Book Review: ‘The Late Americans,’ by Brandon Taylor
Brandon Taylor’s novel circulates among Iowa City residents, some privileged, some not, but all aware that their possibilities are contracting.
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2024-10-03 14:56:20
Martin Amis’s Best Books: A Guide
The acclaimed British novelist was also an essayist, memoirist and critic of the first rank.
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2024-10-03 14:56:20
The Best Romance Novels of 2024 (So Far)
Looking for an escapist love story? Here are 2024’s sexiest, swooniest reads.
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3 Poets Who See Society Freaking Out, and Respond in Kind
New collections from Alexandra Teague, Daniel Borzutzky and August Kleinzahler tap into a strain of cultural anxiety.
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2024-10-03 14:56:20
Interview: Kate McKinnon on Her New Children’s Book
In “The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science,” the former “S.N.L.” star “wanted to create a mad scientist whose highest goal was to respect and protect nature.”
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2024-10-03 14:56:20
2024 National Book Award Finalists Are Named
Percival Everett’s “James,” Salman Rushdie’s “Knife” and Diane Seuss’ “Modern Poetry” are among the honorees. Winners will be announced next month.
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Book Review: ‘The Use of Photography,’ by Annie Ernaux and Marc Marie
In 2003 the Nobel laureate had a torrid romance with Marc Marie, a French acquaintance. In “The Use of Photography,” they deliver a vivid chronicle of their relationship in photos and essays.
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Book Review: ‘The Third Realm,’ by Karl Ove Knausgaard
The third novel in the author’s Morning Star series considers how the extreme can engulf the everyday.
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Book Review: ‘Season of the Swamp,’ by Yuri Herrera
Yuri Herrera’s novel “Season of the Swamp” portrays the antebellum South through the eyes of a humbled leader in exile.
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2024-10-03 14:56:20
Book Review: ‘The Sequel,’ by Jean Hanff Korelitz
Jean Hanff Korelitz follows her hit thriller with the related tale of a novelist hounded by anonymous threats. But this writer aggressively aims to turn the page.
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2024-10-03 14:56:20
Another Way Jimmy Carter, 100 Today, Bested His Fellow Presidents
The longest-lived president has also written more best-selling books than any modern president — and had the fewest written about him.
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Book Review: ‘Shred Sisters,’ by Betsy Lerner
Betsy Lerner’s assured first novel, “Shred Sisters,” maps the effects of a daughter’s volatility on her parents and younger sister.
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2024-10-03 14:56:20
Book Review: ‘Annihilation,’ by Michel Houellebecq
In what the author says is his last novel, both a family and a society are on the verge of collapse.
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2024-10-03 14:56:20
Vance-Walz VP Debate Puts the Complicated Midwest Region in the Spotlight
The vice-presidential debate, pitting Senator JD Vance of Ohio against Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, shines the spotlight on a complicated region.
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