From cholera to AIDS, epidemics have given rise to landmarks around the world, be they sculptures, churches or feats of engineering. In this dire moment,…
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Rage Sets a Couple on a Collision Course. Who Will Absorb the Impact?
In her new novel, “The Smash-Up,” Ali Benjamin takes readers on an exhilarating ride through a crisis propelled by real-life events.In her new novel, “The…
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“Tangled Up in Blue,” by Rosa Brooks, and “We Own This City,” by Justin Fenton, take readers inside two police forces (in Washington and Baltimore)…
View More The Merit, Thrills, Boredom and Fear of Police WorkThey Were Black. Their Parents Were White. Growing Up Was Complicated.
“Raceless,” by Georgina Lawton, and “Surviving The White Gaze,” by Rebecca Carroll, follow two Black women who discover their racial identity after a childhood separated…
View More They Were Black. Their Parents Were White. Growing Up Was Complicated.The Life of a Soldier
New books look at what it was like to be in the Roman military 2,000 years ago and in the American military today.New books look…
View More The Life of a SoldierTrue Crime Gets Its Close-Up
In “Two Truths and a Lie,” “Confident Women” and “The Officer’s Daughter,” readers feel the aftershocks of felonies and malfeasances.In “Two Truths and a Lie,”…
View More True Crime Gets Its Close-UpA Drug-Fueled New York City Bacchanal and the Lives It Changed
The protagonist of Jack Livings’s novel, “The Blizzard Party,” recalls the late-1970s blowout bash in an Upper West Side penthouse that marked her and her…
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“The Bone Fire,” by Gyorgy Dragoman, follows a 13-year-old girl as she navigates political upheaval and an uncanny world.“The Bone Fire,” by Gyorgy Dragoman, follows…
View More Growing Up With a Revolution, and a Mystic GrandmotherLate Night Blasts Ted Cruz’s Post-Cancún Photo Op
“On Saturday, he posted photos of himself handing out bottled water with the hashtag ‘Texas strong.’ Sure, dude, we totally believe you,” Seth Meyers joked…
View More Late Night Blasts Ted Cruz’s Post-Cancún Photo OpReshma Valliappan on creating the canvas of stories surrounding people’s emotions
It is called the Shared Consciousness Project and she hopes to make this the world’s largest art pieceIt is called the Shared Consciousness Project and…
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