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- More quality time spent in the kitchen? Yes, please.
Nigella Lawson’s “Cook, Eat, Repeat” and Roxana Jullapat’s “Mother Grains” offer practical ideas and inspiration for taking cooking to new heights.
- ‘A migrant in my own life’: A playwright looks deep within.
In “My Broken Language,” Tony award-winning playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes explores Latino identity in a raw, honest, and loving memoir.
- Q&A with Dorothy Wickenden, author of ‘The Agitators’
Three women who became friends – Harriet Tubman, Frances Seward, and Martha Coffin Wright – agitated to end slavery and to bring women’s rights.
- Surreal adventures abound in transporting novel ‘Peaces’
Onboard a mysterious sleeper train with no destination, a young couple discovers it can be hard to separate the surreal from the real.
- ‘The Daughters of Kobani’: A chronicle of the women who fought ISIS
The author of “The Daughters of Kobani” discusses how Syrian Kurdish women fought against ISIS and for equality, winning a victory in war and at home.
- Are more eyes better? How social media can worsen foreign crises.
“Bring Back Our Girls” examines the unintended consequences of Western attention and highlights efforts to rescue schoolgirls taken by Boko Haram.
- Jewish women spied, smuggled, and sabotaged under the Nazis’ noses
Inside Poland’s ghettos, Jewish women played key roles in the resistance. They knew death was almost certain, yet they undermined their captors.
- She’s seen peacekeeping fail. Here’s her advice on getting it right.
Séverine Autesserre’s “The Frontlines of Peace: An Insider’s Guide to Changing the World” explores why some peace projects succeed where others fail.
- ‘The Elephant of Belfast’ explores love, loyalty, and tragedy
The World War II novel, based on true events, follows an orphaned elephant and a young zookeeper through struggles that demand courage and sacrifice.
- Put a spring in your step with the 10 best books of April
From buoyant novels to serious biographies, our picks for the 10 best of the month offer a springtime burst of good reads.
- Philip Roth biography emphasizes his unruly life over his celebrated novels
“Philip Roth: The Biography” aims to “rehabilitate” its subject’s reputation, but succeeds only in making his excesses more apparent.
- Extinction isn’t inevitable. ‘Beloved Beasts’ explains why.
Past efforts to prevent extinction took a species-by-species approach. But now a more comprehensive plan is needed that looks at interconnections.
- How is a sonnet like the suburbs? Both are places of possibility.
Craig Morgan Teicher, author of “Welcome to Sonnetville, New Jersey,” challenges himself to narrow the frame so even small events become high stakes.
- Raptor rapture: A Q&A with Jonathan Meiburg
A raptor in the Falkland Islands, the striated caracara, was a mystery to Charles Darwin. Jonathan Meiburg talks about solving the puzzle.
- ‘First Person Singular’ delves into lost love and strange happenings
Japanese writer Haruki Murakami offers a collection of imaginative short stories with skewed elements that his many fans are sure to applaud.
- Harpies, sirens, and other ‘nasty’ women: Going beneath misogyny.
Mythology is rife with female monsters. Essayist Jess Zimmerman sees their stories not as cautionary tales, but as inspiration for powerful women.
- Marriages of long standing are tested in quiet, contained ‘Good Company’
Long-time couples and old friendships come under scrutiny in Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney’s highly anticipated second novel.
- Beyond Jackie Robinson: The unsung heroes of the Negro Leagues
Jackie Robinson may have been the first Black player in the majors, but others soon followed – an exodus that spelled the end of the Negro Leagues.
- ‘Libertie’ imagines the whole of a Black girl’s self-determination
“Libertie,” a novel about a Black girl growing up in 19th-century New York, rings with historical truth.
- Shakespeare’s plays meet plagiarism-detection software
The Shakespeare canon undergoes scrutiny, turning up links to Thomas North. But ‘plagiarism’ was more the rule than the exception for Elizabethans.