Books
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Anita Hill Has Some Perspective to Offer
Anita Hill still speaks in the measured tones she did while being questioned before an all-white, all-male panel before the…
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The Ecstasy of Scientific Discovery, and Its Agonizing Price
WHEN WE CEASE TO UNDERSTAND THE WORLDBy Benjamín LabatutTranslated by Adrian Nathan West In December 1915, while serving on the…
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8 New Books We Recommend This Week
In publishing, the onset of autumn often means a change of mind-set, away from the frothy beach books of summer…
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When a President Wrote for the Book Review
Past presidents and soon-to-be presidents have long written for the Book Review — Herbert Hoover, Bill Clinton, John F. Kennedy.…
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Randall Kennedy on ‘Say It Loud!’
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | How to Listen The Harvard law professor Randall Kennedy’s new book, “Say…
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What About the Heroine’s Journey?
In Hollywood, not that long ago, it was something of an insider’s tip that to achieve success as a screenwriter,…