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A Flight Attendant Drafted Her Novel on Cocktail Napkins. It Took Off.

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The young United States’ manifest uncertainty

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A well-worn argument about race, intelligence and violence

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What people today — including Phil Collins — get wrong about the Alamo

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The long tension between the Second Amendment and Black gun ownership

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A Tricky Tribute to the Book Review’s 125th Anniversary

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Need a Modern Update on American History? Meet Clint Smith.

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Diane Johnson Wishes More Authors Would Write About Friendship

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Judith Farr, scholar of Emily Dickinson and poet in her own right, dies at 85

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When the ‘Change of Life’ Means It’s Time to Change Your Life

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Touring American Pop Music by Way of the Writers Who Have Addressed It

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