New Books (Origo, Nettel, Raffles)
Reviews of Iris Origo’s The Merchant of Prato,” Guadalupe Nettel’s Bezoar,” David A. Bell’s “Men on Horseback,” and Hugh Raffles’s “The Book of Unconformities” (Harper’s)New Books (Origo, Nettel, Raffles)
New Books (Ball, Sheldrake, Jong)
Reviews of Edward Ball’s “Life of a Klansman,” Merlin Sheldrake’s “Entangled Life,” Yuri Herrera’s “A Silent Fury,” and Dola de Jong’s “The Tree and the Vine” (Harper’s)New Books (Ball, Sheldrake, Jong)
New Books (Dorman, Golia, Ferris, Adimi)
Reviews of Jacob S. Dorman’s “The Princess and the Prophet,” Maria Golia’s “Ornette Coleman,” Toby Ferris’s “Short Life in a Strange World,” and Kaouther Adimi’s “Our Riches” (trans. Chris Andrews) (Harper’s)New Books (Dorman, Golia, Ferris, Adimi)
Fernanda Melchor’s “Hurricane Season”
A review of the novelist’s dark fairy tale exploration of femicide in Mexico. (The New York Times Book Review)Fernanda Melchor’s “Hurricane Season”
Underground Railroad Reenactments
A feature on reenactments of the Underground Railroad and their unusual history, including how they inspired one of the first computer games about slavery. (The New Yorker)Underground Railroad Reenactments
New Books (Greenwell, Brown, Condé)
Reviews of Garth Greenwell’s Cleanness,” Vincent Brown’s “Tacky’s Revolt,” and Maryse Condé’s “Of Morsels and Marvels” (Harper’s)New Books (Greenwell, Brown, Condé)
New Books (Anyuru, Secrest, Hendrickson)
Reviews of Johannes Anyuru’s “They Will Drown in Their Mothers’ Tears,” Meryle Secrest’s “The Mysterious Affair at Olivetti,” and Janet Hendrickson’s “Treasure of the Castilian or Spanish Language” (Harper’s)New Books (Anyuru, Secrest, Hendrickson)