Mark Harris’s biography tells the story of the writer and director who formed a beloved comedy duo with Elaine May and directed movies including “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and “The Graduate.”
To celebrate the Book Review’s 125th anniversary, we’re dipping into the archives to revisit our most thrilling, memorable and thought-provoking coverage.
Robert Gottlieb considers the celebrated Yale critic on the occasion of his last, posthumously published book, “The Bright Book of Life,” which revisits the novels that inspired his passion and awe.
Gabrielle Glaser talks about “American Baby,” and Kenneth R. Rosen discusses “Troubled: The Failed Promise of America’s Behavioral Treatment Programs.”
In “The Doctors Blackwell,” Janice P. Nimura tells the story of Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell, physicians who became feminist figures almost in spite of themselves.
Tove Ditlevsen’s three memoirs — “Childhood,” “Youth” and “Dependency” — recall her beautiful, cruel mother and the author’s headlong dive into addiction.
