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First things first: The Book Review podcast is back (finally!), and in this week's episode, you can listen to me and our editor, Gilbert Cruz, banter about the spring books we're most excited to read — one of which, Salman Rushdie's "Victory City," graces our cover this Sunday. If the novel has a theme, it's that words — and stories — endure when empires do not: a fitting message from Rushdie, whose career is a testament to the triumph of literature over politics. |
Also in this issue, a new installment in our "Read Your Way Around the World" series, possibly my favorite to date: Marlon James on Kingston, Jamaica. "Try to find one Jamaican voice and you will get lost in many, since no one sound speaks for all of us," he writes. "It's why, every time I try to tell a story of Jamaica, I need a sea of voices to do it." |
If you have time, tell us what you're reading! (We may publish your response, or feature it in an upcoming newsletter.) I'm in the middle of Margery Allingham's 1952 novel "The Tiger in the Smoke," a velveted, damasked, lushly swagged London serial-killer mystery. Among the many things I've learned: London was once nicknamed "the Smoke" for its carcinogenic, coal-fueled fogs. |
You can email us at books@nytimes.com. We read every letter sent. (Really!) |
Tina Jordan
Deputy Editor, The New York Times Book Review
@TinaJordanNYT |
- By the Book: Alex Prud'homme, the journalist whose new book is "Dinner With the President"
- Literary Destinations: An insider's guide of books to read that explore Kingston, Jamaica, by Marlon James.
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