An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.
Wally Lamb’s The River Is Waiting is both searing and sensitive.
Inheritance: A Novel
By Jane Park
A young Canadian woman yearns to understand her immigrant parents’ past.
The Family Man: Blood and Betrayal in the House of Murdaugh
By James Lasdun
A gripping, stranger-than-fiction tale of greed and slaughter.
The Trouble of Color
By Martha S. Jones
A deeply personal quest to understand mixed-race identity.
A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days.
A Different Russia
By Marvin Kalb
The former foreign correspondent recalls his memorable years in the USSR.
Crucible: A Novel
By John Sayles
This curiously inert story might’ve worked better as nonfiction.
New collections to make life more lyrical.
This Dark Night: Emily Brontë, A Life
By Deborah Lutz
The novelist’s work was as brooding as her surroundings.
