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‘It Requires Genius and He Had It’: Readers on Cormac McCarthy
McCarthy’s death inspired hundreds of people to share their impressions of him and his work.
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To Truly Understand the Past, Pick Up an Old Magazine
Find a print issue, preferably more than 20 years old, and read it cover to cover. You’ll find the old…
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What I’m Reading: Summer-Snobs Edition
Tales of status, those who have it and those who want it, are on my list.
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What to Know About California’s Reparations Efforts
A conversation with Kurtis Lee, a New York Times economics correspondent covering the state’s reparations task force.
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Charles Frazier Wants You to Wait Before Reading the Classics
What books are on your night stand? “In the Café of Lost Youth,” by Patrick Modiano; “Sleepless Nights,”by Elizabeth Hardwick;…
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Susanna Hoffs Has a Dollar Bill Signed by William S. Burroughs
What books are on your night stand? “Dickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius,” by Nick Hornby. “Lincoln in…
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For Easter, the Strangest Story Ever Told
In the not-so-distant past where 90 or 95 percent of Americans identified as Christian, it was hard for almost anyone…
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Red State, Blue State. Tight State, Loose State.
Political biases are omnipresent, but what we don’t fully understand yet is how they come about in the first place.…
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The Lonely Librarian, the Color of Melancholy, and Tangerines
An editor recommends old and new books.
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Mona Simpson’s Fiancé Promised to Read ‘Middlemarch.’ He Never Did. Now He’s Her Ex.
What books are on your night stand? On my night stand? They’re crowded out by 15 pairs of reading glasses!…