Books
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Preaching Freedom, Ron DeSantis Leads By Cracking Down
In his new book, “The Courage to Be Free,” the Florida governor and potential Republican presidential candidate offers a template…
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An Extraordinary Memoir of a Black American Boyhood
Joseph Earl Thomas’s remarkable debut, “Sink,” recounts the coming-of-age of a young man for whom poverty, violence, drug abuse and…
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The Marquis de Sade’s Filthy, Pricey 40-Foot Scroll of Depravity
A new book by Joel Warner traces the fate of the parchment on which the infamous author wrote “120 Days…
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An Unlikely College Bromance That Has Lasted a Lifetime
In his new memoir, Will Schwalbe — theater nerd and bookworm — describes the bond he continues to share with…
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A Podcaster Goes Back to School, Ready to Listen
In “I Have Some Questions for You,” Rebecca Makkai dispatches her protagonist to a remote campus to teach — and…
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QAnon and the Fear and Loathing of an American Conspiracy Theory
“Trust the Plan,” by Will Sommer, tracks the emergence of a bizarre movement from the wastewaters of the internet.
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6 Y.A. Novels That Showcase the Power of Teenage Friendship
Phil Stamper, the author of “The Gravity of Us,” “Small Town Pride” and the Golden Boys series, recommends a few…
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He Needed a Big Megaphone, So He Wrote a Best Seller
Siddharth Kara witnessed “utterly subhuman degradation” in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Then he wrote about it.
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Even a Mother Can’t Body-Block Mental Illness
ZIG-ZAG BOY: A Memoir of Madness and Motherhood, by Tanya Frank When Tanya Frank’s otherwise healthy 19-year-old son, Zach, experienced…
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‘Libraries, You Are My Heroes’: Readers Share Memories of a Favorite Haven
A photo essay celebrating the versatility of public libraries prompted an outpouring of enthusiasm from card-carrying book lovers.