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‘Porn of the Self’: Novels of Female Angst

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‘Hollywood Ending,’ a Cradle-to-Prison Biography of Harvey Weinstein

In Rust Belt Ohio, the First American Rape Case to Go Viral

Some Surprising Good News: Bookstores Are Booming and Becoming More Diverse

The Many Grievances of the Broke, Tech-Averse Liberal

Invisibility, a Hippo and Antiques

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