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Book Review: ‘Kolkhoz,’ by Emmanuel Carrère

Emmanuel Carrère’s latest book combines a nuanced portrait of his formidable mother with a meditation on the fraught nature of truth.

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NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Kolkhoz,’ by Emmanuel Carrère

NYT Books and Literature

Why Basketball Legends Are Coming to the Bronx

A charter school named for Earl Monroe is dedicating a new building, which features a basketball-and-book-themed mural.

8 hours ago

NYT Books and Literature

Why Basketball Legends Are Coming to the Bronx

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘A Dead White,’ by Wendy S. Walters

A meandering manifesto illustrates the challenges of building cultural criticism on big reading and decadent contrariness.

8 hours ago

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘A Dead White,’ by Wendy S. Walters

NYT Books and Literature

Best Sci-Fi Books With Monsters and Other Creature Features

The best-selling author John Scalzi recommends his favorite alien thrillers, mad scientist tales and an intergalactic spin on “Moby Dick.”

8 hours ago

NYT Books and Literature

Best Sci-Fi Books With Monsters and Other Creature Features

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Book Review: ‘Edward Hopper,’ by Louis Shadwick

A new biography argues that the artist famous for haunting canvases of solitary figures in late-night diners was deeply influenced by his times.

1 day ago

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Edward Hopper,’ by Louis Shadwick

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Witchland,’ by Marion Gibson

In her latest work, the historian Marion Gibson focuses on the victims of a deadly English witch hunt.

1 day ago

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Witchland,’ by Marion Gibson