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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 Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World,” by Rutger Bregman; and “Binti,” by Nnedi Okorafor. What’s the last great book ...
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Newyork
The Irony in the ‘Rich Men North of Richmond’
You may have heard about Oliver Anthony, a Virginia-based folk singer who has become a conservative folk hero on account of his populist anthem, “Rich Men North of Richmond.” But Anthony’s populism is, as Eric Levitz details for New York magazine ...
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Purging Books, Making Art and Ruling Chicago
An editor recommends two escapist biographies.
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Read Your Way Through Appalachia
Barbara Kingsolver, whose Pulitzer-winning “Demon Copperhead” offered a variegated portrait of the region, guides readers through a literary landscape “as bracing and complex as a tumbling mountain creek.”
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A Love Letter to Hip-Hop
Hip-hop repeatedly taught a community, then a nation, then the world, how to dream.
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Read Your Way Through Maine
Reading and writing are deeply valued in Maine. The novelist Lily King recommends fiction, nature writing, memoirs, children’s books and inspiration for writers.
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Newyork
‘Why Does God Keep Making Poets?’
In the heat of the summer, this slow curve of the midyear, I find myself wanting to pause and catch my breath. As many people take summer vacations or simply enjoy a cold drink on their porch, it is a good time to take up new kinds of reading. I have ...
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Newyork
Mary Ann Hoberman, Who Tantalized Young Readers With Rhymes, Dies at 92
She wrote whimsical tales about the little things in a child’s life. “A House Is a House for Me” won a National Book Award.
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‘It Requires Genius and He Had It’: Readers on Cormac McCarthy
McCarthy’s death inspired hundreds of people to share their impressions of him and his work.
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Newyork
To Truly Understand the Past, Pick Up an Old Magazine
Find a print issue, preferably more than 20 years old, and read it cover to cover. You’ll find the old days stranger than you remember.