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World
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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Books
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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Books
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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News
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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News
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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Books
The Lonely Librarian, the Color of Melancholy, and Tangerines
An editor recommends old and new books.
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Books
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!…
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Books
Ari Shapiro Reads Cookbooks for Comfort and Pleasure
What books are on your night stand? The vast majority of my reading is for author interviews on “All Things…
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Books
Books for Valentine’s Day
An editor recommends old and new books.
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Books
Jojo Moyes’s Grandmother Knew a Bookworm When She Saw One
What books are on your night stand? “Shrines of Gaiety,” by Kate Atkinson, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s “We Should All Be…