“It’s not a cookbook,” the poet Jim Franks said about his new book, “Existential Bread.” To dispel any confusion, here’s what readers won’t find in its pages: photos of backlit loaves of bread or of disembodied hands measuring, dusting and kneading. There are no recipes. It’s about bread baking, but only insofar as bread baking…
AUDITION, by Katie Kitamura In the opening scene of Katie Kitamura’s new novel, “Audition,” a middle-aged actress of some renown meets with a much younger man in a faceless restaurant in Manhattan’s financial district. The woman, our narrator, is deeply apprehensive about the encounter, and is swarmed by thoughts of the various interpretations strangers could…
A posthumous memoir by the Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny, which detailed his fight against autocracy and corruption in Russia and was published eight months after he died in prison, won a National Book Critics Circle Award for autobiography. Announcing the award, Rebecca Hussey, a member of the autobiography committee, praised the memoir, “Patriot,” as…
Mar 20, 2025; Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Indiana Pacers guard Andrew Nembhard (2) shoots the ball while Brooklyn Nets guard Keon Johnson (45) defends in the first half at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Mandatory Credit: Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images Bennedict Mathurin scored 28 points and grabbed a career-high 16 rebounds to lead the Indiana Pacers to a third consecutive…