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A HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESSby Anna DeForest In the opening pages of “A History of Present Illness,” Anna DeForest’s novel about medical training, the unnamed narrator finds herself with two …
Book Review: “A History of Present Illness,” by Anna DeForest Read MoreThis week’s recommended titles include starkly different accounts of complicated parent-daughter relationships, from Lynne Tillman’s clear-eyed description of caring for a remote and often critical mother in declining health to …
11 New Books We Recommend This Week Read MoreTHE WOMEN COULD FLYby Megan Giddings In the world of “The Women Could Fly,” Megan Giddings’s second novel, the government mandates that women marry by age 30; by age 28, …
Review: ‘The Women Could Fly,’ by Megan Giddings Read MorePANICS, by Barbara Molinard, translated by Emma RamadanBAD HANDWRITING, by Sara Mesa, translated by Katie Whittemore Virgil, Emily Dickinson, Franz Kafka: It has become something of a cliché, authors on …
Review: ‘Panics,’ by Barbara Molinard; ‘Bad Handwriting,’ by Sara Mesa Read MoreMOTHERCARE: On Obligation, Love, Death, and Ambivalence, by Lynne Tillman With the rights of mothers and would-be mothers and would-rather-swimming-be mothers first under threat, and now under open ambush, who …
Book Review: “Mothercare,” by Lynne Tillman Read MoreTHREE ASSASSINS, by Kotaro Isaka, translated by Sam Malissa The killings that take place in “Three Assassins” — and there are many — are disarmingly mundane. Kotaro Isaka describes murder …
Review: ‘Three Assassins,’ by Kotaro Isaka Read MoreDIARY OF A VOID, by Emi Yagi, translated by David Boyd and Lucy North Blame it on social media, on synoptic attention spans, whatever: The speculative concept reigns in contemporary …
Review: ‘Diary of a Void,’ by Emi Yagi Read MoreSHY: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers, by Mary Rodgers and Jesse Green Let’s start with a full disclosure: I’m a sucker for Broadway — one of those theater …
Review: ‘Shy,’ by Mary Rodgers and Jesse Green Read MoreMOUNT CHICAGO, by Adam Levin Adam Levin’s expansive new novel begins with a high-concept catastrophe. One day in November 2021, a crater opens up in Chicago and swallows a swath …
Review: ‘Mount Chicago,’ by Adam Levin Read MoreNamed for the TV writer Laura Chinn’s lifelong nemesis, ACNE: A Memoir (306 pp., Hachette, $29) uses the author’s skin as a marker of time, a memorable indicator of who …
Review: ‘Acne,’ by Laura Chinn; ‘Walking Gentry Home,’ by Alora Young; ‘Fruit Punch,’ by Kendra Allen Read More