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Shock Jock Grows Up

It has been an open secret for some time that Howard Stern might be the best interviewer in America, humorous and agile. His new book, “Howard Stern Comes Again,” anthologizes the highlights of his radio career, from Paltrow to McCartney to Trump, complete with cross-references.

Jul 3, 2019
Montauk Dreaming

In a booze-soaked Montauk share house one summer, the housemates were grouped into three categories, “the girls, the finance guys, and the gays.” At 27, John Glynn didn't fit into any of them. “Out East” is his story of coming out and growing up.

Jun 27, 2019
Mommy’s Got a Glock

Chris Pavone’s follow-up thriller plays a fast-paced game, with more twists than you can get your head around, expressive writing about Paris, and a most modern woman, an ex-C.I.A. agent who wants a family life.

Jun 20, 2019
Summer Loving and Hating

Renting to the rich for the summer that old family house with the great views? In order to send your kid to college, or simply afford it here? Judy Blundell's first novel for adults explores the way we live now on the East End.

Jun 13, 2019
Anarchist’s Delight

In his new novel, “Assassin of Shadows,” Lawrence Goldstone offers an alternative theory to the events of the McKinley assassination.

Jun 6, 2019
South Fork Poetry: ‘A Tree by the River’

From "Millennial," a new collection by an East Hampton poet.

Jun 6, 2019
The Slum of Sports

Jeffrey Sussman has dug up an all-star roster of low-life scum for our reading pleasure, but at least they had some style.

May 30, 2019
To the Ballpark, Says Goldberger

“What better way to kick off the season than baseball and architecture?” asks Paul Goldberger, the architecture critic, who will do just that when he talks about his new book on Sunday at 5 p.m. at BookHampton.

May 23, 2019
Hold the Chianti

Thomas Harris, the undisputed king of memorable grotesquerie, returns with a murderous albino pornographer, sex trafficker, torturer, and organ harvester in his long-awaited new thriller.

May 23, 2019
South Fork Poetry: ‘Memorial Day’

From “Hamptons,” a new poetry collection by Lucas Hunt, who will read from it at the Amagansett Library on Sunday at 2 p.m.

May 23, 2019
Dream Weaver

An appraisal of Winsor McCay, an early master of animation and the most skilled and innovative newspaper cartoonist in the medium’s history, by the country’s pre-eminent scholar of animation.

May 16, 2019
The Shootist

The legendary Wild Bill Hickok, the fastest gunslinger in the West, also dressed well, bathed regularly, and wrote letters home to his mom.

May 9, 2019