Wolf Hall, you may have heard, is now a TV show, which you can watch on PBS (in the US) and BBC Two (in the UK). Is it good? According to Sonia Saraiya, the adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s novel is eminently worth watching, “a rare adaptation from book to screen that makes the most of what the visual medium can provide.” You could also read our interview with Mantel.
Mr. Cromwell
Tuesday New Release Day: Knausgaard; Lynch; Means; MacManus; Sittenfeld
Out this week: My Struggle: Book Five by Karl Ove Knausgaard; Before the Wind by Jim Lynch; Hystopia by David Means; Midnight in Berlin by James MacManus; and Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld. For more on these and other new titles, go read our Great 2016 Book Preview.
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All the Pretty Horses
There's a quiet war being waged against Wyoming's wild horse population, reports The Altantic's Andrew Cohen.
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Nothing Is Not Like Nothing
Robert Krulwich takes on two very different types of "nothing." As he illustrates through the invocation of Willem de Kooning, Robert Rauschenberg, and outer space, "nothing" is a lot more complicated than you might initially believe.
Interview with Lisa See
Recommended listening: The Los Angeles Review of Books interviews author Lisa See.
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Civil War & Historical Stupidity
Ta-Nehisi Coates wants to make America less stupid about the Civil War. He recommends five books we should all read to gain a better understanding of American history during this war and assures us that "I’ve tried to think very hard about readability, and to offer books you might actually complete." So no excuses, start here