Top Literary News from New York Times
Apr 23, 2018 Nonfiction
The State That Foreshadows America’s Future
Lawrence Wright’s “God Save Texas” is a loving and skeptical portrait of the place he calls home.
By DAVID OSHINSKY
The State That Foreshadows America’s Future
Lawrence Wright’s “God Save Texas” is a loving and skeptical portrait of the place he calls home.
By DAVID OSHINSKY
Apr 20, 2018 Nonfiction
Can It Happen Here? Madeleine Albright Examines Fascism Then and Now
In her new book, “Fascism: A Warning,” the former secretary of state finds the seeds of authoritarian rule in social, political and economic chaos.
By SHERI BERMAN
Can It Happen Here? Madeleine Albright Examines Fascism Then and Now
In her new book, “Fascism: A Warning,” the former secretary of state finds the seeds of authoritarian rule in social, political and economic chaos.
By SHERI BERMAN
Apr 20, 2018 Sketch Guy
Fake Experts Abound. Here’s How to Find (and Be) a Real One.
Real experts wait, listen and notice patterns. Fake ones raise their hands and start talking. Lots of people know the difference. Many more should.
By CARL RICHARDS
Fake Experts Abound. Here’s How to Find (and Be) a Real One.
Real experts wait, listen and notice patterns. Fake ones raise their hands and start talking. Lots of people know the difference. Many more should.
By CARL RICHARDS
Apr 20, 2018 Fiction
A War Correspondent Comes Home, Bringing War With Her
The heroine of Wendell Steavenson’s novel, “Paris Metro,” hoping to find safety for her Iraqi stepson in France, encounters danger instead.
By LOUISE DOUGHTY
A War Correspondent Comes Home, Bringing War With Her
The heroine of Wendell Steavenson’s novel, “Paris Metro,” hoping to find safety for her Iraqi stepson in France, encounters danger instead.
By LOUISE DOUGHTY
Apr 20, 2018 Nonfiction
How Picasso Became Picasso
In “Picasso and the Painting That Shocked the World,” Miles J. Unger follows the painter’s early career, culminating in “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon.”
By MAXWELL CARTER
How Picasso Became Picasso
In “Picasso and the Painting That Shocked the World,” Miles J. Unger follows the painter’s early career, culminating in “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon.”
By MAXWELL CARTER
Top Literary News from The Guardian
Apr 22, 2018 Interview
Curtis Sittenfeld: ‘I have declined to write fiction about Melania Trump double digits of times’
Best known for her fictionalised memoir of Laura Bush, the US author talks about inspiration, her debut short story collection, and Stormy Daniels
By LISA O' KELLY
Curtis Sittenfeld: ‘I have declined to write fiction about Melania Trump double digits of times’
Best known for her fictionalised memoir of Laura Bush, the US author talks about inspiration, her debut short story collection, and Stormy Daniels
By LISA O' KELLY
Apr 21, 2018 Books
Middlemarch: Jennifer Egan on how George Eliot’s unorthodox love life shaped her masterpiece
Eliot found fulfilment in a relationship that society shunned – no wonder her study of marriage captures a climate of change
By JENNIFER EGAN
Middlemarch: Jennifer Egan on how George Eliot’s unorthodox love life shaped her masterpiece
Eliot found fulfilment in a relationship that society shunned – no wonder her study of marriage captures a climate of change
By JENNIFER EGAN
Apr 20, 2018 Society
Mothers by Jacqueline Rose review – an indignant defence
Are mothers really held accountable for the world’s ills? Why does our society punish women?
By TESSA HADLEY
Mothers by Jacqueline Rose review – an indignant defence
Are mothers really held accountable for the world’s ills? Why does our society punish women?
By TESSA HADLEY
Apr 22, 2018 Interview
Hanya Yanagihara: influential magazine editor by day, best-selling author by night
It’s enough to make your head spin, but the New York Times journalist and novelist wouldn’t have it any other way. Emma Brockes meets her in New York
By EMMA BROCKES
Hanya Yanagihara: influential magazine editor by day, best-selling author by night
It’s enough to make your head spin, but the New York Times journalist and novelist wouldn’t have it any other way. Emma Brockes meets her in New York
By EMMA BROCKES
Apr 22, 2018 Autobiography and Memoir
Leslie Jamison: ‘The failure felt awful. Why was life such a barren tundra if I wasn’t drinking?’
As her memoir about her years as a high-functioning alcoholic is published, the author talks about drinking, writing and why she finally chose sobriety
By RACHEL COOKE
Leslie Jamison: ‘The failure felt awful. Why was life such a barren tundra if I wasn’t drinking?’
As her memoir about her years as a high-functioning alcoholic is published, the author talks about drinking, writing and why she finally chose sobriety
By RACHEL COOKE
Top Literary News from Independent.co.UK
Nobel Prize crisis: flurry of withdrawals rocking Swedish Academy's showpiece literature award
Allegations of sexual harassment have shaken the organisation that awards the Nobel Prize in Literature
By THOMAS KAISERFELD
Allegations of sexual harassment have shaken the organisation that awards the Nobel Prize in Literature
By THOMAS KAISERFELD
Apr 4, 2018 Maya Angelou: Five things you may not know about the African American author, poet and singer
Her birthday is the same date as the assassination of her friend and colleague in the US civil rights movement, Dr Martin Luther King Jr
By HARRY COCKBURN
Her birthday is the same date as the assassination of her friend and colleague in the US civil rights movement, Dr Martin Luther King Jr
By HARRY COCKBURN
Mar 11, 2018 Fantastic feminist fiction from the 20th century: By women, about women, for everyone
Works of literature by and about women give us wonderful examples of how to challenge the status quo. Escape the romance trap with the following five heroines
By STACY GILLIS
Works of literature by and about women give us wonderful examples of how to challenge the status quo. Escape the romance trap with the following five heroines
By STACY GILLIS
Mar 6, 2018 The Book List: What was on Charles Darwin's reading list?
Every Wednesday, Alex Johnson delves into a unique collection of titles
By ALEX JOHNSON
Every Wednesday, Alex Johnson delves into a unique collection of titles
By ALEX JOHNSON
Mar 2, 2018 Folk realism: The literature exploring England's legends and landscapes
As the Beast from the East bites in Britain, David Barnett is reminded of how little it takes to turn our world into a fairytale. It is here, between the two, that a literary genre has been reborn
By DAVID BARNETT
As the Beast from the East bites in Britain, David Barnett is reminded of how little it takes to turn our world into a fairytale. It is here, between the two, that a literary genre has been reborn
By DAVID BARNETT
