Book Review: ‘My Glorious Defeats,’ by Barrett Brown Date Friday, July 12, 2024 - 3:02 AM Description In his picaresque memoir, “My Glorious Defeats,” the Anonymous-movement activist Barrett Brown takes us on a journey of pure, joyous solipsism.
Who Is Elena Ferrante, Really? Image Date Friday, July 12, 2024 - 3:01 AM Description The pseudonymous Italian author has become a worldwide phenomenon. But speculation about who she really is has followed her for years.
Dan Collins, 80, Author Who Rejected View of Giuliani as a 9/11 Hero, Dies Date Thursday, July 11, 2024 - 9:27 PM Description A muckraking journalist, he helped write a revisionist account of Rudolph Giuliani’s role as mayor before and after the terrorist attacks.
Reagan Arthur Returns to Hachette Date Thursday, July 11, 2024 - 9:00 AM Description Arthur, the former publisher of Knopf, is joining Hachette Book Group to start and run a new imprint.
Stephen King, Bonnie Garmus and More Writers on Favorite Books Image Date Thursday, July 11, 2024 - 5:47 AM Description Some of their favorites didn’t make our “Best Books of the 21st Century” list — but these authors make a case for them anyway.
Book Review: ‘The Coin,’ by Yasmin Zaher Date Thursday, July 11, 2024 - 3:01 AM Description In Yasmin Zaher’s “The Coin,” a rich, chic Palestinian schoolteacher in New York City grapples with displacement and American consumerism.
It Took 22 Years for Kevin Barry to Unlock His First U.S.-Set Novel Image Date Thursday, July 11, 2024 - 3:00 AM Description Even after doing research in Montana, a draft of the book that became “The Heart in Winter” was “dead on the page,” he says. Back in Ireland, the runaway lovers now at its center “suddenly appeared to me.”
A Queer Mountain Lion Leaps From the Page to the Little Island Stage Image Date Wednesday, July 10, 2024 - 9:07 AM Description Henry Hoke’s 2023 novel, “Open Throat,” narrated by an animal in peril in the Hollywood Hills, is adapted for a staged reading.
On the Lam in the Wild West, With Bounty Hunters Trailing Image Date Wednesday, July 10, 2024 - 3:02 AM Description Kevin Barry’s new novel follows a fugitive couple from Butte, Mont., in the late 19th century.
Amy Tan’s ‘The Backyard Bird Chronicles’ Takes a Novel Approach to Bird-Watching Date Wednesday, July 10, 2024 - 3:00 AM Description In her most recent book, “The Backyard Bird Chronicles,” the best-selling author revels in a newfound preoccupation with birds — and drawing.