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In 1968, the celebrated author of “The Autobiography of Malcolm X” arrived at Hamilton College to teach and work on his magnum opus, “Roots.” Now, on the centenary of his birth, a former student recalls Haley’s class.
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The pioneering feminist scholar, who died this week, wrote about women, race, love, healing, pop culture and much more, always keeping Black women at the center.
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Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Our critic recommends old and new books.
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Debby Applegate discusses her new biography of Polly Adler, and Matthew Pearl talks about “The Taking of Jemima Boone.”
The Book Review’s art director picks his favorite covers from a year that reminded him of the joys of picking up a book and holding it in his hands.
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Three dishy reads explore the homes, customs and history of Britain’s elite.
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Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
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Ann Marks’s biography is a fascinating overview of the “photographer nanny” whose work has kept critics, lawyers and scholars busy since it was discovered after her death in 2009.
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In “Sea State,” Tabitha Lasley writes about the time she spent in Scotland investigating life on and around oil rigs.
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“The Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails,” edited by David Wondrich with Noah Rothbaum, is an authoritative work, nearly a decade in the making.
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“Accidental Gods,” by Anna Della Subin, is about “men unwittingly turned divine,” including Julius Caesar, Gandhi, Douglas MacArthur and others.
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Gorman’s latest poetry collection, “Call Us What We Carry,” offers reverence and effervescence, gravity and impishness, and poems that are focused, pithy and playfully heretical.
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