Books
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The Fine Art of the Paperback Makeover
Redesign? Relaunch? Regret? Take a look at the ways publishers aimed to seduce new audiences by changing up the covers…
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Helping a Child Navigate Grief? Open a Picture Book.
“But where did he go?” “Can she see us?” “Why didn’t Pop bring his glasses?” Kids have questions about death,…
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Animal Magnetism — and Optimism
Four new books look to fauna to get us through tough times.
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Are These Topics Too Adult for the Youngest Readers? Take a Look.
These children’s picture books have been banned. To some, the topics — racism, sexuality, transgender identity and gay relationships —…
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The Year in Graphic Novels
Good graphic novels tend to appear in bookstores seemingly out of nowhere after years of rumors, scattershot serialization, “process” zines…
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By Heart: 4 Picture Books About Memory’s Joys and Sorrows
Sydney Smith, Allen Say and Linda Shute explore the many facets of our recollections.
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Chloë Sevigny Reads a Steamy Audiobook Romance
ALICE SADIE CELINE, by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright. Read by Chloë Sevigny. The absence of commas in the title of Sarah Blakley-Cartwright’s…
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Kathy Hourigan Is Retiring, but Not From Robert Caro
What books are on your night stand? Still there, because I just finished it, is “Martyr!” by Kaveh Akbar, a…
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Omid Scobie’s ‘Endgame’ Heralds the Start of a New Era
Having written about an inflection point for the British monarchy, the royals chronicler is at a crossroads in his own…
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The Essential Henry James
Forget everything you’ve ever heard about less being more, about economy of syntax, about the read-between-the-lines profundity of wide-margined, double-spaced…