- Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, 90, Dies; Her Internment Inspired a Memoirby Richard Sandomir on January 17, 2025 at 9:17 pm
In “Farewell to Manzanar,” she wrote about the years she and her family were imprisoned in a camp for Japanese Americans. It became the basis for a TV movie.
- Neko Case Has Sung Hard Truths. Now She’s Telling Hers in a Memoir.by Lindsay Zoladz on January 17, 2025 at 7:02 pm
In “The Harder I Fight the More I Love You,” the singer and songwriter outlines the personal and professional challenges that have shaped her career.
- How Silence Improves Pico Iyer’s Lifeon January 17, 2025 at 6:50 pm
The travel writer and essayist discusses his new book, “Aflame,” about his stays at a California monastery.
- Publishers and Influencers Wonder What Could Replace the Power of BookTokby Alexandra Alter on January 17, 2025 at 4:29 pm
With a ban looming, publishers are hoping to pivot to new platforms, but readers fear their community of book lovers will never be the same.
- Book Review: ‘Open Socrates,’ by Agnes Callardby Jennifer Szalai on January 17, 2025 at 12:21 pm
In “Open Socrates,” the scholar Agnes Callard argues that the ancient Greek philosopher offers a blueprint for an ethical life.
- Poetry Review: ‘Helen of Troy, 1993,’ by Maria Zoccolaby Karl Kirchwey on January 17, 2025 at 10:01 am
In “Helen of Troy, 1993,” the poet Maria Zoccola relocates a figure from Greek mythology into small-town Tennessee.