The 10 new books you should be reading this week.

The 10 new books you should be reading this week.

By Emily Temple | October 22, 2019

On the Countercultural Influence of <em>Peanuts</em>

On the Countercultural Influence of Peanuts

David Ulin Considers Linus, Boy Philosopher

By David L. Ulin | October 22, 2019

A Day in the Life of a Lion Tracker

A Day in the Life of a Lion Tracker

"You have to learn how your body speaks."

By Boyd Varty | October 22, 2019

On the Darkness, Strangeness, and Unbridled Joy of Children's Books

On the Darkness, Strangeness, and Unbridled Joy of Children's Books

Cara Hoffman Gets Real About Talking Mice

By Cara Hoffman | October 22, 2019

Remembering Kate Braverman's Los Angeles

Remembering Kate Braverman's Los Angeles

Liska Jacobs on the Laureate of Southern California

By Liska Jacobs | October 22, 2019

The Gloriously Understated Career of Elaine Stritch

The Gloriously Understated Career of Elaine Stritch

She Who Pulled No Punches, Ever

By Alexandra Jacobs | October 22, 2019

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • The Keeper
  • The Life You Want
  • The News from Dublin: Stories
  • Kutchinsky's Egg: A Family's Story of Obsession, Love, and Loss
  • Metropolitans: New York Baseball, Class Struggle, and the People's Team
  • A Good Person

Alejandro Zambra on One of the Great Diarists of the 20th Century

By Alejandro Zambra | October 22, 2019

The Trial of Harry Houdini

By Joe Posnanski | October 22, 2019

Dead Kennedys in the West:
The Politicized Punks of 1970s San Francisco

By Lincoln A. Mitchell | October 22, 2019

Marguerite Duras: Internet Essayist?

Marguerite Duras: Internet Essayist?

On Leaving a Public Record of Your Mistakes

By Maddie Crum | October 21, 2019

Capturing Natural Coincidences, in Fiction and Life

Capturing Natural Coincidences, in Fiction and Life

Martha Cooley on the Vajont Disaster, Julio Cortazar, and the Strange Power of Serendipity

By Martha Cooley | October 21, 2019

Teaching Climate Change With <em>The Lorax</em> and <em>The Jungle</em>

Teaching Climate Change With The Lorax and The Jungle

Mark Gozonsky on Getting High-School Kids to Read and Care About the Climate in Unconventional Ways

By Mark Gozonsky | October 21, 2019

The Two Mughal Princes Who Stood in the Way of the British East India Company

The Two Mughal Princes Who Stood in the Way of the British East India Company

From William Dalrymple's Cundill Prize-Nominated The Anarchy

By William Dalrymple | October 21, 2019

Chill Your Wine in John Steinbeck's Silver Bucket

Chill Your Wine in John Steinbeck's Silver Bucket

And Other Memorabilia from the Man's Estate

By Rebecca Rego Barry | October 21, 2019

Do Printed-Out Emails Count As Letters? (Yes)

Do Printed-Out Emails Count As Letters? (Yes)

Dheepa Maturi on the Value of Epistolary Correspondence,
in What Ever Form

By Dheepa R. Maturi | October 21, 2019

The Life and Times of McDermott and McGough, True Artists of Downtown NYC

The Life and Times of McDermott and McGough, True Artists of Downtown NYC

From Modern Calvary in the Catskills to Small Penis Paintings

By Peter McGough | October 21, 2019

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