- The Zervos Picasso Catalog Is Resurrected
- 2013-05-22 23:13
- A legendary catalogue raisonné of Picasso’s works is being republished at a stratospheric price.
- ArtsBeat: Lydia Davis Wins Booker International Prize
- 2013-05-22 22:44
- Ms. Davis, an American writer known for very short stories, was cited by the judges for stories that “embrace many a kind.”
- Books of The Times: ‘Straight Flush’ by Ben Mezrich
- 2013-05-22 22:41
- In “Straight Flush,” Ben Mezrich follows a bunch of fraternity buddies through the rise and fall of what they hoped would be an online poker empire.
- ArtsBeat: Rolling Stone Gathers Library Fines
- 2013-05-22 19:37
- If a library in England wanted to collect, Keith Richards would have to pay thousands of dollars.
- Books of The Times: ‘Southern Cross the Dog,’ a Novel by...
- 2013-05-22 16:19
- Bill Cheng’s first novel, “Southern Cross the Dog,” is set in Mississippi during the Jim Crow era.
- Children’s Books: ‘Red Riding Hood and the Sweet Little ...
- 2013-05-22 15:30
- Four new picture books give the formerly fearsome wolf a makeover.
- A Pearl Buck Novel, New After 4 Decades
- 2013-05-21 22:00
- “The Eternal Wonder,” an unpublished novel by Pearl S. Buck that surfaced last year in a storage unit, is to be released this fall by Open Road Integrated Media.
- ArtsBeat: Cannes Film Festival: James Franco on Adapting Nov...
- 2013-05-21 21:10
- James Franco, whose Faulkner adaptation for the big-screen, “As I Lay Dying,” is playing at Cannes, discusses his love of Faulkner and his ability to handle multiple projects at once.
- Books of The Times: ‘And the Mountains Echoed,’ by Khale...
- 2013-05-20 23:26
- “And the Mountains Echoed,” a multigenerational novel by Khaled Hosseini, explores how characters define themselves through the choices they make.
- Rape by American Soldiers in World War II France
- 2013-05-20 23:19
- “What Soldiers Do: Sex and the American G.I. in World War II France,” a book by the historian Mary Louise Roberts, documents rape and other misconduct among the greatest generation.
- Books: In Essays, Nurses Highlight Job’s Tedious Duties an...
- 2013-05-20 19:22
- In a new anthology of essays, 21 nurses describe the often quiet work of keeping patients alive.
- A Staging for Vonnegut’s ‘Make Up Your Mind’
- 2013-05-19 22:35
- The playwright Nicky Silver has adjusted Kurt Vonnegut’s 1993 play “Make Up Your Mind” so it can be staged in Boston.
- Books of The Times: ‘Americanah,’ by Chimamanda Ngozi Ad...
- 2013-05-19 21:26
- In Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s new book, “Americanah,” the main characters find the race matters where ever they go.
- Exposés of China’s Elite a Big Lure in Hong Kong
- 2013-05-19 01:24
- Visitors from mainland China turn to Hong Kong bookstores for forbidden delights: shelves of scandal-packed exposés about their Communist Party masters.
- Bookshelf: Books on New York History and Sweet-Tooth Outlets
- 2013-05-18 07:50
- In “City of Ambition,” Mason B. Williams explores what drove a patrician Democrat and a street-smart Republican to revive New York City from the Great Depression.
- Noted: Making a Word Meme
- 2013-05-17 22:36
- The title of Sheryl Sandberg’s manifesto, “Lean In,” quickly became ubiquitous.
- ArtsBeat: Graphic Books Best Sellers: Humans and Mutants Wor...
- 2013-05-17 18:00
- “Uncanny Avengers” is No. 2 on the hardcover list.
- ArtsBeat: Book Review Podcast: Unusual Immigrants in New Yor...
- 2013-05-17 17:57
- Helene Wecker discusses her debut novel, “The Golem and the Jinni.”
- ArtsBeat: Anthologies That (Mostly) Stand the Test of Time
- 2013-05-17 17:01
- Reading collections of fiction from the 1940s and 1990s for classics and rediscovered gems.
- Essay: Beautiful Creatures
- 2013-05-17 16:35
- Charles Kingsley’s 150-year-old morality fable reflects the contradictory impulses of the Victorian era.



