https://www.nytimes.com/section/books?partner=rss&emc=rss en-us Copyright 2018 The New York Times Company Wed, 29 Aug 2018 04:01:36 GMT https://static01.nyt.com/images/misc/NYT_logo_rss_250x40.png https://www.nytimes.com/section/books?partner=rss&emc=rss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/books/review-impostor-javier-cercas-enric-marco.html?partner=rss&emc=rss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/books/review-impostor-javier-cercas-enric-marco.html Sonny Figueroa/The New York Times In “The Impostor,” Javier Cercas writes about Enric Marco to understand why he lied, why he was believed and to investigate his own queasy feelings of kinship. PARUL SEHGAL Tue, 28 Aug 2018 19:08:33 GMT The Impostor: A True Story (Book) Cercas, Javier Books and Literature https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/27/books/review-lake-success-gary-shteyngart.html?partner=rss&emc=rss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/27/books/review-lake-success-gary-shteyngart.html Sonny Figueroa/The New York Times In his new novel, “Lake Success,” the author tells the story of a hedge-fund guy who loses everything in order to find himself. DWIGHT GARNER Mon, 27 Aug 2018 17:35:59 GMT Shteyngart, Gary Books and Literature Lake Success: A Novel (Book) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/26/books/tell-us-5-things-about-your-book-grief-and-laughter-mingle-in-tragedy-plus-time.html?partner=rss&emc=rss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/26/books/tell-us-5-things-about-your-book-grief-and-laughter-mingle-in-tragedy-plus-time.html Patricia Wall/The New York Times The comedian and actor Adam Cayton-Holland discusses his new memoir, which recounts his childhood in Denver and the eventual suicide of his younger sister. JOHN WILLIAMS Sun, 26 Aug 2018 16:37:00 GMT Writing and Writers Books and Literature Tragedy Plus Time: A Tragi-comic Memoir (Book) Cayton-Holland, Adam https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/books/review/william-boyle-gravesend.html?partner=rss&emc=rss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/books/review/william-boyle-gravesend.html Pablo Amargo From the Brooklynese of “Gravesend” to the Western twang of “Depth of Winter,” four mysteries tell murder-filled tales in regional accents. MARILYN STASIO Tue, 28 Aug 2018 09:00:12 GMT Books and Literature Depth of Winter: A Longmire Mystery (Book) Moretti, Kate (1982- ) In Her Bones (Book) Johnson, Craig Blauner, Peter Sunrise Highway (Book) Boyle, William Gravesend (Book) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/27/books/review/splintering-william-egginton-coddling-greg-lukianoff-jonathan-haidt.html?partner=rss&emc=rss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/27/books/review/splintering-william-egginton-coddling-greg-lukianoff-jonathan-haidt.html Matthieu Bourel Two new books — “The Splintering of the American Mind,” by William Egginton, and “The Coddling of the American Mind,” by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt — warn of the threat to the country’s political and social well-being by a fractured generation convinced of its fragility. THOMAS CHATTERTON WILLIAMS Mon, 27 Aug 2018 19:00:05 GMT Books and Literature Haidt, Jonathan Greg Lukianoff William Egginton The Coddling of the American Mind (Book) The Splintering of the American Mind (Book) Education https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/27/books/review/francis-fukuyama-identity-kwame-anthony-appiah-the-lies-that-bind.html?partner=rss&emc=rss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/27/books/review/francis-fukuyama-identity-kwame-anthony-appiah-the-lies-that-bind.html Matthieu Bourel Francis Fukuyama’s “Identity” and Kwame Anthony Appiah’s “The Lies That Bind” examine the role of personal identity in our modern age. ANAND GIRIDHARADAS Mon, 27 Aug 2018 19:00:03 GMT Books and Literature Race and Ethnicity Appiah, Kwame Anthony Fukuyama, Francis Identity (Book) The Lies That Bind (Book) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/21/books/review/boom-town-sam-anderson.html?partner=rss&emc=rss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/21/books/review/boom-town-sam-anderson.html The land race begins on April 22, 1889. Associated Press In Sam Anderson’s new history of “the great minor city of America,” he tells a story that extends from the famous 1889 land rush to the saga of the Thunder. WILL BLYTHE Tue, 21 Aug 2018 15:45:19 GMT Books and Literature Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, its Chaotic Founding... its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-class Metropolis (Book) Anderson, Sam Basketball Oklahoma City Thunder Oklahoma Oklahoma City (Okla) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/books/review/podcast-anand-giridharadas-winners-take-all.html?partner=rss&emc=rss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/books/review/podcast-anand-giridharadas-winners-take-all.html “This is change that doesn’t necessarily change anything,” Anand Giridharadas says. Fri, 24 Aug 2018 16:47:43 GMT Books and Literature Giridharadas, Anand Brooks, Kim A (1978- ) Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World (Book) Small Animals: Parenthood in the Age of Fear (Book) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/obituaries/robert-wood-dead.html?partner=rss&emc=rss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/obituaries/robert-wood-dead.html The Rev. Robert Wood in an undated photo. His book “Christ and the Homosexual,” published in 1960, was a rare plea by a gay clergyman for equality. via Equality Forum A United Church of Christ minister, he was the author of the 1960 book “Christ and the Homosexual,” a plea for equality that was rare at the time. RICHARD SANDOMIR Wed, 29 Aug 2018 00:24:58 GMT Wood, Robert Deaths (Obituaries) Homosexuality and Bisexuality Religion and Belief Same-Sex Marriage, Civil Unions and Domestic Partnerships Books and Literature https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/obituaries/sterling-stuckey-dead.html?partner=rss&emc=rss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/obituaries/sterling-stuckey-dead.html The historian Sterling Stuckey in 2013. He demonstrated that enslaved people brought cultural riches with them from Africa. Benoit Malphettes Mr. Stuckey, inspired by Frederick Douglass and Paul Robeson, was critical of white academics whom he accused of hijacking African studies. SAM ROBERTS Tue, 28 Aug 2018 16:42:40 GMT History (Academic Subject) Deaths (Obituaries) Race and Ethnicity Stuckey, Sterling Slavery https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/books/rare-book-theft-carnegie-library-pittsburgh.html?partner=rss&emc=rss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/books/rare-book-theft-carnegie-library-pittsburgh.html Gregory Priore at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh in 1999. An archivist in charge of the rare books collection, he was arrested in July on charges that he and a book dealer stole about $8 million worth of books and other items over two decades. Sammy Dallal/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, via Associated Press A $5,000 first edition inscribed by Jefferson seemed like a steal. It was. The trail shows how thieves unloaded a Carnegie Library trove. SARAH MERVOSH Tue, 28 Aug 2018 19:53:03 GMT Robberies and Thefts Libraries and Librarians Book Trade and Publishing Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Priore, Gregory M (1956- ) Schulman, John E (1963- ) Pittsburgh (Pa) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/books/review/bitwise-david-auerbach.html?partner=rss&emc=rss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/books/review/bitwise-david-auerbach.html Na Kim In “Bitwise,” David Auerbach charts a middle course in his exploration of the good and the bad of our tech-enabled lives. AKASH KAPUR Tue, 28 Aug 2018 14:16:46 GMT Books and Literature Computers and the Internet Bitwise: A Life in Code (Book) Auerbach, David https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/books/review/new-noteworthy-jim-rutenberg.html?partner=rss&emc=rss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/books/review/new-noteworthy-jim-rutenberg.html A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading. Tue, 28 Aug 2018 09:00:14 GMT Books and Literature https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/well/family/steve-jobs-lisa-brennan-jobs-father-parenting.html?partner=rss&emc=rss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/well/family/steve-jobs-lisa-brennan-jobs-father-parenting.html Lisa Brennan-Jobs Frances F. Denny for The New York Times What research tells us about father-daughter relationships. LINDA NIELSEN Tue, 28 Aug 2018 09:00:02 GMT Child Abuse and Neglect Children and Childhood Parenting Love (Emotion) Families and Family Life Jobs, Steven P Brennan-Jobs, Lisa https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/27/books/franoise-gilot-picasso-sketches.html?partner=rss&emc=rss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/27/books/franoise-gilot-picasso-sketches.html “Art doesn’t come from what is around you, but from what is inside of you,” says the French painter and author Françoise Gilot. Jody Rogac for The New York Times Picasso’s former lover and muse has a philosophy formed by nine decades of living. And forgetting. LAUREN CHRISTENSEN Mon, 27 Aug 2018 21:55:35 GMT Books and Literature Gilot, Francoise Picasso, Pablo Francoise Gilot: Three Travel Sketchbooks: Venice, India, Senegal (Book) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/27/books/review/arthur-ashe-raymond-arsenault.html?partner=rss&emc=rss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/27/books/review/arthur-ashe-raymond-arsenault.html In 1975 Ashe became the first black player to win the men’s singles title at Wimbledon, beating Jimmy Connors in four sets. Associated Press Touré reviews Raymond Arsenault’s major new biography, “Arthur Ashe: A Life,” which tells the story of a remarkable athlete and activist. TOURÉ Mon, 27 Aug 2018 09:00:06 GMT Books and Literature Arthur Ashe: A Life (Book) Arsenault, Raymond Ashe, Arthur Blacks Tennis Discrimination https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/26/nyregion/hes-101-unless-hes-only-98-and-he-just-wrote-another-novel.html?partner=rss&emc=rss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/26/nyregion/hes-101-unless-hes-only-98-and-he-just-wrote-another-novel.html A.E. Hotchner’s novel “The Amazing Adventures of Aaron Broom” was published in July. Monica Jorge for The New York Times A.E. Hotchner, who grew up to be pals with Ernest Hemingway and Paul Newman, just published a mystery about a boy, a long-ago summer and a jewelry heist. JAMES BARRON Sun, 26 Aug 2018 22:52:38 GMT Hotchner, A E The Amazing Adventures of Aaron Broom: A Novel (Book) Writing and Writers Books and Literature https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/obituaries/tom-clark-77-is-dead-poet-biographer-baseball-bard.html?partner=rss&emc=rss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/obituaries/tom-clark-77-is-dead-poet-biographer-baseball-bard.html Tom Clark in Bolinas, California in 1972. He was a prized student of the poet Donald Hall and the poetry editor for George Plimpton’s Paris Review. Gerard Malanga He hitchhiked with Ginsberg, studied under Donald Hall, worked for George Plimpton and wrote prolifically, whether on love, cosmology or the Oakland A’s. RICHARD SANDOMIR Fri, 24 Aug 2018 23:42:38 GMT Clark, Tom (1941-2018) Deaths (Obituaries) Poetry and Poets Writing and Writers Baseball Paris Review Kerouac, Jack Ginsberg, Allen https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/books/steve-jobs-memoir-lisa-brennan-jobs-small-fry.html?partner=rss&emc=rss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/books/steve-jobs-memoir-lisa-brennan-jobs-small-fry.html Frances F. Denny for The New York Times Lisa Brennan-Jobs’s “Small Fry” comes out Sept. 4. In the meantime, here are other memoirs about complicated family dynamics that you might want to pick up. SUSAN ELLINGWOOD Fri, 24 Aug 2018 21:20:28 GMT Books and Literature Jobs, Steven P Small Fry (Book) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/books/aretha-franklin-soul-music-james-brown-otis-redding.html?partner=rss&emc=rss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/books/aretha-franklin-soul-music-james-brown-otis-redding.html Biographies of the queen of R-E-S-P-E-C-T and two other giants of the genre: James Brown and Otis Redding. CONCEPCIÓN DE LEÓN Tue, 28 Aug 2018 14:10:47 GMT Books and Literature Music McBride, James Kill 'Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul (Book) Respect: The Life of Aretha Franklin (Book) Ritz, David Ribowsky, Mark Dreams to Remember: Otis Redding, Stax Records, and the Transformation of Southern Soul (Book) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/books/review/new-paperbacks.html?partner=rss&emc=rss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/books/review/new-paperbacks.html Six new paperbacks to check out this week. JOUMANA KHATIB Fri, 24 Aug 2018 09:00:25 GMT Books and Literature https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/books/review/best-seller-cherry-nico-walker.html?partner=rss&emc=rss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/books/review/best-seller-cherry-nico-walker.html Nico Walker Nico Walker’s “Cherry” is selling briskly. When the still-incarcerated author can use the phone again — he’s out of minutes — he may score a film deal, too. Fri, 24 Aug 2018 09:00:18 GMT Books and Literature Walker, Nico Cherry (Book) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/books/review/letters-to-my-palestinian-neighbor-yossi-klein-halevi.html?partner=rss&emc=rss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/books/review/letters-to-my-palestinian-neighbor-yossi-klein-halevi.html A woman looks out at the Palestinian village of Al-Z’aim, and beyond that Maale Adumim, an Israeli settlement on the eastern outskirts of Jerusalem. Rina Castelnuovo for The New York Times In “Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor,” Yossi Klein Halevi looks to explain to a hypothetical Palestinian how his people see the conflict. RAJA SHEHADEH Fri, 24 Aug 2018 09:00:17 GMT Books and Literature Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor (Book) Palestinians Halevi, Yossi Klein Israel https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/books/review/love-hanne-orstavik-scandinavian-novels.html?partner=rss&emc=rss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/books/review/love-hanne-orstavik-scandinavian-novels.html John Gall Prepare to be dazzled by these new works of fiction — two Norwegian, one Danish. CLAIRE VAYE WATKINS Fri, 24 Aug 2018 09:00:14 GMT Books and Literature Love (Book) Orstavik, Hanne Aitken, Martin (Translator) Wait, Blink: A Perfect Picture of Inner Life: A Novel (Book) Oyehaug, Gunnhild Dickson, Kari (Translator) Mirror, Shoulder, Signal (Book) Nors, Dorthe Hoekstra, Misha (Translator) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/books/review/shout-in-the-ruins-kevin-powers.html?partner=rss&emc=rss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/books/review/shout-in-the-ruins-kevin-powers.html Kevin Powers Kevin Greenblat Kevin Powers’s second novel, “A Shout in the Ruins,” tells a story that spans over a hundred years and begins with a fire at a Virginia plantation. HILLARY JORDAN Fri, 24 Aug 2018 09:00:14 GMT Books and Literature A Shout in the Ruins (Book) Powers, Kevin C (1980- ) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/books/review/jell-o-girls-allie-rowbottom.html?partner=rss&emc=rss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/books/review/jell-o-girls-allie-rowbottom.html Kraft Foods, via Associated Press In “Jell-O Girls,” Allie Rowbottom explores the history of her family, including a legacy of psychogenic illness, a result of repression and trauma. C. E. MORGAN Fri, 24 Aug 2018 09:00:14 GMT Books and Literature Rowbottom, Allie JELL-O Girls: A Family History (Book) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/books/review/allison-varnes-property-of-the-rebel-librarian.html?partner=rss&emc=rss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/books/review/allison-varnes-property-of-the-rebel-librarian.html In their new books, Allison Varnes, Pablo Cartaya and Antony John create memorable characters who try to stand out but also, somehow, fit in. GARY SCHMIDT Fri, 24 Aug 2018 09:00:13 GMT Books and Literature Property of the Rebel Librarian (Book) Varnes, Allison (Author) Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish (Book) Cartaya, Pablo Mascot (Book) John, Antony (Author) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/books/review/fly-girls-keith-obrien.html?partner=rss&emc=rss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/books/review/fly-girls-keith-obrien.html Ruth Nichols The International Women’s Air and Space Museum, Cleveland, Ohio “Fly Girls,” by Keith O’Brien, points out that Amelia Earhart wasn’t the only female pilot who defied all odds to take to the skies in the 1920s. NATHALIA HOLT Fri, 24 Aug 2018 09:00:12 GMT Books and Literature Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History (Book) O'Brien, Keith Earhart, Amelia Elder, Ruth Thaden, Louise (1905-79) Klingensmith, Florence (1904-33) Nichols, Ruth Women and Girls Airlines and Airplanes Pilots https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/books/review/tin-man-sarah-winman.html?partner=rss&emc=rss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/books/review/tin-man-sarah-winman.html Sarah Winman Patricia Niven A cheap reproduction of Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” binds “Tin Man,” Sarah Winman’s tale of love, loss and the power of art to inspire and sustain. GAYLE FORMAN Fri, 24 Aug 2018 09:00:10 GMT Books and Literature Tin Man: A Novel (Book) Winman, Sarah https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/books/review/mr-lear-jenny-uglow.html?partner=rss&emc=rss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/books/review/mr-lear-jenny-uglow.html The owl and the pussy-cat meet a piggy-wig; an Edward Lear drawing from “Mr. Lear.” Via Farrar, Straus & Giroux In “Mr. Lear: A Life of Art and Nonsense,” Jenny Uglow suggests that her subject’s life was sadder than his paintings and limericks would imply. DAVID ORR Fri, 24 Aug 2018 09:00:08 GMT Books and Literature Mr. Lear: A Life of Art and Nonsense (Book) Uglow, Jenny Lear, Edward Poetry and Poets https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/books/review/ismail-kadare-traitors-niche.html?partner=rss&emc=rss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/books/review/ismail-kadare-traitors-niche.html Ismail Kadare Foley-Opale In Ismail Kadare’s novel “The Traitor’s Niche,” the quest for a rebel pasha’s head becomes a grimly comic comment on 20th-century authoritarianism. JASON GOODWIN Fri, 24 Aug 2018 09:00:07 GMT Books and Literature Kadare, Ismail The Traitor's Niche: A Novel (Book) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/books/review/i-will-be-complete-glen-david-gold.html?partner=rss&emc=rss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/books/review/i-will-be-complete-glen-david-gold.html Glen David Gold Sara Shay In “I Will Be Complete,” Glen David Gold holds his troubled mother — and his emotions — at arm’s length through a wealth of minutiae. MICHAEL HAINEY Fri, 24 Aug 2018 09:00:06 GMT Books and Literature I Will Be Complete: A Memoir (Book) Gold, Glen David Writing and Writers https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/books/review/neel-patel-if-you-see-me-dont-say-hi.html?partner=rss&emc=rss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/books/review/neel-patel-if-you-see-me-dont-say-hi.html Neel Patel Bradfrod Rogne The Indian-Americans in Neel Patel’s “If You See Me, Don’t Say Hi” are less troubled by cultural clashes than they are by the unraveling of emotions. SHAJ MATHEW Fri, 24 Aug 2018 09:00:06 GMT Books and Literature If You See Me, Don't Say Hi: Stories (Book) Patel, Neel (Author) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/style/conan-obrien-robert-caro.html?partner=rss&emc=rss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/style/conan-obrien-robert-caro.html Jason Raish He has tried everything to book the esteemed L.B.J. biographer. But he keeps saying no. “I’ll stop at nothing,” the late-night host vows. JOHN KOBLIN Fri, 24 Aug 2018 19:55:10 GMT O'Brien, Conan Caro, Robert A Television Books and Literature Writing and Writers Comedy and Humor Johnson, Lyndon Baines The Years of Lyndon Johnson (Book) The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York (Book) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/books/review/letters-to-the-editor.html?partner=rss&emc=rss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/books/review/letters-to-the-editor.html Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review. Fri, 24 Aug 2018 09:00:01 GMT Books and Literature https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/23/books/review/7-new-books-we-recommend-this-week.html?partner=rss&emc=rss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/23/books/review/7-new-books-we-recommend-this-week.html Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. Thu, 23 Aug 2018 16:00:01 GMT Books and Literature https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/23/books/steve-jobs-lisa-brennan-jobs-small-fry.html?partner=rss&emc=rss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/23/books/steve-jobs-lisa-brennan-jobs-small-fry.html What Lisa Brennan-Jobs wants readers to know is this: Steve Jobs rejected his daughter for years, but that daughter has absolved him. Frances F. Denny for The New York Times Lisa Brennan-Jobs has written a memoir about her famous father. The details are damning, but she doesn’t want them to be. NELLIE BOWLES Thu, 23 Aug 2018 21:36:56 GMT Books and Literature Small Fry: A Memoir (Book) Brennan-Jobs, Lisa Jobs, Steven P Jobs, Laurene Powell Apple Inc https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/23/books/review/back-to-school-blues.html?partner=rss&emc=rss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/23/books/review/back-to-school-blues.html Victoria Jamieson Just in time for the new semester, the graphic novelist Victoria Jamieson draws a reflection on the trials of junior high. VICTORIA JAMIESON Thu, 23 Aug 2018 09:00:16 GMT Books and Literature https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/23/books/review/by-the-book-george-pelecanos.html?partner=rss&emc=rss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/23/books/review/by-the-book-george-pelecanos.html George Pelecanos Illustration by Jillian Tamaki The crime novelist and screenwriter George Pelecanos, whose new book is “The Man Who Came Uptown,” would want Gladys Knight to write his life story: “Music heads will get that one.” Thu, 23 Aug 2018 09:00:09 GMT Books and Literature Writing and Writers Pelecanos, George P https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/22/books/review-temp-louis-hyman.html?partner=rss&emc=rss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/22/books/review-temp-louis-hyman.html Patricia Wall/The New York Times Louis Hyman’s history describes the corporate forces that during the 20th century led to a gig economy of expendable and precarious labor. JENNIFER SZALAI Wed, 22 Aug 2018 17:57:09 GMT Books and Literature Temp: How American Work, American Business, and the American Dream Became Temporary (Book) Hyman, Louis (1977- ) United States Economy Labor and Jobs https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/22/obituaries/robert-h-ferrell-dead-truman-historian.html?partner=rss&emc=rss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/22/obituaries/robert-h-ferrell-dead-truman-historian.html Robert H. Ferrell, who wrote or edited a dozen books about Harry S. Truman, in about 1972. Peter Cohen The consummate Truman scholar wrote or edited a dozen books about the 33rd president, including collections of long-buried diaries and letters. RICHARD SANDOMIR Fri, 24 Aug 2018 04:17:38 GMT Ferrell, Robert H Deaths (Obituaries) Truman, Harry S Writing and Writers Books and Literature History (Academic Subject) United States Politics and Government Presidents and Presidency (US) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/22/world/asia/kevin-kwan-crazy-rich-asians-singapore-military.html?partner=rss&emc=rss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/22/world/asia/kevin-kwan-crazy-rich-asians-singapore-military.html The author Kevin Kwan at this month’s premiere in Hollywood for “Crazy Rich Asians.” Emma McIntyre/Getty Images Kevin Kwan, who left the country as a child, could face a fine or possible imprisonment for not fulfilling his national service obligations. AUSTIN RAMZY Wed, 22 Aug 2018 10:37:18 GMT Defense and Military Forces Movies Books and Literature Citizenship and Naturalization Chu, Jon M (1979- ) Kwan, Kevin Singapore https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/22/books/review/small-animals-kim-brooks.html?partner=rss&emc=rss https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/22/books/review/small-animals-kim-brooks.html Rachel Levit In “Small Animals,” Kim Brooks examines why letting your kids walk alone to school or play in the park unsupervised means risking arrest — especially if you’re a mother. LIBBY COPELAND Wed, 22 Aug 2018 09:00:10 GMT Books and Literature Small Animals: Parenthood in the Age of Fear (Book) Brooks, Kim A (1978- ) Parenting