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Tom Hanks Reviews a Tale Told by a Typewriter
A boy’s mother is missing. Her Olivetti was the last one to see her before she disappeared.
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She Started With a 39-Cent Camera. She Ended Up in Magazines.
A posthumous release from the famed photographer Ruth Orkin casts a female gaze on subjects both ordinary and iconic.
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Lorrie Moore Is Among National Book Critics Circle Award Winners
The awards included a lifetime achievement honor given to Judy Blume.
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An Exquisite Biography of a Gilded Age Legend
In Natalie Dykstra’s hands, the life of Isabella Stewart Gardner is a tribute to the power of art.
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Love the Sinner. Or Maybe Just Kill Him.
Our crime columnist reviews new novels by Andrey Kurkov, Kristen Perrin and others.
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How Not to Think Like a Fascist
In his latest book, the prolific British psychoanalyst Adam Phillips promotes curiosity, improvisation and conflict as antidotes to the deadening…
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Henry Louis Gates Jr. Unpacks Black Literature’s ‘Black Box’
In his latest book, the Harvard scholar shows how African American writers have used the written word to shape their…
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In These Graphic Novels, Something Is Horribly Amiss
Circus tigers, giant spiders, shifting borders and motherhood all threaten to end life as we know it in comics this…
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This Jazz Legend Is His Own Work in Progress
The private musings of Sonny Rollins reveal an artist devoted to the rigors of self-improvement.
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Gin, Lipstick and Cigarettes: Inside a Glamorous Midcentury Divorce Ranch
“The Divorcées” whisks readers to a ranch in Reno, where unhappy wives once stayed to establish Nevada residency so they…
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