Memoirs by his collaborators are among the works available now, and several others are on the horizon.
Category: Books and Literature
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Book Review: ‘Jan Morris: Life from Both Sides: A Biography’
A new biography examines what made the prolific travel writer and transgender figure so driven, and who was ignored along the way.
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‘The Super 8 Years’ Review: Annie Ernaux’s Celluloid Souvenirs
In this wistful movie, the French writer and Nobel laureate revisits her life with help from her son, who’s also the director.
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Fluent in the Language of Style
For over three decades, Judith Thurman has captured the often ineffable pull of fashion and beauty like few others.
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Michelle Obama’s Fashion Declaration of Independence
The former first lady dressed with a new sense of freedom on her book tour.
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Serendipity, Timing and the Birth of a Horology Library
The Horological Society of New York was shown a library space for rent. Then a collector offered his books. The result? A timekeeping treasure trove.
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Read Your Way Through Kingston, Jamaica
“No one sound speaks for all” Jamaicans, the novelist Marlon James says. Here are the books he recommends for readers who want to see the island’s many facets.
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Retracing Walt Whitman’s Steps Through Brooklyn and Manhattan
The poet wandered for himself and for his various day jobs with New York City newspapers. Some of his haunts are still standing; most have been swept away with time.
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Tell Us: What Book Was Your Favorite Read of 2022?
We want to know what books, new or old, you read and loved this year.
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Book Review: ‘The McCartney Legacy’ by Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair
“The McCartney Legacy” follows the superstar from the last gasp of the Beatles to “Band on the Run.” It’s 700 pages — and only the first volume planned.
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Margaret Atwood Offers Her Vision of a Practical Utopia
The pre-eminent writer of dystopian literature would build dome homes, wear mushroom leather and compost corpses.