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Pamela Paul

NYT Columnist, Author, Speaker

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    • It Simply Can’t Be Bedtime
    • 100 Things We’ve Lost to the Internet
    • Rectangle Time
    • How to Raise a Reader
    • My Life With Bob
    • By the Book
    • Parenting, Inc.
    • Pornified
    • The Starter Marriage
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Pamela Paul is a columnist for The New York Times. She was previously the editor of The New York Times Book Review and oversaw all books coverage at The New York Times. She is the former host of the weekly Book Review podcast for The Times. She is the author and editor of eight books: Rectangle Time (out now), How to Raise a Reader (co-author), My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues, The Starter Marriage and the Future of Matrimony, Pornified, Parenting, Inc., and By the Book: Writers on Literature and the Literary Life. Her most recent book is 100 Things We’ve Lost to the Internet.

Latest Articles
  • My Farewell Column
    Published on 2025-04-03 The New York Times | Pamela Paul
  • How to Remain a Reality-Based Human in 2025
    Published on 2025-01-30 The New York Times | Pamela Paul
  • It’s All Good and You’re Perfect
    Published on 2025-01-23 The New York Times | Pamela Paul
  • The Decline in Geriatric Care Hurts Us All
    Published on 2025-01-16 The New York Times | Pamela Paul
  • Historians Condemn Israel’s ‘Scholasticide.’ The Question Is Why.
    Published on 2025-01-09 The New York Times | Pamela Paul
  • 10 Life Lessons for Grown-ups From Children’s Classics
    Published on 2024-12-19 The New York Times | Pamela Paul
  • A Message for Girls About Womanhood
    Published on 2024-12-12 The New York Times | Pamela Paul
  • How a Book From 1981 Anticipated This Political Moment
    Published on 2024-12-06 The New York Times | Carlos Lozada, Pamela Paul and Vishakha Darbha
  • Donate This Holiday Season: Ex-Convicts Need Your Help
    Published on 2024-12-05 The New York Times | Pamela Paul
  • Grandma Foods
    Published on 2024-11-28 The New York Times | Pamela Paul
  • On Transgender Issues, Voters Want Common Sense
    Published on 2024-11-14 The New York Times | Pamela Paul
  • Kamala Harris Took Women for Granted
    Published on 2024-11-07 The New York Times | Pamela Paul
  • There’s No Escape at the Movies
    Published on 2024-10-31 The New York Times | Pamela Paul
  • Israel and Its Foes Share One Thing in Common
    Published on 2024-10-24 The New York Times | Pamela Paul
  • Two Opinion Columnists on Melania Trump’s Memoir
    Published on 2024-10-15 The New York Times | Carlos Lozada, Pamela Paul and Derek Arthur
Latest Book

It Simply Can’t Be Bedtime

On Sale May 20, 2025

Bedtime routines get a jolt of silliness and creativity when a dad and daughter face off in this timeless scenario.

When dad says it’s bedtime and his daughter strongly disagrees, her stuffy hilariously comes to her defense.

Lady Pigsworth is quick to point out the many ongoing projects that just can’t be abandoned, the danger of sleeping in a butterfly costume, the alarming spinach stuck in the girl’s teeth, and more. Each over-the-top declaration of why it can’t possibly be bedtime yet leads the group through common bedtime routines in animated and heartwarming scenes—until Lady Pigsworth’s demands reach questionable heights, even to the little girl, so she takes matters into her own hands to get both of them into bed.

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