Six new paperbacks to check out this week.Six new paperbacks to check out this week.Read MoreBooks and Literature, The Language of Thieves: My Family’s Obsession…
View More New in Paperback: ‘The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata’ and ‘This Is Not My Memoir’Category: Culture & Traditions
People Like Her Didn’t Exist in French Novels. Until She Wrote One.
Fatima Daas’s debut book explores the writer’s conflicted identities as a lesbian, Muslim woman with an immigrant background. In France, it was an unlikely literary…
View More People Like Her Didn’t Exist in French Novels. Until She Wrote One.We Could All Use a Jodi in Our Lives
Jodi Rodgers, who helps people with autism navigate the world of dating on the Netflix show “Love on the Spectrum,” has some lessons for all…
View More We Could All Use a Jodi in Our LivesIn Finland, Turning Straw Into Magic
Eija Koski creates himmeli, traditional ornaments made in geometric shapes.Eija Koski creates himmeli, traditional ornaments made in geometric shapes.Read MoreArt, Grain, Koski, Eija, Finland
View More In Finland, Turning Straw Into MagicThe Decision That Cost Hitler the War
“Hitler’s American Gamble,” by Brendan Simms and Charlie Laderman, examines Hitler’s ill-fated choice to declare war on the United States.“Hitler’s American Gamble,” by Brendan Simms…
View More The Decision That Cost Hitler the WarBook Review: ‘These Precious Days,’ by Ann Patchett
In her essay collection “These Precious Days,” the novelist and bookstore owner explores friendship, marriage and mortality.In her essay collection “These Precious Days,” the novelist…
View More Book Review: ‘These Precious Days,’ by Ann PatchettLate Night Takes on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada BBQ, or Summit
“I think it’s nice that we’re friendly with our neighbors again,” Kimmel said of Biden’s meeting with leaders of Canada and Mexico.“I think it’s nice…
View More Late Night Takes on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada BBQ, or Summit‘Patria y Vida’: How a Cuban Rap Song Became a Protest Anthem
Nominated for song of the year, the track became an anthem for a burgeoning movement of young people in Cuba demanding an end to political…
View More ‘Patria y Vida’: How a Cuban Rap Song Became a Protest AnthemReview: ‘Trouble in Mind,’ 66 Years Late and Still On Time
Alice Childress’s 1955 play about power and race in the theater is a satire and a tragedy that deserves to be a classic.Alice Childress’s 1955…
View More Review: ‘Trouble in Mind,’ 66 Years Late and Still On TimeArt Dealer Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud Charges in $86 Million Scam
Prosecutors said Inigo Philbrick, who admitted he duped investors who joined him in the purchase of blue-chip art, took advantage of the opacity of the…
View More Art Dealer Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud Charges in $86 Million Scam