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Francine Prose’s new memoir, “1974,” looks back at her brief but transformative relationship with a countercultural champion.
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Francine Prose’s new memoir, “1974,” looks back at her brief but transformative relationship with a countercultural champion.
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In “When Women Ran Fifth Avenue,” Julie Satow celebrates the savvy leaders who made Bonwit, Bendel’s and Lord & Taylor into retail meccas of their moment.
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Jacqueline Winspear is retiring Maisie Dobbs, and Susan Elia MacNeal bids farewell to Maggie Hope.
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The Brilliant Comic Who Shined Brightest Out of the Spotlight
A new biography of the performer, writer and director Elaine May has the intensity to match its subject.
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She Was More Than the Woman Who Made Julia Child Famous
In “The Editor,” Sara B. Franklin argues that Judith Jones was a “publishing legend,” transcending industry sexism to champion cookbooks — and Anne Frank.
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She Survived a Train Accident. Her Train Wreck of a Dad Is Next.
In Garth Risk Hallberg’s new novel, a teenage rebel and her father reconnect amid a sea of their own troubles.
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Domination Meets Inspiration in a Consuming Affair Between Artists
R.O. Kwon’s second novel, “Exhibit,” sees two Korean American women finding pleasure in a bond that knits creative expression and sadomasochism.
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In a new book, the historian Kim A. Wagner investigates the slaughter by U.S. troops of nearly 1,000 people in the Philippines in 1906 — an atrocity long overlooked in this country.
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Some science fiction authors have been using the concept of artificial intelligence in their books for decades. Try this short quiz to see how many works you remember.
By J. D. Biersdorfer
These comics and graphic novels have superheroes and supervillains, and drama at theater camp. There is also a nonfiction guide to coming out.
By George Gene Gustines
Maxim Loskutoff’s “Old King” is set in the remote forests of Montana, where one resident began a campaign to destroy modern life as we know it.
By Smith Henderson
Gabriel Smith’s shape-shifting debut, “Brat,” cycles through a multiverse of strange possibilities.
By Matt Bell
In “We Refuse,” Kellie Carter Jackson explores the many forms of activism that oppressed people have resorted to and offers a more nuanced picture of their lives.
By Linda Villarosa
In “Triumph of the Yuppies,” Tom McGrath revels in the stories of a generation that turned its back on protest and bought into consumer culture.
By Jacob Goldstein
In “Fire Exit,” a white man raised on a reservation wrestles with whether he should reveal to his daughter the complications of her heritage.
By Esi Edugyan
She was hailed for her books and admired for promoting women’s rights. But her support for a two-state solution to the Palestinian conflict angered many.
By Michael S. Rosenwald
In his post-verdict remarks, the former president sounded more like an aggrieved New York businessman than the political martyr his supporters believe him to be.
By A.O. Scott
Ditch the dye; live with style.
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