Book Review: ‘What a Time to Be Alive,’ by Jade Chang; ‘What a Time to Be Alive,’ by Jenny Mustard Date Monday, October 06, 2025 - 3:00 AM Description In an unusual act of literary synergy, two vibrant coming-of-age tales with the same title have arrived one week apart.
Book Review: ‘Things That Disappear,’ by Jenny Erpenbeck Date Sunday, October 05, 2025 - 3:00 AM Description The celebrated German novelist Jenny Erpenbeck considers the relics of an earlier age in a newly translated essay collection.
Mychal Threets, New ‘Reading Rainbow’ Host, Tries to Recapture Show’s Magic Image Date Saturday, October 04, 2025 - 8:21 AM Description The popular children’s television show has returned, with Mychal Threets trying to recapture the magic of the original show for a streaming audience.
Kate McKinnon’s Holy Grail Is ‘Indiana Jones’ Image Date Saturday, October 04, 2025 - 3:00 AM Description “When those bugs are crawling on Kate Capshaw in ‘Temple of Doom,’ I’m having the time of my life,” the actress and author said.
Book Review: ‘A Different Kind of Tension,’ by Jonathan Lethem Date Saturday, October 04, 2025 - 3:00 AM Description His new collection draws from his ambitious practice of the form over nearly four decades.
Stonewall National Museum Chronicling L.G.B.T.Q. History Faces Deep Cuts Image Date Saturday, October 04, 2025 - 3:00 AM Description The Fort Lauderdale museum, one of the country’s oldest L.G.B.T.Q. institutions, is looking to its rich archives for lessons in how to survive a crisis. Here’s a look inside its collection.
Book Review: ‘Ginster,’ by Siegfried Kracauer Image Date Saturday, October 04, 2025 - 3:00 AM Description A new reissue of Siegfried Kracauer’s 1928 novel “Ginster” offers a darkly humorous window into one German conscript’s inglorious journey.
Ashleigh Brilliant, Prolific ‘Pot-Shots’ Phrasemaker, Dies at 91 Date Friday, October 03, 2025 - 4:46 PM Description Over nearly a half-century, he wrote 10,000 epigrams, none longer than 17 words, and printed them on postcards, T-shirts, mugs and other products.
Book Review: ‘38 Londres Street,’ by Philippe Sands Image Date Friday, October 03, 2025 - 3:01 AM Description Philippe Sands considers the case of the dictator Augusto Pinochet, who eluded efforts to bring him to account for state-sponsored terror in Chile.
‘Best American Poetry’ Is Ending. Our Columnist Looks Back. Date Friday, October 03, 2025 - 3:00 AM Description After four decades, the annual book series is drawing to a close. Our columnist looks at what it all meant.