A Steady Eye for Sorrow
By Laura Sheahen
A new collection features recently uncovered works by Lucille Clifton, Maryland’s late poet laureate.
Ten Clear Days
By Eric Beck Rubin
An elderly matriarch and Holocaust survivor asserts her right to die.
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.
