Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage

Book Review

Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage

By Belle Burden

A wronged wife finally finds her voice.

Podcast
Authors on Audio: Matthew Pearl

An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.

Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old

Book Review

Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old

By Mary Beard

An erudite exploration of antiquity’s allure.

Book Review

How to Lose Your Mother: A Daughter’s Memoir

Coming to terms with a famous, and famously flawed, parent.

Book Review

A Gentleman and a Thief

The rollicking tale of a Gatsby-esque rake who delighted in diamonds.

Book Review

Woman of Interest

By Tracy O’Neill

Woman of Interest

A Korean adoptee is a detective on the case of her own origin story.

Romance Roundup

Romance Roundup: July 2025

A look at what’s steaming up the shelves this month.

Book Review

How to Dodge a Cannonball: A Novel

This rollicking bildungsroman unfolds amid the Civil War.

Book Review

Theater Kid: A Broadway Memoir

By Jeffrey Seller

Theater Kid: A Broadway Memoir

How a queer Jewish pauper rose to dominate the Great White Way.

Book Review

All This Can Be True

By Jen Michalski

All This Can Be True

Two very different queer women confront their pasts — and forge new paths.

Podcast

Podcast: Phil Gramm

An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.