REVIEW: Three Great Essay Collections Illustrate the Power of Noticing the World
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An Assortment of Riches from Vivian Gornick, James Wood, and Edmund White
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REVIEW: Harlem Shuffle is a Journey Into Criminal Minds and American Consciousness
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Embedded in Harlem Shuffle’s narrative is Whitehead’s willingness to confront race, class, and power head-on.
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One Key Question: Why Do You Need a Code to Leave the Lodge?
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A Literary Genius Who is Perhaps Best Admired at Arm’s Length
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Today’s Civil Rights Advocacy is Part of a Mighty Stream Flowing from the Earliest Days of the Republic
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Harriet Tubman, Frances Miller Seward, and Martha Coffin Wright Worked Together to Change the World
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A Rags-to-Enormous-Riches Story with Dark Undercurrents
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The Grim Reality of History is that Peace is All Too Often Merely a Prelude to the Next War
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Pro Tip: It All Starts with Focusing on Personal Integrity
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Two Women Who Broke the Medical Glass Ceiling in the Mid-1800s
Read MoreREVIEW: A New Yorker Writer's Well-Timed Biography of a Man Named Biden
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A Life Marked by Extraordinary Tragedies — and Successes
Read MoreREVIEW: A New Biography of 'Smokin' Joe' Frazier, a Champ with the Common Touch
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Fighting Against Frazier, One Ring Veteran Says, was Like ‘Getting Hit by Four Hands’
Read MoreREVIEW: Remembering One of America's Greatest Conmen, a 'Sanctimonious Rascal'
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James Jesse Strang Had Great Success in Fooling People . . . Until His Luck Ran Out
Read MoreREVIEW: Marilynne Robinson's 'Jack' Wrestles with Two Great Themes: Race and Sin
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Unlike Her Previous Works, in this One the Subject of Race is Inescapable
Read MoreREVIEW: Anne Applebaum Explores the Enduring Lure of Authoritarianism
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From Poland and Hungary to England and America, the Seduction of Tyranny Is Strong
Read MoreREVIEW: Elena Ferrante's Brilliant Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman
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‘The Lying Life of Adults’ is the Acclaimed Novelist’s Latest Triumph
Read MoreREVIEWS: College Admissions, Seen from Both Sides of the Nation's Wealth Gap
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An Anxiety-Producing Rite of Passage, for Rich Kids and Poor Ones
Read MoreREVIEW: A Humane Memoir by a Victim of the Charlie Hebdo Terrorist Attack
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The Author, Who Lost His Jaw in the Attack, Wrestles with Its Enduring Meaning
Read MoreREVIEW: An Irresistible Story of Murder, Stanford University, Eugenics, and Fish
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Stanford’s First President Was, to Put it Mildly, a Very Complicated Man
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Actress is the ‘Must-Read Novel of the Year’
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