These are the books that might just help you navigate the weird and wonderful journey of being a single women […]
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Letters to the Editor
Spies Like Us To the Editor: Kevin Peraino’s review of “The Quiet Americans,” by Scott Anderson (Oct. 4), notes that […]
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The Untold Technological Revolution Sweeping Through Rural China
BLOCKCHAIN CHICKEN FARMAnd Other Stories of Tech in China’s CountrysideBy Xiaowei Wang Raising free-range chickens isn’t easy, a Chinese farmer […]
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‘Plain Bad Heroines’ Is a New Kind of Lesbian Fiction
PLAIN BAD HEROINES By Emily M. Danforth Curses are a singularly feminine concept in our culture. The word often conjures […]
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Claire Messud Looks Back on Life, and the Art That Shaped Her
KANT’S LITTLE PRUSSIAN HEAD AND OTHER REASONS WHY I WRITEAn Autobiography in EssaysBy Claire Messud We dog people are incorrigible, […]
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John Grisham Brings Back His Hero Jake Brigance for a Third Case
Hello again, Jake Brigance! You’ve come back at the right time. It’s nice to return to the courtroom with someone […]
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In Shaping Her Own Story, She Upends a National Epic
THE ADVENTURES OF CHINA IRONBy Gabriela Cabezón Cámara “The Adventures of China Iron” begins with a moment of lyricism that […]
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Reading All the Books on Nike, Déjà Vu Sets In
Halfway through “Win at All Costs,” Matt Hart’s look at Nike’s sponsorship of professional running, the author offhandedly throws out […]
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11 New Books We Recommend This Week
The security state and America’s intelligence apparatus loom large in this week’s book recommendations, with two historical considerations of the […]
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Louise Glück, a Nobel Winner Whose Poems Have Abundant Intellect and Deep Feeling
When Saul Bellow won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976, he commented: “The child in me is delighted. The […]
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