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On this week's cover: Angie Cruz's "taut and poignant" new novel, "How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water," about a middle-aged Dominican immigrant in New York City who's grappling with unemployment, motherhood and loss. (I haven't read it yet, but I'm going to; I loved her last novel, "Dominicana.") |
My favorite thing in this week's issue isn't a review, though — it's Jennifer Wilson's smart, thought-provoking essay, "How Student Debt Killed the Plot," which traces how the fallout from massive college loans has "lately begun to pervade contemporary fiction." |
If you have time, tell me what you're reading! I'm tearing through Deanna Raybourn's "Killers of a Certain Age," which Sarah Lyall called "a mash-up of 'Killing Eve' and 'The Golden Girls'" in her latest thrillers column. On TV I'm still deep in Britbox, toggling between "Zen" and "The Bay" and enjoying both. |
You can email me at books@nytimes.com. I read every letter sent, and I answer as many of them as I can. Some weeks I do pretty well; other weeks, less so. |
Tina Jordan
Deputy Editor, The New York Times Book Review
@TinaJordanNYT |
- A bullied loner and his new friends become a kind of family in Dan Gemeinhart's new novel "The Midnight Children." Reviewed by Craig Morgan Teicher
- "Moonflower," Kacen Callender's latest novel for young readers, is a fantasy novel about a harsh reality: childhood depression. Reviewed by Tae Keller.
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