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Archives for August 2019


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Plus, libraries are becoming flashy tourist attractions, and all the rest of the week’s best writing on books and related content.


His recommendations include the works of Toni Morrison, Colson Whitehead’s The Nickel Boys and Haruki Murakami’s Men Without Women.


Gerwig reunites with her Lady Bird stars Saoirse Ronan and Timothée Chalamet in the upcoming film.


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The adaptation of a classic tween book series is also about ... Vietnam.


It’s an American horror story.


“No one was surprised.”


In her debut essay collection, New Yorker writer Jia Tolentino looks for ways to live ethically in the world of the scam.

Morrison built the black American canon, both as a novelist and as an editor.

Through masterworks like Beloved, Morrison explored America’s fractured identity.


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Gretchen McCulloch uncovers the secret rules behind keyboard smashes and what we mean when we say “lol.”


On the latest Recode Decode, John Fallon explains why the education company is pivoting to digital textbooks.