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- In March, a bounty of authors at the top of their games
Hilary Mantel, Louise Erdrich, N.K. Jemisin, and more top-tier contemporary writers release books that show off their literary prowess.
- Ida Tarbell and the magazine that helped break up Standard Oil
“Citizen Reporters” tells of tenacious journalist Tarbell, and the eccentric editor S.S. McClure, who gave McClure’s magazine its clout.
- ‘Between Two Fires’ focuses on heroic citizens in Putin’s Russia
New Yorker correspondent Joshua Yaffa’s collection of profiles highlights the challenges, and risks, of confronting the government.
- Cover Story‘American Dirt’: Kicking up dust in the book industry
The firestorm over “American Dirt” raises the question of who gets to tell someone’s story.
- Two fathers’ broken hearts guide them toward heroic empathy
Colum McCann deftly weaves together the true story of a Palestinian and an Israeli who each lost daughters in the conflict – and found their calling.
- Bands of resistance: A tribe defends its land from the US government
Louise Erdrich’s novel, based on history, follows the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewas as they try to save their way of life.
- Cromwell pulled the strings. Now the strings ensnare him.
Hilary Mantel follows the waning fortunes of Thomas Cromwell, fixer to Henry VIII, all the way to the Tower in the riveting “The Mirror & the Light."
- Listen up: Audiobooks to lose yourself in
Top audiobooks include an insightful memoir, stream-of-consciousness essays, a thrilling mystery, and the sequel to “Olive Kitteridge.”
- ‘Supreme Inequality’ argues that the high court’s decisions favor the powerful
Adam Cohen asserts that rulings on everything from election law and education to corporate law and crime have contributed to growing inequality.
- Emily Dickinson’s life shines vibrantly in ‘These Fevered Days’
Martha Ackmann investigates the interior life of Emily Dickinson, and finds it full of passion, zeal, and artistic dedication.
- Vivian Gornick’s ‘Unfinished Business’ reads deeply into memory
Acclaimed critic Vivian Gornick rereads the books that shaped her life and muses on reencountering the person she was at the time.
- ‘CSI’ in 1920? ‘American Sherlock’ tracks a pioneer in forensics
Kate Winkler Dawson follows the career of Edward Oscar Heinrich, who nudged criminal investigations beyond hunches toward a more scientific approach.
- ‘Fight of the Century’ shows the strength of the ACLU
Editors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman gather essays by A-list writers about the importance of the ACLU, and the fragility of civil rights.
- In ‘Bird Summons,’ three women go on holiday – and not the relaxing kind
Leila Aboulela’s novel explores the inner lives and faith of three Muslim women who go on a pilgrimage to a Scottish gravesite together.
- A Q&A with Janice Kaplan, author of ‘The Genius of Women’
Extraordinarily talented women have always existed – they just haven’t been acknowledged. Janice Kaplan is setting the record straight.
- He raised his son to love wild places. Then his son disappeared.
Explorer and biologist Roman Dial reflects on parenting in this memoir of the search for his son, who vanished while solo hiking in Costa Rica.
- ‘The Contact Paradox’ sums up the search for extraterrestrials
Keith Cooper traces the history of humanity’s irrepressible urge to search for extraterrestrial intelligence – and the trouble it could get us into.
- The 10 best books of February 2020
Our picks include a novel about two fathers in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; a tale of a rogue naturalist, and a biography of Emily Dickinson.
- First LookHow 'American Dirt' controversy could change publishing industry
The "American Dirt" uproar is prompting the book industry to review, reenforce, and revamp plans to become more diverse and inclusive. The publishing industry is predominantly run by white women, according to a new study.