Briefly Noted Book Reviews
“First Person,” “Woman at 1,000 Degrees,” “The Girl from Kathmandu,” and “Picasso and the Painting That Shocked the World.”
How Superheroes Made Movie Stars Expendable
The Hollywood overhauls that got us from Bogart to Batman.
Weegee the Famous, the Voyeur and Exhibitionist
The street photographer turned gritty, grisly New York scenes into art.
The Man Who Led the Harlem Renaissance—and His Hidden Hungers
Alain Locke helped launch black modernism, but he was spurned by the artists he hoped to turn into lovers.
Briefly Noted Book Reviews
“The Overstory,” “Theory of Bastards,” “A Lab of One’s Own,” and “A Mouth Is Always Muzzled.”
Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, and Royal Romance
Marrying into the monarchy is rarely a fairy tale.
Briefly Noted Book Reviews
“African Dominion,” “Operation Chaos,” “The Parking Lot Attendant,” and “Hotel Silence.”
Is Capitalism a Threat to Democracy?
The idea that authoritarianism attracts workers harmed by the free market, which emerged when the Nazis were in power, has been making a comeback.
Zora Neale Hurston’s Story of a Former Slave Finally Comes to Print
Hurston spent years turning an account of the transatlantic slave trade into a book. Then the manuscript languished for nearly nine decades.
Sheila Heti Wrestles with a Big Decision in “Motherhood”
How to reconcile the domestic responsibilities of parenthood with the Romantic notion of artistic vocation?
