Books
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A Podcaster Goes Back to School, Ready to Listen
In “I Have Some Questions for You,” Rebecca Makkai dispatches her protagonist to a remote campus to teach — and…
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QAnon and the Fear and Loathing of an American Conspiracy Theory
“Trust the Plan,” by Will Sommer, tracks the emergence of a bizarre movement from the wastewaters of the internet.
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6 Y.A. Novels That Showcase the Power of Teenage Friendship
Phil Stamper, the author of “The Gravity of Us,” “Small Town Pride” and the Golden Boys series, recommends a few…
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He Needed a Big Megaphone, So He Wrote a Best Seller
Siddharth Kara witnessed “utterly subhuman degradation” in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Then he wrote about it.
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Even a Mother Can’t Body-Block Mental Illness
ZIG-ZAG BOY: A Memoir of Madness and Motherhood, by Tanya Frank When Tanya Frank’s otherwise healthy 19-year-old son, Zach, experienced…
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‘Libraries, You Are My Heroes’: Readers Share Memories of a Favorite Haven
A photo essay celebrating the versatility of public libraries prompted an outpouring of enthusiasm from card-carrying book lovers.
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Public Libraries, and Profiling Paul Harding
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | How to Listen At a time when public libraries and librarians are…
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For a Film About Korean Adoptees, a Group Effort
In “Return to Seoul,” a Parisian repeatedly visits her birth country. Neither the filmmaker nor the star were adopted, but…
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Was This Washington Portrait Really by Charles Peale? Experts Took a Look.
The authenticity of the painting, which was seized by the British Navy during the Revolutionary War, had been questioned because…
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Beauty in the Aftermath
Documenting the recovery of a Chinese spy balloon off South Carolina, a Navy photographer produced some spectacular images with surprising…