Category: Books and Literature

A Newly Translated Oral History Reveals Krautrock’s Antifascist Roots

Christoph Dallach’s book explores how Nazism, a postwar German identity crisis and anti-authoritarian youth movements spurred some of the most daring experiments of 1970s music.
‘It Ends With Us’ Soars at the Box Office

The film, which cost $25 million to make, is on track to earn at least $45 million in North America on its opening weekend, analysts say.
‘It Ends With Us,’ a Romance Based on a Best Seller, Soars at the Box Office

The film, which cost $25 million to make, is on track to earn at least $45 million in North America on its opening weekend, analysts say.
Monet, Taylor Swift, ‘Moana’: What Got Readers Through Their Grief

After our series on how artists have been affected by loss, we asked readers what helped them when they experienced it. These are 15 of their answers.
6 Books Like ‘It Ends With Us’ by Colleen Hoover to Read Next

Whether the Blake Lively movie brought you to the Colleen Hoover universe or you’re a longtime CoHo fan looking for more emotional, spicy stories, these novels are for you.
Anne Marie Tendler Was Married to John Mulaney. Her Book Isn’t About That

Ms. Tendler was a regular subject in her famous ex-husband’s stand-up. After a public divorce, tabloids have framed her new memoir as a tell-all about their relationship, but readers might be surprised by what they find.
Anne Marie Tendler Was Married to John Mulaney. Her Book Isn’t About That

Ms. Tendler was a regular subject in her famous ex-husband’s stand-up. After a public divorce, tabloids have framed her new memoir as a tell-all about their relationship, but readers might be surprised by what they find.
‘It Ends With Us’ Review: For Blake Lively, Love Hurts and Even Bruises

Blake Lively plays Lily Bloom, a flower lover with a thorny personal garden, in this gauzy adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s best-selling novel.
In Xi’s China, Politics Eventually Catches Up With Everyone

The author Peter Hessler posed a question with an elusive answer: How could Chinese society open up so profoundly while its politics stagnated or even regressed?
In Xi’s China, Politics Eventually Catches Up With Everyone

The author Peter Hessler posed a question with an elusive answer: How could Chinese society open up so profoundly while its politics stagnated or even regressed?
‘Harold and the Purple Crayon’ Review: He’s a Big Kid Now

Harold is an adult on a quest in this tale based on the beloved children’s book by Crockett Johnson.
Richard Crawford, Leading Scholar of American Music, Dies at 89

American Music was a marginal subfield in the 1960s when he began his research as a student, and then as a faculty member, at the University of Michigan.