Books
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Audiobook of the Week: ‘The Fraud,’ by Zadie Smith
The author reads her latest novel about literary prestige, empire and a case of false identity that captivated 19th-century England.
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She Didn’t Even Have an Agent. Her Debut is a National Book Award Finalist.
“Temple Folk,” Aaliyah Bilal’s collection of stories featuring Black American Muslims, was inspired by her family’s experiences with the Nation…
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New Novels Brimming With Mystery, Mayhem and Quite a Bit of Murder
Glory Broussard, the star of Danielle Arceneaux’s fabulous debut mystery, GLORY BE (Pegasus Crime, 257 pp., $26.95), differs from most…
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For Tiya Miles, Girlhood Reading Was ‘My Escape and Joy’
What books are on your night stand? “The Ministry for the Future,” by Kim Stanley Robinson; “Mendings,” by Megan Sweeney;…
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Justin Torres Finds Inspiration in the Erasures of Queer History
Any sense of anonymity that Justin Torres had enjoyed as an author was on the verge of vanishing. Shortly before…
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The First Magazine for Black Children Is Revisited, Its Message Still Resonant
An anthology that combines new work with selections from The Brownies’ Book, a children’s magazine launched by W.E.B. Du Bois,…
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The Muchness of Madonna
Mary Gabriel’s biography is as thorough as its subject is disciplined. But in relentlessly defending the superstar, where’s the party?
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The Cosmic, Outrageous, Ecstatic Truths of Werner Herzog
The filmmaker’s new memoir, “Every Man for Himself and God Against All,” prompts a critic’s incredulity.
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It’s a Woman’s World. We’re All Just Living in It.
Cat Bohannon’s “Eve” is an opinionated clapback against centuries of male-centric evolutionary history.
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Jhumpa Lahiri Translates the Varieties of Strangeness
In “Roman Stories,” written in Italian, nine protagonists have little in common except their foreignness.