What We Remember When <br>We Walk in the City

What We Remember When
We Walk in the City

Lauren Elkin on the Yearning to Leave an Imprint

By Lauren Elkin | April 20, 2020

Odetta, the Shy Folk Singer Who Defied McCarthyism's Fear Tactics

Odetta, the Shy Folk Singer Who Defied McCarthyism's Fear Tactics

Among Her Fans Were Rosa Parks, Bob Dylan, and Martin Luther King

By Ian Zack | April 20, 2020

The Atoll at the Center of the World

The Atoll at the Center of the World

What Lies Ahead for the Marshall Islands?

By Tom Bamforth | April 20, 2020

Sopan Deb on Approaching His Own Memoir as a Journalist

Sopan Deb on Approaching His Own Memoir as a Journalist

The Author of Missed Translations Talks to Megha Majumdar

By Megha Majumdar | April 20, 2020

Misquoting Hippocrates to Promote Diet Culture?

Misquoting Hippocrates to Promote Diet Culture?

How a Greek Figure Became the Face of Weight-Loss Campaigns

By Helen Morales | April 20, 2020

Have Your Bookshelves Judged by <em>The Believer</em>

Have Your Bookshelves Judged by The Believer

A Virtual Workshop Led by Grant Snider

By The Virtual Book Channel | April 17, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • The Rest of Our Lives
  • Call Me Ishmaelle
  • Homeschooled: A Memoir
  • The Spy in the Archive: How One Man Tried to Kill the KGB
  • Watching Over Her
  • American Reich: A Murder in Orange County, Neo-Nazis, and a New Age of Hate

The 2020 World Press Photo of the Year is of a young man reciting protest poetry in Sudan.

By Corinne Segal | April 17, 2020

Here are the winners of this year's LA Times Book Prizes.

By Katie Yee | April 17, 2020

With venues closed, comedian Laura Lexx is crowdsourcing an ending for her novel.

By Aaron Robertson | April 17, 2020

Bob Dylan channels Walt Whitman in another glorious surprise release.

Bob Dylan channels Walt Whitman in another glorious surprise release.

By Aaron Robertson | April 17, 2020

The only thing better than books is bookstore t-shirts that support booksellers.

The only thing better than books is bookstore t-shirts that support booksellers.

By Jonny Diamond | April 17, 2020

Important lessons from Edith Wharton's interior decoration manual.

Important lessons from Edith Wharton's interior decoration manual.

By Jessie Gaynor | April 17, 2020

What Are the Boundaries of a Memoir?

What Are the Boundaries of a Memoir?

On Mark Doty, Paul Lisicky, and the Role of the Self

By Beth Kephart | April 17, 2020

When

When "Serious" Writers Write Books For Kids

A New York City Book Collection Highlights Authors Who
Dabbled in Children's Lit

By Rebecca Rego Barry | April 17, 2020

Why Has It Always Been So Hard to Treat the Common Cold

Why Has It Always Been So Hard to Treat the Common Cold

Paul A. Offit on What Actually Works

By Paul A. Offit | April 17, 2020

<em>The Week in Books LIVE</em>:<br> Tom Hardy, the Best Reviewed Books, and the Death of Everything?

The Week in Books LIVE:
Tom Hardy, the Best Reviewed Books, and the Death of Everything?

With Book Marks Editors Dan Sheehan and Katie Yee (and Their Dogs)

By The Virtual Book Channel | April 17, 2020

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