Books
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Move Over, Pablo Neruda. Young Chileans Have a New Favorite Poet.
Gabriela Mistral, the first Latin American to win a Nobel Prize for literature, was long considered staid. A new generation…
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In These Stories, Everyone Wants to Be Somewhere Else
The characters in “The Faraway World” seek connection in a disconnected world. Patricia Engel provides it in her own clever…
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New York City and Its Discontents, in 3 New Books
Some of the most memorable fiction about sports centers on elite athletes with a penchant for the philosophical. They’re the…
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Demon Dolls, Lonely Dolls and Sex Dolls
An editor recommends old and new books.
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Pamela Anderson Tells All, Again
LOVE, PAMELA, by Pamela Anderson By now the story of Pamela Anderson, “Baywatch” babe turned rock wife and erstwhile celebrity…
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Globalization’s Discontents Were Baked In From the Beginning
In “Against the World,” the historian Tara Zahra examines the promise of liberal internationalism in its early days — and…
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A Prophet of Boom With Charts for Every Occasion
With “The Aftermath,” Philip Bump marshals a sea of statistics to debunk myths about that big, self-involved and endlessly discussed…
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Patricia Engel’s Enduring Friendships Always Include Books
What books are on your night stand? “The Easy Life,” by Marguerite Duras, “Small Things Like These,” by Claire Keegan,…
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R.F. Kuang Is Curious About Something …
The author of “Babel” likes to raise questions that bother her — ones she hopes will bother her readers too.
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Salman Rushdie Has a New Book, and a Message: ‘Words Are the Only Victors’
Nearly six months after he was brutally attacked, Rushdie is recovering and releasing a new novel, with the literary world…