“Lost Girls”: A serial killer’s victims
A gifted reporter does justice to the lives of women murdered by a yet-to-be-found monster in Long Island
Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 10:00 PM UTC 13Entertainment Books, What to Read
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“Stay, Illusion!”: “Hamlet” rebooted
A slim, invigorating new book offers fresh ways to look at the most famous work in Western literature
Sunday, Jun 23, 2013 10:00 PM UTCEntertainment Books, What to Read
“Queen of the Air”: Love and death in the big top
The extravagant true story of the Brad and Angelina of the circus, their great romance and secret sufferings
Sunday, Jun 9, 2013 10:00 PM UTCEntertainment What to Read, Books, Nonfiction
“The Spy Who Loved”: Britain’s most glamorous agent
The true story of a Polish countess turned courier and resistance fighter is better than any James Bond novel
Sunday, Jun 2, 2013 10:00 PM UTCEntertainment What to Read, Books
“Duel With the Devil”: Murder in Old New York
Before their fatal duel, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr teamed up in court to save a man from the gallows
Sunday, May 26, 2013 11:00 PM UTCEntertainment What to Read, Must-Do, Books
“The Unwinding”: What’s gone wrong with America
A deeply-reported exploration of the past 35 years of American life gauges the human cost of "freedom"
Sunday, May 19, 2013 10:00 PM UTC 39Entertainment What to Read, Books, Nonfiction
“The Book of Woe”: Psychiatry’s last stand
An account of the making of the new DSM questions whether psychiatry is -- or should be -- a science
Sunday, May 5, 2013 10:00 PM UTC 48Entertainment What to Read, Editor's Picks
Must do’s: What we like this week
Add "The Bletchey Circle" to your Sunday night lineup and listen to David Sedaris read his latest book
Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 2:00 PM UTCEntertainment Our Picks: Books, our picks: TV
“Cooked”: Michael Pollan takes kitchen duty
A great food writer considers the deeper meanings of turning food into meals
Sunday, Apr 21, 2013 10:00 PM UTC 14Entertainment What to Read, Nonfiction, Books
“The Astor Orphan”: Rich little poor girl
A woman descended from the fabled Astor clan describes growing up among eccentric artists in a crumbling mansion
Sunday, Apr 14, 2013 10:00 PM UTCEntertainment What to Read, Memoir
“How to Create the Perfect Wife”
The true story of man who raised an orphan to be his ideal woman -- and got more than he bargained for
Sunday, Apr 7, 2013 10:00 PM UTC 13Entertainment What to Read, Nonfiction
Is journalism killing my creativity?
I'm a successful journalist, but I get stuck on novels and creative nonfiction
Monday, Apr 1, 2013 12:00 AM UTCLife Since You Asked, Writing, Writers
Aleksandar Hemon: “I cannot stand that whole game of confession. I have nothing to confess and I do not ask for redemption”
The Sarajevo native redefines memoir and describes how his oldest daughter inspired him to write about loss
Saturday, Mar 23, 2013 11:00 PM UTCEntertainment sarajevo, Bosnia, literature
Must Do’s: What we like this week
We go south of the Mason-Dixon line; watch Elisabeth Moss solve a case; and take a break from those crazy "Girls"
Saturday, Mar 23, 2013 2:00 PM UTCEntertainment Our Picks: Books, our picks: TV
“The New Mind of the South”: Not your daddy’s Dixie
A daughter of the South says the region is changing more than even those who live there realize
Sunday, Mar 17, 2013 10:30 PM UTC 60Entertainment What to Read, Books, Nonfiction
Joan Didion’s “Salvador” delves into the heart of darkness
Though it was first published 30 years ago, Didion's account of the war in El Salvador still feels as urgent today
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“Seven minutes of terror”: The secret story of the Mars rover landing
A robotics expert who helped build Curiosity tells the harrowing story of landing the rover on the Red Planet
Thursday, Mar 14, 2013 12:02 AM UTCTechnology Books, Mars Rover, NASA
“Paleofantasy”: Stone Age delusions
An evolutionary biologist explains why everything you think you know about cavemen (and their diet) is wrong
Sunday, Mar 10, 2013 10:00 PM UTC 99Entertainment Books, What to Read, History
“Wave”: A family vacation turns into the worst kind of nightmare
The author survived the 2004 tsunami, but she lost her parents, her husband and her children
Sunday, Mar 3, 2013 11:00 PM UTCEntertainment What to Read, Books, Nonfiction
National Book Critics Circle’s 2013 awards announced
Winners include debut novelist Ben Fountain and seasoned LBJ biographer Robert Caro
Friday, Mar 1, 2013 3:40 AM UTCEntertainment Books, Awards
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