Books
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These 5 Black Ballerinas Blazed Their Own Trail
THE SWANS OF HARLEM: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History, by Karen…
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The Fashion Influencers of the French Revolution
“Liberty Equality Fashion” explores radical shifts in fashion that embodied the ideas of the French Revolution and the women who…
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Putting Sexual Assault on Trial, in a Fraught One-Woman Case
The actress Jodie Comer recasts her Tony-winning turn in Suzie Miller’s hit play “Prima Facie” for a new novelization.
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The Essential Joan Didion
The Joan Didion many people know is constructed from a few artifacts the real writer left behind when she died…
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Helen Vendler Believed Poetry Matters
She devoted her life to showing us how and why.
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Letter by Letter, Steve Gleason Typed His Memoir With His Eyes
Describe your ideal reading experience (when, where, what, how). I have always loved to read, and I read nearly anywhere.…
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They Saw Dallas as a Literary Hub, Then Got to Work Making It One
When Will Evans arrived in Dallas just over a decade ago, he had a degree in Russian literature, a passion…
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She Loves Amalfi, Aperol and Killing Off Her Ex in Fiction
Eleanor Dash, the Aperol spritz-loving narrator of Catherine Mack’s fizzy series debut, EVERY TIME I GO ON VACATION, SOMEONE DIES…
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Searching for the Real ‘Anna O.’
As described by Gabriel Brownstein, the basis for one of Freud’s most famous cases posed as many questions as it…
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Jane Smiley’s Folk Music Novel Hits Some Bum Notes
“Lucky” features a 1970s singer-songwriter who finds improbable success.