Arts
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In ‘This Other Eden,’ a Historical Tale of Paradise Lost
In his latest novel, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Paul Harding reimagines the history of a small mixed-race community’s devastating eviction from their homes.
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John Maynard Keynes Can’t Save You Now
Martin Riker’s novel “The Guest Lecture” details a tortured night inside the head of a young economist.
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The Thrill of Plot or the Richness of Detail? Try Both.
Laurent Mauvignier’s “The Birthday Party” is a thriller with an intense focus on its characters’ interior worlds.
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Closing the Book on Promises to Myself
This year’s resolution: No more worrying about all the volumes I know I’ll never read.
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Immigration Is Hard. This Novel Turns the Struggle Into a Comedy of Errors.
In Kathryn Ma’s new novel, “The Chinese Groove,” an overly optimistic Chinese man migrates to America to find connection and success. It doesn’t go as planned.
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Tsitsi Dangarembga Turns From Fiction to Polemic
BLACK AND FEMALE: Essays, by Tsitsi Dangarembga The Zimbabwean novelist and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga’s oeuvre has been defined by her unwillingness to render her characters — citizens of newly independent nations, wandering through the unmapped ...
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Oscars 2023 Nominee List
The complete list of Academy Award nominees for 2023.
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At Rennie Harris’s Hip-Hop University, Teaching the Teachers
On a Friday morning in December the hip-hop choreographer Rennie Harris was in Boulder, Colo., teaching a master class. Rather than taking a post at the front of the studio and staying there, Harris moved among the students, weaving his way through ...
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6 Podcasts to Help Navigate Your Career Path
Check out these shows whether you’re looking to start a business, pivot to a new industry or just better handle office politics.
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The Philip Guston Hoard: A Boon or Overkill?
The gift of 220 artworks from the artist’s foundation to the august Metropolitan Museum of Art seems at odds with the institution it hopes to become.