Tag : Books and Literature

Looking at Albert Camus’s “The Plague”

In 1948, Stephen Spender wrote for the Book Review about Albert Camus’s “The Plague,” a novel about an epidemic spreading across the French Algerian city of Oran.

‘Wuhan Diary’ Offers an Angry and Eerie View From Inside Quarantine

Fang Fang’s online diary, now a book, made her a nuisance to the powers that be and a national hero to many others in China.

One Young Mother and the Homelessness Crisis

Lauren Sandler talks about “This Is All I Got,” and Sarah Weinman discusses classic mysteries.

4 Writers to Watch This Summer

Brit Bennett, Megha Majumdar, Roddy Doyle and Marie-Helene Bertino talk about their new books.

Willie Mays at 89: ‘My Thing Is Keep Talking and Keep Moving’

As the coronavirus pandemic keeps him homebound, the greatest living baseball player is missing visits to the ballpark, as well as opportunities to promote a new book on his life.

Let Books Create Your Summer

This season’s reading will have to do more than usual to help us get away from it all while we can’t get away.

Padma Lakshmi, Connie Britton, Gabrielle Union: Livestreaming Today

Appointment viewing is back. Find out what online events to look for today, and when to tune in.

Richard Fenno, Who Studied Congress Close Up, Dies at 93

His books broke new ground in political science, emphasizing politicians’ interactions not in Washington but in their home districts.

For Bookstore Owners, Reopening Holds Promise and Peril

Across the country, booksellers are wrestling with how to safely open their stores. Some are racing ahead. Others feel it’s too risky.