Books
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Jennifer Haigh on ‘Mercy Street’
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | How to Listen Jennifer Haigh’s new novel, “Mercy Street” — which Richard…
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Zoology and Org Charts
“Lezende jongen,” by Frans HalsGreetings, booklings. A reader of the previous newsletter (hello, @RidgewoodJoe!) commented that copies of one of…
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A Spiritual, Dangerous Quest in the Himalayas
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | How to Listen Harley Rustad’s new book, “Lost in the Valley of…
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Book Ban Efforts Spread Across the U.S.
In Wyoming, a county prosecutor’s office considered charges against library employees for stocking books like “Sex Is a Funny Word”…
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Guns, Race, Abortion: Jennifer Haigh’s New Novel Humanizes Hot-Button Topics
Has Jennifer Haigh’s moment arrived? For years Haigh has been peering deep into the heart of lost America, sketching characters…
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Imani Perry Talks About ‘South to America’
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | How to Listen Imani Perry’s new book, “South to America,” joins a…
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12 New Books Coming in February
‘Black Cake,’ by Charmaine Wilkerson (Ballantine, Feb. 1) In this debut, an estranged brother and sister reunite after their mother’s…
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The Chinese Language Revolution
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | How to Listen Jing Tsu’s new book, “Kingdom of Characters,” is about…
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‘Civil Rights Queen,’ the Story of a Brave and Brilliant Trailblazer
How do you measure progress? The incrementalist counsels patience: Something is better than nothing, half a loaf is better than…
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‘Eating to Extinction’ Is a Celebration of Rare Foods and a Warning About the Future
Citrus is a sex-positive genus. All of our commercially grown citrus varieties derive from three ancestors — the mandarin, the…