2 Memoirs by Poets

Carl Sandburg’s boyhood; Carolyn Forché’s political awakening.

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Helen Vendler, ‘Colossus’ of Poetry Criticism, Dies at 90

In the poetry marketplace, her praise had reputation-making power, while her disapproval could be withering.

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2 Books That Capture New York

A stroll around the city with a great stylist; a comic novel of love and real estate.

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Book Bans Continue to Surge in Public Schools

More books were removed during the first half of this academic year than in the entire previous one.

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Simon & Schuster Turns 100 With a New Owner and a Sense of Optimism

The milestone comes after a particularly turbulent period, when the publisher was put up for sale and bought by a private equity firm. Since then, investments have boosted morale and helped it grow.

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Sami Michael, Israeli Novelist With Arabic Roots, Dies at 97

A refugee from Iraq, he explored in popular books the worlds of Jews living in Arabic countries or who fled persecution, and of Arabs living in Israel.

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Antiquarian Book Fair: From Sylvia Plath’s Papers to Vintage Matchbooks

This year’s New York International Antiquarian Book Fair features plenty of quirky items amid the high-ticket treasures. (Poison books, anyone?)

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7 New Books We Recommend This Week

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

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Did We Get the Joke? Thousands of You Had Some Thoughts.

Responding to our list of the funniest books since “Catch-22,” readers offer their own choices.

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Don Winslow Is Ready to Trade His Pen for a Protest Sign

“City in Ruins” is the third novel in Winslow’s Danny Ryan trilogy and, he says, his last book. He’s retiring in part to invest more time into political activism.

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