In this slim and lyrical novel, Max Little, an author with a fatal disease, ponders what’s ahead while dreading having to tell his wife.
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Truman and Andy Talk It OutThis nonfiction play-turned-book amusingly showcases two artistic giants as if they were at a gossipy lunch.
Off the RailsIn A.M. Homes’s latest, “The Unfolding,” it’s the revenge of the rich, white Republicans against a backdrop of family discord.
South Fork Poetry: ‘He Said, She Said’Dec 1, 2022
A poet and author of picture books contemplates dealing with anger.
Rock-and-Roll MissionaryJann Wenner was in the right place (San Francisco) at the right time (1967). Not to diminish the man's achievements as a magazine magnate. Here’s his story.
South Fork Poetry: ‘Beaver Moon’Nov 17, 2022
From a series of poems on full moons and the Algonquins.
Scars of a Writing Life“Death of a Salesman” made Arthur Miller, rich, famous, and admired. So how was he “defeated” by Marilyn Monroe?
‘Everything Is Copy’A highly readable portrait of a writer and filmmaker whose life and work were intertwined.
Book Markers: Poems of Anne Porter, Memoirs of Mary RodgersA reading celebrates Anne Porter’s poetry, and a talk hails Mary Rodgers’s bitingly funny memoir.
Waiting for the Dark John Irving’s new doorstop of a novel vividly sums up a lifetime’s worth of themes, from family to sex to identity.
Out of Sight, Out of MindA plea for reform of our troubled prison system from a former executive editor of The Times.
Halloween Goes to the DogsA new children’s book for Halloween sends a trio of dogs on a spooky adventure.