John McPhee writes on golf and lacrosse, food and fact-checkers, and, this time, himself.

Recently reviewed books of particular interest.

Jill Abramson, The Times’s managing editor for news, specialized in “the intersection of money and politics” during her reporting career.

This first novel gives voice to a “Me Generation” poet of mixed heritage and tortured outlook.

Ira Berlin reconceptualizes African-American history as the story of a people uprooted and searching for home.

In this frequently hilarious memoir, the acclaimed cartoonist Jules Feiffer offers a vision of New York City during the cultural and political foment of the ... more