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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 James Bible and the Book of Common Prayer. You never know when you might need to read something coolheaded about death, or be reminded ...
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World
Stephen Rubin, ‘Quintessential Hitmaker’ of the Book World, Dies at 81
He entered publishing when he was 43, then published many of the most popular books of recent decades, including “The Da Vinci Code.”
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For Book Fairs, Scholastic Will Separate Titles That Deal With Race and Gender
Schools can opt to display these books — or not. The list includes biographies of the civil rights icon John Lewis and Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.
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Arts
Teju Cole Knows His New Novel Resembles Autofiction. Please Don’t Be Tempted.
“Tremor,” his first novel in over a decade, is set in Massachusetts and Lagos, and came from a desire to capture the last moments of a pre-Covid world.
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Arts
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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World
Louise Meriwether Dies at 100; in 1970, a New, Black Literary Voice
Writing of life in Harlem, she emerged at the same time as Toni Morrison and Maya Angelou but never achieved their fame, though James Baldwin was an admirer.
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World
Behind the Most Famous Men in Economics There Have Always Been Women
When the Nobel Committee awarded its prize in economics on Monday to the Harvard professor Claudia Goldin — the first woman to receive the award solo — it was both a vindication of a storied career and a reminder of how male-dominated economics ...
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Arts
She Didn’t Even Have an Agent. Her Debut is a National Book Award Finalist.
“Temple Folk,” Aaliyah Bilal’s collection of stories featuring Black American Muslims, was inspired by her family’s experiences with the Nation of Islam.
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Arts
Justin Torres Finds Inspiration in the Erasures of Queer History
Any sense of anonymity that Justin Torres had enjoyed as an author was on the verge of vanishing. Shortly before the release of his debut novel, “We the Animals,” in 2011, critics were starting to praise him and his slim, semi-autobiographical book ...
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Arts
The First Magazine for Black Children Is Revisited, Its Message Still Resonant
An anthology that combines new work with selections from The Brownies’ Book, a children’s magazine launched by W.E.B. Du Bois, is bringing its mission to bear in a new national context.