Lisa Napoli’s “Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie” follows four reporters who helped make the scrappy nonprofit into an American institution.Lisa Napoli’s “Susan, Linda, Nina &…
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Katherine Heiny Shows Readers How to Pay Attention to the Little Things
“Early Morning Riser” is a small-town story with meaningful ramifications.“Early Morning Riser” is a small-town story with meaningful ramifications.Read MoreBooks and Literature, Early Morning Riser:…
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In “When the Stars Go Dark,” the author of “The Paris Wife” tries her hand at a new genre.In “When the Stars Go Dark,” the…
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The protagonist of the author’s latest work, “Antiquities,” recounts his obsession with Egyptian artifacts and his boyhood friendship with an unusual classmate.The protagonist of the…
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Caleb Azumah Nelson’s debut, “Open Water,” sets a romance between 20-somethings against the backdrop of racial oppression in southeast London.Caleb Azumah Nelson’s debut, “Open Water,”…
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Written in the wake of Kristallnacht, “The Passenger,” a novel by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz, follows a Jewish man in an increasingly hostile world.Written in the…
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“Under the Wave at Waimea” follows a former surfer through a reflective and ultimately transformative period.“Under the Wave at Waimea” follows a former surfer through…
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“Empire of Pain,” by the New Yorker staff writer, is a deeply reported chronicle of the Sackler family and the highly addictive painkiller it marketed…
View More Book Review: ‘Empire of Pain,’ by Patrick Radden KeefeLate Night Gets Serious About Police Brutality
Trevor Noah and Stephen Colbert criticized officers’ use of force against Black men, citing two cases in which traffic stops turned violent.Trevor Noah and Stephen…
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Historians hoping to preserve the ancient Octagon Earthworks in Newark, Ohio, as a UNESCO World Heritage site face a problem: the golf club that leases…
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