Politics provide a through line for some of this week’s recommended books, from the focused activism of the early AIDS era (in Sarah Schulman’s “Let…
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New & Noteworthy, From Seth Rogen to an Elephant in Belfast
Recent titles of interest: THE ANTHROPOCENE REVIEWED: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet, by John Green. (Dutton, $28.) As he does on his popular podcast of…
Seth Rogen talks Kanye West relationship, shrooms trip, oddball fame in new book ‘Yearbook’
In need of oddball anecdotes and lots of F bombs? Seth Rogen has you covered. The actor, producer, writer and comedian’s first book “Yearbook” (out Tuesday) features a hilarious…
The Victorian Women Who Pierced Glass Ceilings by Speaking to the Dead
When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Christine Leigh Heyrman OUT OF THE SHADOWS Six Visionary…
Lyn Macdonald, Who Preserved Voices of World War I, Dies at 91
“The recording angel of the common soldier,” she chronicled the war in seven books from the soldiers’ perspective, drawing on 600 interviews with veterans. By…
Haruki Murakami, OxyContin and Other Letters to the Editor
Deftly Woven Magic To the Editor: I really appreciated David Means’s review of Haruki Murakami’s new story collection, “First Person Singular” (April 25). Means is…
WORLD FICTION
WORLD FICTION WHEREABOUTS by Jhumpa Lahiri (Bloomsbury £14.99, 176 pp) WHEREABOUTS by Jhumpa Lahiri (Bloomsbury £14.99, 176 pp) The unmanned protagonist of Jhumpa Lahiri’s slender…
How Poorna Bell is changing the conversation around women's fitness
A few years ago, Poorna Bell turned up to a boxing class to find she was the only woman there. The instructor singled her out,…
WHAT BOOK would novelist Wilbur Smith take to a desert island?
WHAT BOOK would novelist Wilbur Smith take to a desert island? Wilbur Smith is currently reading Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari Novelist would take The…
Author of ‘Red Sparrow’ thrillers, Jason Matthews, dies at 69
NEW YORK — Jason Matthews, an award-winning spy novelist who drew upon his long career in espionage and his admiration for John le Carre among…