Books
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Starring Louise Erdrich as Herself
METAVERSE When you’re reading a novel, you’ll find its author’s fingerprints on every page. But how often do you encounter…
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Ann Patchett on ‘These Precious Days’
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | How to Listen The novelist Ann Patchett’s latest book, “These Precious Days,”…
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8 New Books Coming in December
‘The Ballerinas,’ by Rachel Kapelke-Dale (St. Martin’s, Dec. 7) In this debut thriller, three dancers try to conceal their secrets…
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‘In the Eye of the Wild,’ a Haunting Memoir About Life After a Bear Attack
“Attack” didn’t seem like the right word, and neither did “mauling.” In Nastassja Martin’s new book, “In the Eye of…
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My Book Was Censored in China. Now It’s Blacklisted — in Texas.
Andrew Solomon, a professor of clinical psychology at Columbia and a lecturer in psychiatry at Yale, is the author of…
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New Political Thrillers Head to the Brink of Disaster (and Dive In)
NEVERBy Ken Follett802 pp. Viking. $36. Follett’s latest novel abounds with characters who work in espionage — from Abdul John…
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In ‘White on White,’ the Traditional Landlord-Tenant Pact Is Ruptured
“White on White” is a painting by the avant-garde Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, who died in 1935, and it is…
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‘Tinderbox,’ an Oral History of HBO From Modest Beginnings to TV Revolution
There’s enough animosity, jealousy, score-settling and killing gossip in “Tinderbox,” James Andrew Miller’s mountainous new oral history of HBO ...
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‘The Private Life of William Shakespeare’
THE PRIVATE LIFE OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEAREBy Lena Cowen Orlin Much of the evidence documenting Shakespeare’s life wasn’t discovered until the…
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New York’s Midcentury Art Scene Springs to Life in ‘The Loft Generation’
Many prophesied the demise of New York City during the Great and Temporary Exodus of 2020. But none had quite…