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David Mamet Names the Books That Explain the Real Hollywood
What’s the last great book you read? “A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States,” by Frederick Law Olmsted. Also note:…
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Kathy Hourigan Is Retiring, but Not From Robert Caro
What books are on your night stand? Still there, because I just finished it, is “Martyr!” by Kaveh Akbar, a…
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The Essential Henry James
Forget everything you’ve ever heard about less being more, about economy of syntax, about the read-between-the-lines profundity of wide-margined, double-spaced…
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Poem: Abomunist Manifesto
Bob Kaufman’s “Abomunist Manifesto” (1959) is a joke about political proclamations, and it is one of the funniest poems you’ll…
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How Mike Greenberg Spends His Sundays
The ESPN host tries to avoid sports talk until it’s time to watch football. That leaves time for brunch, books…
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What I’m reading: Historical memory edition
Finding escapism and insight in two novels and Masha Gessen’s new essay.
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More Theories on Rising Pedestrian Deaths at Night
Readers share concerns like headlight glare, streetlight design and the aging of American motorists.
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For Kate Christensen, Bad Prose Can Never Yield a Great Book
What books are on your night stand? I’m living temporarily in a rented house in Iowa City, teaching at the…
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Metropolitan Diary Fans, It’s Time to Vote for Your Favorite
Five of the best Diary items of the year are contending for readers’ top choice.
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A Masterpiece That Inspired Gabriel García Márquez to Write His Own
Readers of Latin American literature may have heard one of the many versions of this story: It is 1961 and…