Books
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In ‘Reckoning,’ Eve Ensler Unveils a New Name but Familiar Targets
Writing now as V, the creator of “The Vagina Monologues” tackles racism, colonialism and sexual violence in a raw and…
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The Yale Library That’s a Temple to Learning … and a Portal to Hell
In “Hell Bent,” Leigh Bardugo continues the fantastical journey she began in “Ninth House.”
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A Quarter-Life Crisis Handled With Grace and Guts
MAAME, by Jessica George You can get a sense of Maddie Wright’s life from her Google searches, which pop up…
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Move Over, Pablo Neruda. Young Chileans Have a New Favorite Poet.
Gabriela Mistral, the first Latin American to win a Nobel Prize for literature, was long considered staid. A new generation…
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In These Stories, Everyone Wants to Be Somewhere Else
The characters in “The Faraway World” seek connection in a disconnected world. Patricia Engel provides it in her own clever…
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New York City and Its Discontents, in 3 New Books
Some of the most memorable fiction about sports centers on elite athletes with a penchant for the philosophical. They’re the…
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Demon Dolls, Lonely Dolls and Sex Dolls
An editor recommends old and new books.
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Pamela Anderson Tells All, Again
LOVE, PAMELA, by Pamela Anderson By now the story of Pamela Anderson, “Baywatch” babe turned rock wife and erstwhile celebrity…
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Globalization’s Discontents Were Baked In From the Beginning
In “Against the World,” the historian Tara Zahra examines the promise of liberal internationalism in its early days — and…
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A Prophet of Boom With Charts for Every Occasion
With “The Aftermath,” Philip Bump marshals a sea of statistics to debunk myths about that big, self-involved and endlessly discussed…