In ‘Siege: Trump Under Fire,’ Michael Wolff Chats With Steve Bannon While the Establishment Burns In his follow-up to “Fire and Fury,” Wolff relies heavily on the former White House adviser to taunt the president. By Jennifer Szalai
Think We Live in Cruel and Ruthless Times? ‘Mean Girl’ Says to Thank Ayn Rand In her new book, Lisa Duggan connects our topsy-turvy moment to Rand’s writings and influence. By Jennifer Szalai
‘We Have Always Lived in the Castle’ Review: An Arch, Feminist Fairy Tale A Shirley Jackson novel from 1962 is the basis for this fable, directed by Stacie Passon, in which the men ruin the day. By Jennifer Szalai
Impeachment, the First Time Around Andrew Johnson ascended to the presidency after Lincoln’s assassination. Brenda Wineapple’s “The Impeachers” recounts the efforts to remove him from office. By Jennifer Szalai
The Agony and the Ecstasy of Richard Holbrooke George Packer’s “Our Man” is a biography of the ambitious diplomat who helped to define the use of American power for more than 50 years. By Jennifer Szalai
Mental Illness Is All in Your Brain — or Is It? Anne Harrington’s “Mind Fixers” traces the history of attempts to establish the biology of mental illnesses — which have led to repeated frustration. By Jennifer Szalai
Documenting Undocumented Lives in ‘The Body Papers’ In her memoir-in-essays, Grace Talusan writes about her experience as an immigrant to the United States, her survival of childhood abuse and returning to visit the Philippines, her native country. By Jennifer Szalai
In ‘Working,’ Robert A. Caro Gives Us a Brief Look at the Process of Writing His Epic Books This assemblage of personal reflections and interviews arrives as readers wait for the final volume of the 83-year-old historian’s multivolume life of Lyndon Johnson. By Jennifer Szalai
Domestic Confidential: What Happens When a New Mother’s Home Becomes a ‘Job Site’ In “Women’s Work,” Megan K. Stack dares a closer look at the domestic labor arrangements that have made her writing possible. By Jennifer Szalai
Jim Crow Told Through the Lives, Black and White, of One Mississippi Town William Sturkey’s “Hattiesburg” is a story of racism and economics that offers a close-up, intimate view of segregation. By Jennifer Szalai
A Poet Remembers Her Impulsive Trip Into a Civil War In her new memoir, Carolyn Forché tells the story of how a stranger’s suggestion that she visit El Salvador in the late 1970s changed the course of her art and her life. By Jennifer Szalai
Andrea Dworkin, a Startling and Ruthless Feminist Whose Work Is Back in the Spotlight “Last Days at Hot Slit,” edited by Johanna Fateman and Amy Scholder, collects work by the radical feminist who said her writing had to be “bolder and stronger than woman-hating itself.” By Jennifer Szalai
‘Ferrante Fever’ Review: A Bland Tribute to the Enigmatic Writer The film is an anodyne fan flick that casts only furtive glances in the writer Elena Ferrante’s direction. By Jennifer Szalai
In ‘The Uninhabitable Earth,’ Apocalypse Is Now David Wallace-Wells’s book, expanding on his viral article in New York magazine, is a lushly written look at the “climate chaos” that will increasingly take over our lives. By Jennifer Szalai
How the Mind-Body Connection Is Rewiring Our Politics In “Nervous States,” William Davies says profound uncertainty and heightened alertness have encouraged us to approach politics as a matter of instinct rather than rationality. By Jennifer Szalai
‘Say Nothing’ Unearths Buried Secrets in Northern Ireland Patrick Radden Keefe’s new book explores the abduction of Jean McConville, a mother of 10, from her home in 1972, while also offering a broader history of the Troubles. By Jennifer Szalai
‘How to Hide an Empire’ Shines Light on America’s Expansionist Side Daniel Immerwahr’s provocative and absorbing history draws attention to those islands and archipelagos too often sidelined in the national imagination. By Jennifer Szalai
An Enthralling and Terrifying History of the Nuclear Meltdown at Chernobyl In “Midnight in Chernobyl,” the journalist Adam Higginbotham reconstructs the disaster from the ground up, recounting the prelude to it as well as its aftermath. By Jennifer Szalai
An Intensely Personal Tribute to A Tribe Called Quest “Go Ahead in the Rain,” by the poet and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib, is a love letter to the pioneering hip-hop group. By Jennifer Szalai
Remembering a Mother Whose Gambling Operation Was a Very Successful Secret In “The World According to Fannie Davis,” Bridgett M. Davis offers an absorbing portrait of her mother, who ran an underground numbers operation in Detroit for more than 30 years. By Jennifer Szalai
In ‘Siege: Trump Under Fire,’ Michael Wolff Chats With Steve Bannon While the Establishment Burns In his follow-up to “Fire and Fury,” Wolff relies heavily on the former White House adviser to taunt the president. By Jennifer Szalai
Think We Live in Cruel and Ruthless Times? ‘Mean Girl’ Says to Thank Ayn Rand In her new book, Lisa Duggan connects our topsy-turvy moment to Rand’s writings and influence. By Jennifer Szalai
‘We Have Always Lived in the Castle’ Review: An Arch, Feminist Fairy Tale A Shirley Jackson novel from 1962 is the basis for this fable, directed by Stacie Passon, in which the men ruin the day. By Jennifer Szalai
Impeachment, the First Time Around Andrew Johnson ascended to the presidency after Lincoln’s assassination. Brenda Wineapple’s “The Impeachers” recounts the efforts to remove him from office. By Jennifer Szalai
The Agony and the Ecstasy of Richard Holbrooke George Packer’s “Our Man” is a biography of the ambitious diplomat who helped to define the use of American power for more than 50 years. By Jennifer Szalai
Mental Illness Is All in Your Brain — or Is It? Anne Harrington’s “Mind Fixers” traces the history of attempts to establish the biology of mental illnesses — which have led to repeated frustration. By Jennifer Szalai
Documenting Undocumented Lives in ‘The Body Papers’ In her memoir-in-essays, Grace Talusan writes about her experience as an immigrant to the United States, her survival of childhood abuse and returning to visit the Philippines, her native country. By Jennifer Szalai
In ‘Working,’ Robert A. Caro Gives Us a Brief Look at the Process of Writing His Epic Books This assemblage of personal reflections and interviews arrives as readers wait for the final volume of the 83-year-old historian’s multivolume life of Lyndon Johnson. By Jennifer Szalai
Domestic Confidential: What Happens When a New Mother’s Home Becomes a ‘Job Site’ In “Women’s Work,” Megan K. Stack dares a closer look at the domestic labor arrangements that have made her writing possible. By Jennifer Szalai
Jim Crow Told Through the Lives, Black and White, of One Mississippi Town William Sturkey’s “Hattiesburg” is a story of racism and economics that offers a close-up, intimate view of segregation. By Jennifer Szalai
A Poet Remembers Her Impulsive Trip Into a Civil War In her new memoir, Carolyn Forché tells the story of how a stranger’s suggestion that she visit El Salvador in the late 1970s changed the course of her art and her life. By Jennifer Szalai
Andrea Dworkin, a Startling and Ruthless Feminist Whose Work Is Back in the Spotlight “Last Days at Hot Slit,” edited by Johanna Fateman and Amy Scholder, collects work by the radical feminist who said her writing had to be “bolder and stronger than woman-hating itself.” By Jennifer Szalai
‘Ferrante Fever’ Review: A Bland Tribute to the Enigmatic Writer The film is an anodyne fan flick that casts only furtive glances in the writer Elena Ferrante’s direction. By Jennifer Szalai
In ‘The Uninhabitable Earth,’ Apocalypse Is Now David Wallace-Wells’s book, expanding on his viral article in New York magazine, is a lushly written look at the “climate chaos” that will increasingly take over our lives. By Jennifer Szalai
How the Mind-Body Connection Is Rewiring Our Politics In “Nervous States,” William Davies says profound uncertainty and heightened alertness have encouraged us to approach politics as a matter of instinct rather than rationality. By Jennifer Szalai
‘Say Nothing’ Unearths Buried Secrets in Northern Ireland Patrick Radden Keefe’s new book explores the abduction of Jean McConville, a mother of 10, from her home in 1972, while also offering a broader history of the Troubles. By Jennifer Szalai
‘How to Hide an Empire’ Shines Light on America’s Expansionist Side Daniel Immerwahr’s provocative and absorbing history draws attention to those islands and archipelagos too often sidelined in the national imagination. By Jennifer Szalai
An Enthralling and Terrifying History of the Nuclear Meltdown at Chernobyl In “Midnight in Chernobyl,” the journalist Adam Higginbotham reconstructs the disaster from the ground up, recounting the prelude to it as well as its aftermath. By Jennifer Szalai
An Intensely Personal Tribute to A Tribe Called Quest “Go Ahead in the Rain,” by the poet and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib, is a love letter to the pioneering hip-hop group. By Jennifer Szalai
Remembering a Mother Whose Gambling Operation Was a Very Successful Secret In “The World According to Fannie Davis,” Bridgett M. Davis offers an absorbing portrait of her mother, who ran an underground numbers operation in Detroit for more than 30 years. By Jennifer Szalai
