Books and Literature

January 17, 2020
Published by TAMMY La GORCE at January 17, 2020
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Their Story Wrote Itself

Cynthia LaFave had a word of warning when she first met T Kira Madden in 2015. “She said, ‘If you hurt my daughter, I’ll kill you,’” […]
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November 26, 2019
Published by Sadie Stein at November 26, 2019
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Can’t Afford a Shopping Spree At Cartier? This Book Is the Next Best Thing

THE CARTIERSThe Untold Story Behind the Jewelry EmpireBy Francesca Cartier Brickell By Sadie Stein “Family came first,” Francesca Cartier Brickell’s grandfather tells her of the family’s […]
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November 14, 2019
Published by VANESSA FRIEDMAN at November 14, 2019
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Before ‘The Crown,’ Revelations About the Actual Crown

This is a halcyon time in royal fashion. The Duchesses of Cambridge and Sussex — Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle — set trends and sell products […]
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October 28, 2019
Published by STEVEN KURUTZ at October 28, 2019
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The Joy of Kooky

In the early 1990s, Joost Elffers, a successful Dutch book packager, met an American expatriate living in Amsterdam named Gary Goldschneider. Mr. Goldschneider was a brilliant […]
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October 25, 2019
Published by BONNIE WERTHEIM at October 25, 2019
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Jenny Slate Wrote a Book-Shaped Thing. What Is It?

SOUTH DARTMOUTH, Mass. — The only piece of fiction in Jenny Slate’s new book, “Little Weirds,” describes a love that grew old in an un-air-conditioned house […]
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October 15, 2019
Published by John McMurtrie at October 15, 2019
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The Return of Olive Kitteridge, the Tart, Crotchety, Beloved Curmudgeon

OLIVE, AGAINBy Elizabeth Strout Patrick Melrose, the deeply troubled yet savagely witty character who was breathed into existence by the English author Edward St. Aubyn, seized […]
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October 10, 2019
Published by AMY CHOZICK at October 10, 2019
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This C.I.A. Agent Wants to Give Peace a Chance

You wouldn’t expect a C.I.A. agent to talk like the spiritual presidential candidate Marianne Williamson. But there was Amaryllis Fox, who spent much of her 20s […]
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March 22, 2018
Published by MEKADO MURPHY at March 22, 2018
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‘A Man and His Watch’

In a recent book, Sylvester Stallone, Ralph Lauren and a Japanese dye master are among the owners talking about their treasured timepieces.
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January 29, 2018
Published by RUTH LA FERLA at January 29, 2018
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Naomi Alderman on the World That Yielded ‘The Power’

Advertisement “The Power,” Naomi Alderman’s recent work of speculative fiction, tackles a freighted question: What would happen in a conventional society if the roles of men […]
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December 14, 2017
Published by PENELOPE GREEN at December 14, 2017
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Books of Style: Hygge Gets Heave-Ho as Swedes, Norwegians Join the Fun

Lykke, pronounced loo-kah, like the character in the Suzanne Vega song, is the Danish word for happiness, perhaps that country’s most valuable commodity. (Denmark often sits […]
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