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4 graphic novels for spring, including a sequel to blockbuster ‘My Favorite Thing Is Monsters’

New books tackle seeing the monster in yourself, the joys of classic comics, apocalyptic anxieties and family secrets.
May 15, 2024
cartoon panel of man contemplating life's curveballs from Self-Esteem and the End of the World
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In ‘The Great Wave’ of tech such as AI, is there an upside?

NONFICTION: Inarguably, we are in an age of turmoil, but Michiko Kakutani’s fast-paced book offers only limited analysis or answers.
February 14, 2024
photo, in a park, of seated author Michiko Kakutani
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Graphic novels about Castro's Cuba, Neapolitan frenemies, immortality and hip-hop's history

NONFICTION: New ways of looking at familiar subjects, in words and pictures.
December 11, 2023
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Review: New graphic novels explore 'The Talk,' racy Anais Nin and beloved childhood toys

NONFICTION: Vibrant images show the variety of possibilities the form offers.
July 20, 2023
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Review: 'The High Desert: Black. Punk. Nowhere,' 'Keeping Two' and 'Acting Class'

GRAPHIC NOVELS: <b> Families, friends and complications</b>
July 1, 2022
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REVIEWS: So you want to be a writer? A roundup of helpful books

NONFICTION: Three books on the craft of writing teach, inspire and sometimes amuse.
April 29, 2022
Anna Quindlen, photo by Joyce Ravid
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Review: 'The Nineties,' by Chuck Klosterman

A deft cultural history about a frequently mocked, ignored or misunderstood decade.
February 11, 2022
Chuck Klosterman_photo by Joanna Ceciliani
Variety

Review: 'Seek You,' by Kristen Radtke

GRAPHIC NOVEL: Kristen Radtke explores the need for human attachment and the terror of its absence.
July 9, 2021
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Review: 'The High Desert: Black. Punk. Nowhere,' 'Keeping Two' and 'Acting Class'

GRAPHIC NOVELS: <b> Families, friends and complications</b>
July 1, 2022
Books

REVIEWS: So you want to be a writer? A roundup of helpful books

NONFICTION: Three books on the craft of writing teach, inspire and sometimes amuse.
April 29, 2022
Anna Quindlen, photo by Joyce Ravid
Books

Review: 'The Nineties,' by Chuck Klosterman

A deft cultural history about a frequently mocked, ignored or misunderstood decade.
February 11, 2022
Chuck Klosterman_photo by Joanna Ceciliani
Variety

Review: 'Seek You,' by Kristen Radtke

GRAPHIC NOVEL: Kristen Radtke explores the need for human attachment and the terror of its absence.
July 9, 2021
573510028