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Ellen Gilchrist, Writer With an Eye on the South’s Foibles, Dies at 88
In her novels and story collections, she took a sharp, lightly ironic look at the class from which she came,…
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Arts
‘Gutenberg!’: A Guide to the Inventor Behind the Broadway Musical
“Gutenberg! The Musical!,” a comic meta-musical about two talentless dolts pitching a show about the father of the printing press,…
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Voices of Peaceful Protest
It’s been 40 years since Martin Luther King’s Birthday became a national holiday, and the question of how to celebrate…
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News
Edward Jay Epstein, Author and Stubborn Skeptic, Dies at 88
He questioned the findings of the Warren Commission, called Edward Snowden a prized Russian asset and exposed the diamond industry’s…
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Books
Common Credits Ralph Ellison for Pointing Him Toward Music
What books are on your night stand? The Bible, “The Selected Works of Audre Lorde,” edited and with an introduction…
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Books
Six Degrees of Self-Help, Nora Ephron and ‘Mommie Dearest’
Fifty years ago this week, “How to Be Your Own Best Friend” nipped at the heels of “The Joy of…
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Books
For This Reporter, the War in Ukraine Is Also Personal
Yaroslav Trofimov grew up in Kyiv. “Our Enemies Will Vanish” records his experience as a journalist for The Wall Street…
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News
Joseph Lelyveld, Former Top Editor of The New York Times, Dies at 86
As executive editor from 1994 to 2001, he oversaw a period of growth, expanding national and international readerships, creating new…
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Books
Jill McCorkle Is Getting Over Her ‘Henry James Phobia’
What books are on your night stand? “The Life and Times of Hannah Crafts: The True Story of the Bondwoman’s…
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Books
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.