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Susanna Hoffs Has a Dollar Bill Signed by William S. Burroughs
What books are on your night stand? “Dickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius,” by Nick Hornby. “Lincoln in…
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Opinion
For Easter, the Strangest Story Ever Told
In the not-so-distant past where 90 or 95 percent of Americans identified as Christian, it was hard for almost anyone…
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Opinion
Red State, Blue State. Tight State, Loose State.
Political biases are omnipresent, but what we don’t fully understand yet is how they come about in the first place.…
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The Lonely Librarian, the Color of Melancholy, and Tangerines
An editor recommends old and new books.
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Mona Simpson’s Fiancé Promised to Read ‘Middlemarch.’ He Never Did. Now He’s Her Ex.
What books are on your night stand? On my night stand? They’re crowded out by 15 pairs of reading glasses!…
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Ari Shapiro Reads Cookbooks for Comfort and Pleasure
What books are on your night stand? The vast majority of my reading is for author interviews on “All Things…
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Books for Valentine’s Day
An editor recommends old and new books.
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Jojo Moyes’s Grandmother Knew a Bookworm When She Saw One
What books are on your night stand? “Shrines of Gaiety,” by Kate Atkinson, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s “We Should All Be…
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What Is Literary Criticism For?
John Guillory’s “Cultural Capital,” published amid the 1990s canon wars, became a classic. In a follow-up, “Professing Criticism,” he takes…
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Opinion
A Century On, the Search for the Real Franz Kafka Continues
The first time Franz Kafka’s voice entered my head, I was 15. Two new friends I’d made through our shared…