Tag: Books and Literature
New Audio: McCarthy Said Trump Acknowledged ‘Some Responsibility’ for Jan. 6
Representative Kevin McCarthy, the House Republican leader, told G.O.P. lawmakers in the…
Paul Farmer, Pioneer of Global Health, Dies at 62
“When you talk about iconic giants in the field of public health,…
Joan Didion, ‘New Journalist’ Who Explored Culture and Chaos, Dies at 87
Joan Didion, whose mordant dispatches on California culture and the chaos of…
Anne Rice, Who Spun Gothic Tales of Vampires, Dies at 80
When she was 15 her mother died; she said she believed the…
Hervé Le Tellier’s ‘The Anomaly’ Arrives in the U.S.
The mathematician, Tina Brewster-Wang, compares the situation to being asked the possible…
Petra Mayer, Books Editor for NPR and ‘Resident Nerd,’ Dies at 46
Petra Mayer, a books editor for NPR and self-described “resident nerd” who…
In Confessional Book, a Nike Exec Omits the Name of the Man He Killed
PHILADELPHIA — Late at night on Sept. 30, 1965, Edward David White,…
‘The Dawn of Everything’ Aims to Rewrite the Story of our Shared Past
To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times,…
The Last Words of Rachel Held Evans
Jeff, what was that like for you, taking this on?JEFF CHU The…
Stephanie Grisham’s Book Details Trump’s ‘Terrifying’ Temper
As she tries to please Mr. Trump, whose press coverage was relentlessly…
Book Review: “Now Beacon, Now Sea,” by Christopher Sorrentino
NOW BEACON, NOW SEAA Son’s MemoirBy Christopher SorrentinoAs I was reading Christopher…