Books
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Life in an E.R. During Covid
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | How to Listen Thomas Fisher’s new book, “The Emergency,” details his life…
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A Personal Tour of Modern Irish History
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | How to Listen Fintan O’Toole was born in Dublin in 1958, the…
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The Democrats’ Historic Successes and Contemporary Failures
WHAT IT TOOK TO WINA History of the Democratic PartyBy Michael KazinLEFT BEHINDThe Democrats’ Failed Attempt to Solve InequalityBy Lily…
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How People First Arrived in the Americas
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | How to Listen Scholars have long believed that the first Americans arrived…
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Two New Memoirs About Affliction
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | How to Listen In 2017, Frank Bruni suffered a stroke while sleeping…
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Sixteen Years After ‘The Road,’ Cormac McCarthy Is Publishing Two New Novels
During a rare appearance in Santa Fe, N.M., in 2015, Cormac McCarthy offered a tantalizing glimpse of his work in…
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‘Booth’ Pushes an Assassin Off Center Stage
BOOTHBy Karen Joy Fowler470 pages. G.P. Putnam’s Sons. $28. “Why did you do it, Johnny? Nobody agrees.” That’s a line…
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Again and Again, Literature Provides an Outlet for the Upended Lives of Refugees
Pursued by the armies of Vladimir Putin, a shark for all seasons, refugees are pouring through Europe at a rate…
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14 New Books Coming in March
‘Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation,’ by Maud Newton (Random House, March 29) Growing up, Newton was immersed in…
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The Invention of the Index
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | How to Listen You probably take the index for granted. It might…