Tuesday, June 30, 2020

‘Rigged,’ by David Shimer: An Excerpt


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‘Blue Ticket,’ by Sophie Mackintosh: An Excerpt


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A Search for U.F.O.s Leads to Utopian Dreams in This Debut Novel


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New Audiobooks, From Thomas Cromwell to the World of Darkness


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A Novel Asks: What if Women Were Forbidden From Doing It All?


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How Generations of Russians Have Tried to Influence American Elections


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‘Begin Again’ Calls on James Baldwin to Make Sense of Today


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Saturday, June 27, 2020

Brave Teenage Refugees Seek a Home of the Free


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Preparing to Launch: Three Adolescents Count Down to Adulthood


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Biographie. « Aliénor d’Aquitaine », de Martin Aurell : une femme aux horizons multiples


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Assaulted at 15, a Writer Looks Back and Comes Forward


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« J’adore », de Mieko Kawakami : des Socrate en herbe


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Jean-Marie Laclavetine, Paoli Pigani, Oscar Peer : la chronique « poches » de Mathias Enard


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Friday, June 26, 2020

A Short Guide to ‘The World’


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A Life in Football, From Glory to Pain


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Psychological Thrillers That Will Mess With Your Head


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When James Baldwin and Langston Hughes Reviewed Each Other


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A Babysitter, Her Employer and $46 Hand Soap


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New in Paperback: ‘The Nickel Boys’ and ‘Confirmation Bias’


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Ahab’s White Whale and Other Letters to the Editor


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Thursday, June 25, 2020

Elsa Joubert, 97, Dies; Afrikaans Writer Explored Black Reality


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How We Got Here: Writers on Race and Racism in America


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9 New Books We Recommend This Week


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Biographie. « Les Frères Goncourt. Hommes de lettres », de Jean-Louis Cabanès et Pierre Dufief : réévaluation réussie


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Inès Benaroya, Josselin Bordat, Olivia Chambard, Alain Deneault, Alice McDermott… les brèves critiques du « Monde des livres »


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Roddy Doyle Scored 8 Out of 10 on a Quiz About Roddy Doyle


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The Ending of This Louisa May Alcott Story May Disappoint You


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Books Are a Great Fit for Quarantine. The Book Business, Not So Much.


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Want to Be in Stacey Abrams’s Book Club? Sorry, It’s Family Only.


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Leo Tolstoy vs. the Police


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Wednesday, June 24, 2020

A Poet Whose Calling Is Doubt Celebrates Language’s Uncertainty


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Robert Richardson Jr., Biographer of Literary Giants, Dies at 86


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George R. R. Martin Is Typing


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« Le perroquet qui m’aimait », ou ce qu’être humain veut dire


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16 Books to Watch For in July


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A Rebellious Victorian Woman Rescued From History’s Shadows


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Jean Raspail, Whose Immigration Novel Drew the Far Right, Dies at 94


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Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Overwhelmed With Orders, Some Black-Owned Bookstores Ask for Patience


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Virginie Despentes Makes France Angry, but Things Are Changing


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‘Love,’ by Roddy Doyle: An Excerpt


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Naomi Alderman Was Writing a Pandemic Novel Before the Pandemic Hit


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New & Noteworthy, From Kevin Kwan to a Call for Integration


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In Ottessa Moshfegh’s New Novel, Nothing Is Certain. Not Even Death.


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How a Writer With a Ph.D. in Psychology Became a Poker Champ


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She Ate and Ate, and Never Felt Satisfied


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Paid to Seduce Another Man’s Wife, He Fell Violently in Love With Her


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The Best Thrillers of 2025

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