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Book Review: ‘The Nineties,’ by Chuck Klosterman
They’re baaack.The catchphrase that long outlived “Poltergeist II,” the forgettable 1986 sequel…
How Covid Got Gish Jen Thinking About China
Gish Jen’s fans can take some solace when they finish one of…
12 New Books Coming in February
‘Black Cake,’ by Charmaine Wilkerson (Ballantine, Feb. 1)In this debut, an estranged…
Book Review: ‘The Books of Jacob,’ by Olga Tokarczuk
The Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk was, in 2019, a youthful winner of…
Donna Barba Higuera Wins Newbery Medal for ‘The Last Cuentista’
“The Last Cuentista,” Donna Barba Higuera’s dystopian yet hopeful middle-grade novel, received…
Michael Schur’s Unending Quest to Be Perfect
At the same time, he felt that as a comedy writer, he…
In ‘Last Resort,’ a Writer Turns a Friend’s Story Into a Smash Success
Cowardly, avaricious, annoying, territorial, deceitful, opportunistic: There aren’t enough shady adjectives in…
Hope Gained and Lost, in New Fiction From Around the World
THE ANTARCTICA OF LOVE By Sara Stridsberg Translated by Deborah Bragan-Turner 265…
‘American Urbanist,’ a Well-Timed Biography of a Man Who Reshaped City Life
William H. suffered, too, perhaps, from doing many different things well —…
