Bookamaze: January 2018

Wednesday, 31 January 2018

#8: Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann (Author)

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#10: Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations

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Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
Ronen Bergman (Author)
Release Date: January 30, 2018

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Nonfiction: The War That Will Not End

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In “Directorate S,” Steve Coll recounts America’s seemingly futile search for victory in Afghanistan.

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Books News: The Globalization of the National Book Awards

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The foundation is adding a new prize to recognize works in translation.

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Books of The Times: ‘Rise and Kill First’ Shines Light on Israel’s Hidden Assassinations

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Ronen Bergman’s blend of history and investigative reporting is a humane book about a contentious subject.

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#8: Judgment Detox: Release the Beliefs That Hold You Back from Living A Better Life

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Judgment Detox: Release the Beliefs That Hold You Back from Living A Better Life
Gabrielle Bernstein (Author)

(43)
Release Date: January 2, 2018

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Oprah Winfrey Drops Russell Simmons From Spiritual Advice Book

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Ms. Winfrey and Flatiron Books jointly decided to remove the hip-hop mogul’s passages from “The Wisdom of Sundays” after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct.

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The Real Burning Man

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Driving converted delivery trucks, Roadtreks, vintage RVs, “skoolies” and the odd Prius, a few thousand gather in defiance of consumerist society.

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Nonfiction: To Respect the Earth’s Limits — or Push Them?

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“The Wizard and the Prophet,” Charles C. Mann’s new double biography of William Vogt and Norman Borlaug, presents the essential debate of environmentalism.

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#10: Dirty Genes: A Breakthrough Program to Treat the Root Cause of Illness and Optimize Your Health

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Dirty Genes: A Breakthrough Program to Treat the Root Cause of Illness and Optimize Your Health
Ben Lynch ND. (Author)

(30)
Release Date: January 30, 2018

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Tuesday, 30 January 2018

#5: When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing

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When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing
Daniel H. Pink (Author)

(67)

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#10: Still Me: A Novel

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Still Me: A Novel
Jojo Moyes (Author)

(12)
Release Date: January 30, 2018

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Books of The Times: ‘Heart Berries’ Shatters a Pattern of Silence

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Terese Marie Mailhot’s memoir is about growing up on an Indian reservation in Canada and her family’s intergenerational trauma.

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Books News: Kwame Alexander to Start His Own Imprint. The Name? Versify. Get it?

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The author of “The Crossover” is looking for risky, unconventional children’s books.

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#7: BRAVE

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BRAVE
Rose McGowan (Author)

(4)
Release Date: January 30, 2018

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#9: The Great Alone: A Novel

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The Great Alone: A Novel
Kristin Hannah (Author)
Release Date: February 6, 2018

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Match Book: Dear Match Book: Forbidden Love

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Whether or not you’re nursing a heartbreak, these tales of unsettled passions will appeal to the romantic in all of us.

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#10: Marley Dias Gets It Done: And So Can You!

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Marley Dias Gets It Done: And So Can You!
Marley Dias (Author)

(3)
Release Date: January 30, 2018

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Fiction: A Girl Vanishes. But in This Novel, Time Is the Real Mystery.

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Jon McGregor’s “Reservoir 13” looks beneath the surface of ordinary lives over the course of a dozen-plus years.

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Nonfiction: Enter the Holodeck

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Two new books by virtual reality experts, Jaron Lanier and Jeremy Bailenson, describe how the technology will change us.

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New & Noteworthy

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A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.

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Nonfiction: The Plight of Working Women, as Seen by the Woman in the Corner Office

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“That’s What She Said,” by the former USA Today editor in chief Joanne Lipman, tackles gender politics at work with sympathy and reams of data.

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Monday, 29 January 2018

#6: Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress

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Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
Steven Pinker (Author)
Release Date: February 27, 2018

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#9: Secret Empires: How the American Political Class Hides Corruption and Enriches Family and Friends

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Secret Empires: How the American Political Class Hides Corruption and Enriches Family and Friends
Peter Schweizer (Author)
Release Date: March 20, 2018

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#8: Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions

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Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions
Johann Hari (Author)

(12)
Release Date: January 23, 2018

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Books of The Times: Two Generations on View in Essays by Martin Amis and Zadie Smith

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Amis’s “The Rub of Time” and Smith’s “Feel Free” feature pieces about politics, literature, aging and more.

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#5: Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress

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Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
Steven Pinker (Author)
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#10: Crushing It!: How Great Entrepreneurs Build Their Business and Influence-and How You Can, Too

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Crushing It!: How Great Entrepreneurs Build Their Business and Influence-and How You Can, Too
Gary Vaynerchuk (Author)
Release Date: January 30, 2018

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Naomi Alderman on the World That Yielded ‘The Power’

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In her most recent novel, the author posits a pointed question: If the female body were weaponized, would men become the hunted?

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Essay: Transportive Reading for Underground Transportation

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We have the “beach read” and the “airplane read,” but what about those books best suited for the subway?

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Fiction: As a Daughter Is Born, a Young Mother Dies

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Based on a true story, Tom Malmquist’s novel “In Every Moment We Are Still Alive” depicts a father struggling to cope with a tragic loss.

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Nonfiction: In ‘Brave,’ Rose McGowan Exposes Hollywood Exploitation

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Using her own story as a cautionary tale, the actress — who accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault last fall — lays out the ways the entertainment industry fails young women.

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Sunday, 28 January 2018

France Rethinks Honor for Charles Maurras, Condemned as Anti-Semite

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The presence of the influential writer in a book commemorating notable anniversaries has highlighted France’s ambivalent views toward its history.

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#9: Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic

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Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic
David Frum (Author)

(37)
Release Date: January 16, 2018

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Q. & A.: Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: America’s First Black Millionaires

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In “Black Fortunes,” Shomari Wills writes about six people who overcame immense odds in the 19th century to achieve great economic success.

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#10: The Prayer Wheel: A Daily Guide to Renewing Your Faith with a Rediscovered Spiritual Practice

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The Prayer Wheel: A Daily Guide to Renewing Your Faith with a Rediscovered Spiritual Practice
Patton Dodd (Author), Jana Riess (Author), David Van Biema (Author)
Release Date: February 20, 2018

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#10: The Whole30: The 30-Day Guide to Total Health and Food Freedom

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The Whole30: The 30-Day Guide to Total Health and Food Freedom
Melissa Hartwig (Author), Dallas Hartwig (Author)

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Saturday, 27 January 2018

#10: Instant Pot Cookbook: 500 Most Delicious Recipe Collection Anyone Can Cook

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Instant Pot Cookbook: 500 Most Delicious Recipe Collection Anyone Can Cook
Roy Fisher (Author)

(954)

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#9: Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House Paperback

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Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House Paperback
Michael Wolff (Author)

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Publication Date: 2018

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#10: The Essential Instant Pot Cookbook: Fresh and Foolproof Recipes for Your Electric Pressure Cooker

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The Essential Instant Pot Cookbook: Fresh and Foolproof Recipes for Your Electric Pressure Cooker
Coco Morante (Author)

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#9: Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life

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Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Author)
Release Date: February 27, 2018

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#10: When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing

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When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing
Daniel H. Pink (Author)

(58)
Release Date: January 9, 2018

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Newsbook: What Awaits Salvadoran Immigrants in Their Native Country?

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The Trump administration has removed protections for 200,000 Salvadorans who have been allowed to live here legally since 2001.

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Table for Three: The Mind Meld of Bill Gates and Steven Pinker

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The entrepreneur-turned-philanthropist and the best-selling author discuss their surprising bond, the challenge to improve the human condition and the quest to create the perfect toilet.

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Friday, 26 January 2018

#10: Love

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Love
Matt de la Peña (Author), Loren Long (Illustrator)

(23)
Release Date: January 9, 2018

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The Book Review Podcast: Twilight’s Last Gleaming?

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David Frum talks about “Trumpocracy,” and Helen Thorpe discusses “The Newcomers.”

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#6: The Immortalists

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The Immortalists
Chloe Benjamin (Author)

(153)

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Fiction: A New Zealand Novel Full of Taciturn Men and Wooden Dolls

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In Craig Cliff’s first novel, “The Mannequin Makers,” he tells a multigenerational story about an island shaped by its isolation.

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Fiction: A Capital City, Still Haunted by Its Past

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In “Here in Berlin,” the Cuban-American novelist Cristina García uses a chorus of voices to explore the long, ghostly reach of Germany’s history.

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Fiction: A Cheeky Novel of Male Vulnerability Hits the U.S. at Last, Timelier Than Ever

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David Szalay’s debut, “London and the South-East,” published in Britain nearly a decade ago, takes a resonant look at a salesman’s darkly comic life.

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Fiction: In the Brutality of the Chinese Countryside, ‘Mythorealism’ Reigns

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Yan Lianke’s pair of novellas, “The Years, Months, Days,” paints a darkly satirical portrait of stranded characters adrift in a depraved society.

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Fiction: A Novel of the Horndog in Winter

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Hanif Kureishi’s narrator in “The Nothing” may be old and infirm, but he can still experience lust and jealousy. And how.

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On Journalistic Curiosity: Down the Rabbit Hole With Dan Barry

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Our reporter stumbles across a black-and-white bit of serendipity, hidden in a book hidden in a library hidden in the basement of The New York Times.

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Our Back Pages: Notes From the Book Review Archives

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In which we consult the Book Review’s past to shed light on the books of the present. This week: Allan Nevins on Henry Hazlitt.

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Open Shelves: A Publisher’s Life and Library

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Even his friends were surprised by the range of the legendary former Random House publisher Howard Kaminsky’s books, from highbrow novels to “The Art of the Deal.”

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Children’s Books: Fantasies for Young Readers, With an Eye on Today’s Fears and Divisions

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Quarreling animals, a kingdom of segregated factions, and a gifted outsider who’s cruelly shunned in “The Lost Rainforest: Mez’s Magic,” “The Unicorn Quest” and “The Book of Boy.”

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Essay: President Trump, Please Read ‘Desert Solitaire’

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Edward Abbey’s 1968 memoir highlights what America lost when the president removed federal protection of Utah’s canyon country.

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The Shortlist: Delving Into the Bipolar Mind

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Three memoirs take varying approaches to capturing how a mental disorder can upend a person’s life.

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Nonfiction: A Doctor Argues That Her Profession Needs to Slow Down, Stat

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Victoria Sweet’s memoir, “Slow Medicine,” suggests that a more methodical approach to medical care would benefit everyone involved.

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Inside the List: A Sci-fi Writer Inspired by the Plight of Irish Immigrants

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Pierce Brown says he grapples with class hierarchies in his “Red Rising” series thanks to a fascination with 19th-century history.

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Nonfiction: Jefferson’s Three Daughters — Two Free, One Enslaved

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Catherine Kerrison’s book tells the story of the third president’s daughters, including Harriet Hemings, who was born a slave.

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Paperback Row

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Six new paperbacks to check out this week.

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Letters to the Editor

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Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.

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Thursday, 25 January 2018

#10: We Were the Lucky Ones: A Novel

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We Were the Lucky Ones: A Novel
Georgia Hunter (Author)

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Release Date: January 2, 2018

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Bob Smith, Groundbreaking Gay Comedian, Is Dead at 59

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His 1994 appearance on “The Tonight Show” is widely regarded as the first by an openly gay comic. But Lou Gehrig’s disease cut his stand-up career short.

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The Enthusiast: In Praise of Evan S. Connell

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Again and again, when I meet people who don’t know the book, I find myself being a “Mrs. Bridge” evangelist, telling them that it’s a perfect novel.

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Editors’ Choice: 8 New Books We Recommend This Week

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

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By the Book: Robert Coover: By the Book

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The postmodern fiction writer Robert Coover (who once had ambitions to be a graphic novelist) saves his real reading and writing for after midnight.

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Fiction: Denis Johnson’s Death-Infused Last Stories

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In a posthumous collection, “The Largesse of the Sea Maiden,” Johnson continues the preoccupation that haunted his career.

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Wednesday, 24 January 2018

#10: Happiness Is a Choice You Make: Lessons from a Year Among the Oldest Old

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Happiness Is a Choice You Make: Lessons from a Year Among the Oldest Old
John Leland (Author)

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Poetry: For Ursula

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A poem by the Nebula Award-winning fantasy writer Naomi Novik, in remembrance of Ursula K. Le Guin.

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Books of The Times: Black Lives Matter and the Intrepid Lives That Preceded It

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“When They Call You a Terrorist,” a memoir by Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors, and “A More Beautiful and Terrible History,” by the historian Jeanne Theoharis, offer insights about the civil rights movement past and present.

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#8: Stir Crazy: 100 Deliciously Healthy Stir-Fry Recipes

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Stir Crazy: 100 Deliciously Healthy Stir-Fry Recipes
Ching-He Huang (Author)

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#10: Food for Life: Delicious & Healthy Comfort Food from My Table to Yours!

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Food for Life: Delicious & Healthy Comfort Food from My Table to Yours!
Laila Ali (Author)

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All Good Magazines Go to Heaven

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As print flails, piles of pristine Vogues, Playboys and more are being painstakingly preserved in a former cannon foundry near the Thames.

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Nonfiction: A Conservative’s Case Against Donald Trump

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David Frum argues in “Trumpocracy” that the president is a menace to the Republic.

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Nonfiction: A Remarkable Man Among Remarkable Men and Women

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David N. Schwartz’s “The Last Man Who Knew Everything” recounts the life of the great physicist Enrico Fermi.

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Front Burner: New Book on the History of American Food

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Personal accounts add color to Bruce Kraig’s “A Rich and Fertile Land.”

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Tuesday, 23 January 2018

Nicanor Parra, Chilean Voice in an ‘Anti-Poet’ Movement, Dies at 103

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With everyday language, Mr. Parra and others defied high-flown poetic conventions with a directness that evoked the humor and absurdity of modern life.

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