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Chekhov Plays for an Un-Chekhov Time

The directors Michael DeFilippis, Dmitry Krymov and Aleksandr Molochnikov all infuse their current productions with a burning, modern rage.

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NYT Books and Literature

Chekhov Plays for an Un-Chekhov Time

NYT Books and Literature

23 Books We Are Looking Forward to This Spring

The Book Review editors discuss fiction and nonfiction that caught their eye. Plus, Ada Limón on the power of poetry.

19 hours ago

NYT Books and Literature

23 Books We Are Looking Forward to This Spring

NYT Books and Literature

What to Know About ‘The Testaments,’ a Sequel to Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’

“The Testaments” focuses on a younger generation coming of age inside Gilead, the religious regime first imagined in Margaret Atwood’s 1985 dystopian thriller.

19 hours ago

NYT Books and Literature

What to Know About ‘The Testaments,’ a Sequel to Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’

NYT Books and Literature

Ben Lerner’s ‘Transcription’ Shows Us Why the Novel Will Never Die

With “Transcription,” the writer makes a case for the vitality of the form.

14 hours ago

NYT Books and Literature

Ben Lerner’s ‘Transcription’ Shows Us Why the Novel Will Never Die

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Judgy Bunny and the Terrible Beach,’ by Scott Rothman, and ‘Bartleby,’ by Matt Phelan

Matt Phelan’s bear cub named Bartleby and Scott Rothman’s judgy bunny aren’t wicked or misbehaved. Like our reviewer, they simply prefer not to.

19 hours ago

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Judgy Bunny and the Terrible Beach,’ by Scott Rothman, and ‘Bartleby,’ by Matt Phelan

NYT Books and Literature

Books Our Editors Loved This Week

Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.

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NYT Books and Literature

Books Our Editors Loved This Week

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