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Comments Take a Journey Through 125 Years of Book Review HistorySkip to Comments The comments section is closed. To submit a letter to the editor for publication, write to letters@nytimes.com. Take a Journey Through 125 Years of Book Review History March 15, 2021 March 15, 2021 1896 1905 Shortly before the publication of “The House of Mirth,” this portrait of Edith Wharton became the first photograph to appear on the cover of the Book Review. 1905 Shortly before the publication of “The House of Mirth,” this portrait of Edith Wharton became the first photograph to appear o...

When Civil Rights, the Vietnam War, and a Presidential Election Converged on Notre Dame In One Week in America, Patrick Parr guides readers through several earth-shattering events and their impact on the 1968 Notre Dame Literary Festival. One Week in America: The 1968 Notre Dame Literary Festival and a Changing Nation Patrick Parr March 2021 1968 was a turbulent year in the United States. The Cold War and the nuclear arms race were ever-present, the hard battle of civil rights activists against racism continued, and opposition to the war in Vietnam reached far and wide.  In One Week in Ame...

Reviewing the Book Review As the publication celebrates its 125th anniversary, Parul Sehgal, a staff critic and former editor at the Book Review, delves into the archives to critically examine its legacy in full. Credit...Leigh Wells Feb. 26, 2021 Halfway through “Lolita,” Humbert Humbert — relaxed, triumphant and a mere pinch of pages away from his downfall — stops to extol the wonders of America. He has dragged his 12-year-old quarry on a road trip across the country, a perversion of a honeymoon. He slips into French to marvel at all they have seen. “ Nous connûmes,” he purrs, ...

In this special live episode of Fiction/Non/Fiction, presented by Moon Palace Books in Minneapolis, acclaimed novelist and teacher Charles Baxter and his former student, short story writer Mike Alberti, join co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss their new books. Upon the release of his seventeenth book, the much-anticipated The Sun Collective, Baxter reflects on how time and place factor into his work and talks about writing about politics in his hometown. Then Alberti discusses his searing debut short story collection, Some People Let You Down, and how he finds inspi...