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Books
For Kate Christensen, Bad Prose Can Never Yield a Great Book
What books are on your night stand? I’m living temporarily in a rented house in Iowa City, teaching at the…
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Arts
Best Art Books of 2023
The art critics of The Times select their favorites, from Botticelli to Vermeer, Lucy Lippard’s memoir, and Wade Guyton’s intelligent…
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Food
The Best Cookbooks of 2023
A rigorously researched guide on Chinese cooking, a choose-your-own adventure for pasta lovers and more, as tested by New York…
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News
Shlomo Avineri, Israeli Scholar Skeptical About Peace, Dies at 90
A former liberal government official, he saw little chance of full reconciliation with Palestinians in “the foreseeable future” but nevertheless…
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News
The Book World Still Isn’t Diverse. Dhonielle Clayton Is Trying to Change That.
Her solution? A packaging business that sells ideas for commercial genre fiction featuring characters from broadly diverse backgrounds.
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Books
For Women ‘Art Monsters,’ Both Beauty and Excess Are Key
The new book by Lauren Elkin examines artists who’ve defied conventions and expectations, including Carolee Schneemann, Eva Hesse and Kara…
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Food
For Her Next Round, Toni Tipton-Martin Orders Up a Book of Cocktails
The author of “The Jemima Code” has distilled 200 years of African American drinking know-how into her new “Juke Joints,…
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Books
The Good Old Days of Book Publishing, Martinis and All
“Among Friends” is a history of an industry transformed by consolidation and shifting tastes.
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Arts
Emma Corrin Has a Mystery to Solve
The actor has worked steadily since breaking out as a young Princess Diana in “The Crown.” Corrin’s latest role is…
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Books
Languages of Love: 3 Children’s Books About Sight, Sound and the Written Word
What children who face eyesight, hearing and literacy challenges can decipher may be limited, but what they appreciate and celebrate…