Books
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He Needed a Big Megaphone, So He Wrote a Best Seller
Siddharth Kara witnessed “utterly subhuman degradation” in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Then he wrote about it.
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Even a Mother Can’t Body-Block Mental Illness
ZIG-ZAG BOY: A Memoir of Madness and Motherhood, by Tanya Frank When Tanya Frank’s otherwise healthy 19-year-old son, Zach, experienced…
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‘Libraries, You Are My Heroes’: Readers Share Memories of a Favorite Haven
A photo essay celebrating the versatility of public libraries prompted an outpouring of enthusiasm from card-carrying book lovers.
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Public Libraries, and Profiling Paul Harding
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | How to Listen At a time when public libraries and librarians are…
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Her Father Was a Drama Critic, Her Mother a Superstar Agent
In her memoir “The Critic’s Daughter,” Priscilla Gilman recounts her life with intensely intellectual — and very different — parents.
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Books for Valentine’s Day
An editor recommends old and new books.
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When the Novel Swiped Right
A friend of a friend was heading back to New York on the train. He pulled out his phone and…
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Striking HarperCollins Workers Reach Tentative Agreement With Publisher
After a three-month strike, the two parties reached a tentative deal that includes wage increases and a one-time bonus.
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Big Shots Behaving Badly
UNSCRIPTED: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy, by James B. Stewart and Rachel Abrams…
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A Gorgeous, Dazzling Novel and a Mouthpiece for Human Darkness
OUR SHARE OF NIGHT, by Mariana Enriquez. Translated by Megan McDowell. In the 1970s, the artist Salvador Dalí was commissioned…