings.”
Our Book Critics on Their Year in Reading Date Thursday, December 12, 2024 - 8:22 AM Description Jennifer Szalai, Dwight Garner and Alexandra Jacobs look back at the books that “offered refuge from the wheels grinding in our heads.”
Overlooked No More: Mariama Bâ, Voice of African Feminism Image Date Saturday, October 12, 2024 - 8:08 AM Description She became a literary star in Senegal with novels that addressed women’s issues as the country, newly free from French colonial rule, was discovering its identity.