In his debut essay collection, “Lost in Summerland,” Barrett Swanson investigates a sense of malaise that has descended upon America.In his debut essay collection, “Lost…
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A Young Murderer Grows Up, and Has a Child of Her Own
In her debut novel, “The First Day of Spring,” Nancy Tucker takes readers to some very ugly places. In a good way.In her debut novel,…
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“America on Fire,” by the Yale University scholar Elizabeth Hinton, connects the unrest of the civil rights era to shifts in social policy authorizing aggressive…
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In their new book, Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony and Cass R. Sunstein address the necessity of “noise reduction,” eliminating the randomness that enters decision making…
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In “Proof of Life,” Daniel Levin recounts his harrowing quest — across several cities and countries — to uncover the fate of a young man…
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Sam Riviere’s novel, “Dead Souls,” considers fraudulence as a culture’s dominant mode of making art.Sam Riviere’s novel, “Dead Souls,” considers fraudulence as a culture’s dominant…
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In “Twilight Man,” Liz Brown uncovers the elaborate tale of a secretly gay great-granduncle’s romance with another man.In “Twilight Man,” Liz Brown uncovers the elaborate…
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In her new memoir, “Nothing Personal,” the veteran journalist reports on her own search for connection.In her new memoir, “Nothing Personal,” the veteran journalist reports…
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Cutting-edge technology is often used in comics by the able assistants who fall under the trope “the guy in the chair.” But they are not…
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Researchers using enhanced, rare footage of a transport to a Nazi death camp have been able to identify some passengers, including children who survived.Researchers using…
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