Books
Book reviews and commentary, authoritative profiles into authors and trends in publishing.
Asking For a Friend: Advice Columns Endure Because We’re Starved For Connection
Pride Spotlight: Sarah Thankam Mathews’ Novel and Politics Prove She Believes ‘All This Could Be Different’
Playwright Sarah Ruhl’s New Book ‘Love Poems in Quarantine’ Will Calm Readers in Dark Times
An Economist Explains Why So Many Business Ideas Fail to Scale
Review: Ottessa Moshfegh’s New Medieval Novel ‘Lapvona’ Cements Her Prolific Storytelling Talent
Review: Imogen Binnie’s Much Awaited Reprint of ‘Nevada’ in the Golden Age of Trans Literature
Review: Alyssa Songsiridej’s Debut Novel ‘Little Rabbit’ Reels You in With Nuance and Kink
Review: Hil Malatino’s ‘Side Affects: On Being Trans and Feeling Bad’ Is a Captivating Argument That Liberation Shouldn’t Just Be Joy
Paige Clark on Relationships, Obsession, and Reality in ‘She is Haunted’
Autistic Actor and Author Mickey Rowe Fights Ableism On and Off Stage
Emily St. John Mandel’s ‘Sea of Tranquility’ Grapples With Pandemic Existence
How J Dilla Turned The Sound of Error Into a Brand New Beat
Spring Preview: Best Memoirs to Ring in the Spring
Scapegoat: Gretchen Felker-Martin’s ‘Manhunt’
Book Banning Is Increasing Across the United States, a Book Burning in Tennessee
The Most Honest Book About Homosexuals: Patricia Highsmith’s Diaries and Notebooks
How BookTok Is Changing Publishing With New Voices and Influence
John Hockney’s ‘Never Worry What The Neighbours Think’ Is a Tribute to His Family
Hanya Yanagihara’s ‘To Paradise’ Is a 720 Page Exploration of Relationships
