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What I Read and Watch to Decompress
Some Jane Austen and a tennis rom-com are just right the right relief when news of fighting and war takes…
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Books
Helen Garner Keeps ‘Paradise Lost’ and a Bible Close at Hand
What books are on your night stand? “Urn Burial,” by Sir Thomas Browne, “Paradise Lost,” by John Milton, the King…
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Books
Five Louise Glück Poems to Get You Started
The American writer, who won a Nobel Prize in 2020, wrote with cool clarity and often puckish wit.
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For Tiya Miles, Girlhood Reading Was ‘My Escape and Joy’
What books are on your night stand? “The Ministry for the Future,” by Kim Stanley Robinson; “Mendings,” by Megan Sweeney;…
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Arts
Ann Patchett Isn’t Parting With WordPerfect
The best-selling novelist refuses to yield when it comes to writing software, but she’s had a bit of a change…
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Books
Kate DiCamillo Is Not Afraid of the Dark
Kate DiCamillo learned the craft of storytelling by sitting on old ladies’ porches on her dead-end street in Central Florida.…
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Arts
How the Humble Paperback Helped Win World War II
When American soldiers fought on the battlefields of World War II, they were carrying more than weapons. They also carried…
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Books
Banana Yoshimoto Wants Books to Give Her Insomnia
What books are on your night stand? I read most of my books on the Kindle, but as far as…
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News
I Read Banned Books. So Does Almost Everybody Else.
During my grade school years in the early 1970s, I read everything. Books, of course — books about dogs and…
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Books
The Book That Made R.J. Palacio Cry on the Subway
What books are on your night stand? “We, the Drowned,” by Carsten Jensen; “The Betrothed,” by Alessandro Manzoni; “Utopia for…