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Set in the High Sierra before and during the California Gold Rush, Josh Weil's gorgeous new novel, "What Came West," offers a fresh twist on Manifest Destiny. Out today from @doubledaybooks.bsky.social. Here's my review for @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/b...
I had big fun with Ann Patchett's new novel, "Whistler," out next week from @harperbooks.bsky.social. Here's my review for Chapter 16: chapter16.org/chance-encou...
Hamilton Cain
Hamilton Cain
Bibliophiles, start your engines! Here's @bostonglobe.com's stellar summer reading guide, with offerings from literary fiction to topical nonfiction to beach reads. Many thanks to @katekilla.bsky.social for the opportunity to contribute. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/27/a...
Hamilton Cain
Hamilton Cain
I loved @hamiltoncain.bsky.social's review of Ali Smith's new novel, GLYPH, in which he raves about her skill in channeling "molten rage." In print this Sunday in the @bostonglobe.com. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/13/a...
Looking for the books of the summer? We've got 'em! Thank you to @hamiltoncain.bsky.social, @daneetsteffens.bsky.social,
@cvbell.bsky.social, Chris Vognar & Marion Winik for your stellar contributions. In print on Sunday in the @bostonglobe.com!
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/27/a...
Today's print edition of @bostonglobe.com --gorgeous illustration!
Ali Smith's "Glyph" is another banger and her finest novel since the Seasonal Quartet. Out next week from @pantheonbooks.bsky.social. Here's my review for @bostonglobe.com, with thanks to @katekilla.bsky.social for the opportunity: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/13/a...
Our basket of brilliant reviews this week includes, Katy Waldman on Maggie O’Farrell’s Land, Hamilton Cain on Josh Weil’s What Came West, Adam Gopnik on Thomas W. Laqueur’s The Do…
While museums are among New York’s crown jewels, I revere one above all others: the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which seemingly goes on forever, entire wings…
