Books
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This Novel Is So Bonkers, It Needs Three Narrators
“Same Bed Different Dreams,” Ed Park’s second novel, is a heady mix of true history and high-flying fiction.
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Writer, Mother, Ex-Wife: Leslie Jamison Is a Self in ‘Splinters’
In her powerful new memoir, the author examines a life composed of conflicting identities — and fierce, contradictory desires.
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The Filmmaker Ed Zwick Likes Books He Can’t Imagine as Movies
What books are on your night stand? A night stand couldn’t possibly hold them all. Piles of hardcovers gather dust…
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A Greek Refugee Camp Went Up in Flames. The Aftermath Was Even Worse.
A devastating 2020 fire on the island of Lesbos is the springboard for a meditation on origin stories, borders and…
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Lucy Sante Is the Same Writer She Has Always Been
In her memoir “I Heard Her Call My Name,” the author reflects on her life and embarking on a gender…
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Pushing for Recognition Took Billy Dee Williams to the Stratosphere
His charming memoir “What Have We Here?” traces the path from a Harlem childhood to “Star Wars,” while lamenting the…
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New Romance Novels Steeped in Cozy Winter Vibes
Tough times have a way of isolating a person, and while you’re living through them, sometimes you need a story…
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Kelly Link Returns with a Dreamlike, Profoundly Beautiful Novel
In “The Book of Love,” the Pulitzer finalist and master of short stories pushes our understanding of what a fantasy…
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What Was The Village Voice?
“The Freaks Came Out to Write” is an oral history of America’s most important alternative weekly.
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The Deadly Business of Restricting Immigration
In “Brought Forth on This Continent” and “The Last Ships From Hamburg,” people fleeing violence and famine meet resistance in…