Alexandra has been reviewing books since her first job in journalism, opening boxes of them for Tina Jordan at Entertainment Weekly, and has never stopped, through stints as a features editor and fashion critic. Alexandra comes from the Styles desk, where she has been the deputy editor since 2018.

Molly will be writing book reviews, a newsletter, profiles and essays about language and literature, and contributing to “The Book Review Podcast.”Īlexandra Jacobs is a familiar name to Times readers and to readers of the Book Review, for which she has freelanced for more than a decade. She is the co-author, with Joana Avillez, of “D C-T” (Penguin, 2018) and - a special bonus - has written two crossword puzzles for The Times.

Since 2015, she has also been a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine, where she has written about subjects ranging from Jonah Hill to escape rooms (yes!) to pandemic yoga to celebrity wellness. Molly Young comes to us from New York magazine, where she has been the literary critic for the past two years and all-around literary superstar - in addition to her stylish reviews, she has written essays (like this gem on garbage language, truly a public service) and profiles, like this excellent one of Katie Kitamura. First, please join us in welcoming not one but two new book critics who will join Dwight Garner and Jennifer Szalai as staff Times critics.

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