James Baldwin’s Best Books Image Date Wednesday, February 28, 2024 - 9:35 AM Description He wrote with the kind of clarity that was as comforting as it was chastising. Here’s where to start.
James C. Scott, Iconoclastic Social Scientist, Dies at 87 Date Monday, July 29, 2024 - 3:04 PM Description In influential books, he questioned top-down government programs and extolled the power of the powerless, embracing a form of anarchism.
James Carlos Blake, Novelist of Outlaw Life, Is Dead at 81 Image Date Friday, January 31, 2025 - 8:07 AM Description His savage fiction, set in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, demonstrated his belief that “violence is the most elemental truth of life.”
James Lloydovich Patterson, 91, Dies; Soviet Poet and Symbol of Racial Unity Date Monday, June 23, 2025 - 8:44 AM Description Years after being catapulted to national fame in the U.S.S.R. as a child actor, he wrote about ideals of racial harmony and international solidarity.
James McBride Doesn’t Read Reviews. Here’s Why. Date Thursday, August 24, 2023 - 3:00 AM Description His latest novel, “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store,” has received a number of raves, but the veteran novelist will respectfully avoid them.
James Reason, Who Used Swiss Cheese to Explain Human Error, Dies at 86 Image Date Thursday, March 13, 2025 - 11:31 AM Description Mistakes happen, he theorized, because multiple vulnerabilities in a system align — like the holes in cheese — to create a recipe for disaster.
Jami Attenberg on Reading and Her New Book, ‘A Reason to See You Again’ Image Date Thursday, October 10, 2024 - 3:00 AM Description “I am kind of living for that moment,” says the prolific writer. “Who will betray me first?” Her new novel is “A Reason to See You Again.”
Jamie Oliver Pulls Children’s Book Amid Criticism of Insensitivity Image Date Monday, November 11, 2024 - 8:31 AM Description The celebrity chef’s second children’s book, “Billy and the Epic Escape,” faced accusations that it stereotyped First Nations people in Australia.
Jane Austen Loved Music. What Was on Her Playlist? Image Date Friday, September 12, 2025 - 9:58 AM Description The novelist’s sheet music collection reveals new perspectives on her life and work.
Jane Austen’s Best Books Image Date Friday, July 18, 2025 - 6:18 PM Description A peerless chronicler of class and romance, the “Pride and Prejudice” author was never prolific. But her work remains remarkably relevant, more than two centuries after her death.