
Doublethink Is Stronger Than Orwell Imagined
What 1984 means today

What 1984 means today

In Patsy, Nicole Dennis-Benn wrestles with the conflicting demands of family and autonomy for an undocumented woman in New York City.

An old-boy operation was transformed by women during World War II, and at last the unsung upstarts are getting their due.

How the “food revolution” turned us into snackers, guaranteeing the demise of healthy home cooking

Susan Choi’s taut, drama-school narrative asks: Where does art end and reality begin?

Two ambitious new novels build techno-futures in which surveillance offers disturbing new threats.

A new anthology of sportswriting celebrates the poetry written in the press box.

Siri Hustvedt’s new novel explores fiction’s role in feminist consciousness-raising.

A daughter explores the dark secrets of a family legacy.

The author’s follow-up to her Fifty Shades series is hopelessly retrograde and dismally unentertaining.