Books
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Norman Mailer Book to Be Released by Skyhorse
Last year, in the wake of growing partisan division in America and the Jan. 6 riots, friends and strangers kept…
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‘Lost & Found’ Ponders Profound Grief Alongside Newfound Love
Since getting a booster shot from Joan Didion’s “The Year of Magical Thinking,” the grief memoir has become such a…
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Craving Books, Sex and Revolution
BIBLIOLEPSYBy Gina Apostol Early in Gina Apostol’s “Bibliolepsy,” the assured young narrator states that some people might be disappointed to…
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Are Children the Future? In This Novel, the Answer Is Complicated.
ANTHEMBy Noah Hawley How do we bring children up in today’s increasingly dangerous and divided world? Will they rise? Or…
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‘How Civil Wars Start,’ a Warning About the State of the Union
In the year since the rampage at the Capitol, chatter about a 21st-century American civil war has seeped from the…
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Noah Hawley Keeps Changing Lanes
AUSTIN, Texas — Noah Hawley tries never to approach a story the same way twice. When FX asked if he’d…
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Dread, Lust and Russians
“Lesender Knabe,” by Frans HalsIn the previous issue of this newsletter, I asked readers about their preferred lighting setup for…
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Is the Human Impulse to Tell Stories Dangerous?
THE STORY PARADOXHow Our Love of Storytelling Builds Societies and Tears Them DownBy Jonathan Gottschall It is a “considerable bother,”…
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16 New Books Coming in January
‘All Day Is a Long Time,’ by David Sanchez (Mariner, Jan. 18) This coming-of-age debut follows David, a teenager on…
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‘Brown Girls,’ a Daring Debut That Follows Its Characters Through Life and Beyond
“A novel virus.” “Wait, like a book?” That snippet of dialogue arrives near the end of “Brown Girls,” Daphne Palasi…