Maybe Erik Larson Should Have Left the Civil War Alone
In “The Demon of Unrest,” present-day political strife inspires a dramatic portrait of the run-up to the deadliest war on American soil.
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In “The Demon of Unrest,” present-day political strife inspires a dramatic portrait of the run-up to the deadliest war on American soil.
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In Heidi Reimer’s novel, “The Mother Act,” a daughter grapples with being parented (or not) by an actress who happily mines her life for material.
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The Complicated Artist Behind the Moomins
The Finnish artist and writer Tove Jansson had a love-hate relationship with her most famous creations.
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17 Works of Nonfiction Coming This Spring
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Young, Cool, Coddled and Raised on the Internet
The best stories in Honor Levy’s “My First Book” capture the quiet desperation of today’s smart set. But there is such a thing as publishing too soon.
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Inside MAGA’s Plan to Take Over America
“Finish What We Started,” by the journalist Isaac Arnsdorf, reports from the front lines of the right-wing movement’s strategy to gain power, from the local level on up.
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Anne Lamott Has Written Classics. This Is Not One of Them.
Slim and precious, “Somehow: Thoughts on Love” doesn’t measure up to her best nonfiction.
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Long Before Trump, Immigrant Detention Was Arbitrary and Cruel
“In the Shadow of Liberty,” by the historian Ana Raquel Minian, chronicles America’s often brutal treatment of noncitizens, including locking them up without charge.
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Salman Rushdie Reflects on His Stabbing in a New Memoir
“Knife” is an account of the writer’s brush with death in 2022, and the long recovery that followed.
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Wenyan Lu’s novel, “The Funeral Cryer,” explores a Chinese tradition through a modern, more personal lens.
By Connie Wang
Rachel Khong’s new novel follows three generations of Chinese Americans as they all fight for self-determination in their own way.
By Wilson Wong
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She wrote her much-anticipated second novel, “Real Americans,” while also creating the Ruby, a co-working collective for writers and other artists.
By Robert Ito
In “The Age of Grievance,” the New York Times opinion writer Frank Bruni chronicles the nation’s descent into constant kvetching.
By Lionel Shriver
“Lublin,” a novel by Manya Wilkinson, brings together a quest fable and a dark history with disarming humor.
By Randy Boyagoda
In a new book, an anthropologist investigates the makeshift treatment centers that have proliferated during the country’s war on drugs.
By Azam Ahmed
Three new arrivals help readers make sense of our mental health crisis. They also offer solidarity.
By Judith Newman
Carl Sandburg’s boyhood; Carolyn Forché’s political awakening.
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