On the road, full of grievance and bitter wit: A (fictional) woman for our era

Book Review Bad Nature By Ariel CourageHenry Holt and Co.: 304 pages, $29If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.orgwhose fees support independent bookstores. The one-line synopsis for “Bad Nature” is about as juicy as it gets: A successful New York lawyer, having received a terminal breast-cancer … Read more

Team Canada’s Revenge, Served Ice-Cold

In mid-February, before the first meeting between Team Canada and Team U.S.A. in the 4 Nations Face-Off, an N.H.L. midseason exhibition tournament featuring the best players from the United States, Canada, Sweden, and Finland, in Montreal, Matthew and Brady Tkachuk, a pair of brothers on the U.S. team, and their teammate J. T. Miller texted … Read more