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| Katherine Boo’s ‘Behind the Beautiful Forevers’ Explores a Mumbai Slum |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Katherine Boo’s first book explores the lives of residents in a Mumbai slum.
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Author: By PANKAJ MISHRA |
Category: Behind the Beautiful Forevers (Book) |
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| Charles Murray Examines the White Working Class in ‘Coming Apart’ |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Charles Murray argues that the white working class is no longer a virtuous silent majority.
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Author: By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE |
Category: Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010 (Book) |
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| Susan Cain’s ‘Quiet’ Argues for the Power of Introverts |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Introverts should be valued more highly in American culture, Susan Cain asserts.
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Author: By JUDITH WARNER |
Category: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Book) |
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| Trea Martyn Writes of Rivalries Among Queen Elizabeth I’s Courtiers |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Rival courtiers created extravagant gardens to compete for the favor of Queen Elizabeth I.
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Author: By MIRANDA SEYMOUR |
Category: Queen Elizabeth in the Garden (Book) |
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| ‘Three Weeks in December,’ by Audrey Schulman |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Audrey Schulman’s novel follows the expeditions of two unusual Americans.
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Author: By BRUCE BARCOTT |
Category: Three Weeks in December (Book) |
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| Crime: ‘What It Was,’ by George Pelecanos, and Other New Crime Novels |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Characters from two series of novels cross paths in George Pelecanos’s “What It Was.”
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Author: By MARILYN STASIO |
Category: What It Was (Book) |
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| ‘Gathering of Waters,’ by Bernice L. McFadden |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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This novel draws upon the 1927 Mississippi River flood and the death of Emmett Till.
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Author: By JESMYN WARD |
Category: Gathering of Waters (Book) |
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| ‘Norumbega Park,’ by Anthony Giardina |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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A family pursues the American dream in Anthony Giardina’s novel.
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Author: By JENNIFER GILMORE |
Category: Norumbega Park (Book) |
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| Children's Books: Picture Books About Resourceful Children |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Three picture books feature inspiringly resourceful children.
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Author: By RACHAEL BROWN |
Category: Barnett, Mac |
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| Children's Books: Francesca Lia Block’s ‘Pink Smog,’ a Weetzie Bat Prequel |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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An early look at Francesca Lia Block’s heroine, Weetzie Bat.
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Author: By MAGGIE STIEFVATER |
Category: Books and Literature |
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| Children's Books: Bookshelf: Black History |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Children’s books about pivotal figures and events in the history of black Americans.
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Author: By PAMELA PAUL |
Category: When Grandmama Sings (Book) |
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| Children's Books: ‘The Case of the Deadly Desperados,’ by Caroline Lawrence |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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The protagonist of this western is an orphan with Asperger’s syndrome.
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Author: By PRISCILLA GILMAN |
Category: Case of the Deadly Desperados, The: Western Mysteries, Book 1 (Book) |
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| Children's Books: Bookshelf: Hug and Kiss |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Children’s books about displays of affection.
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Author: By PAMELA PAUL |
Category: Big Hugs, Little Hugs (Book) |
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| Children's Books: ‘The Lions of Little Rock,’ by Kristin Levine |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Separated by race in the civil-rights-era South, two girls form an unbreakable bond in Kristin Levine’s novel.
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Author: By TANYA LEE STONE |
Category: Lions of Little Rock, The (Book) |
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| Children's Books: ‘In Darkness,’ by Nick Lake |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Nick Lake’s novel, set in Haiti, alternates between the country’s violent past and its tumultuous present.
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Author: By KATIE ORENSTEIN |
Category: In Darkness (Book) |
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| Letters: Topic of Miller |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Readers respond to a recent review of Frederick Turner’s “Renegade: Henry Miller and the Making of ‘Tropic of Cancer.’”
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Category: Books and Literature |
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| Books F.A.Q. |
(Thu, 09 Sep 2010)
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| ‘At Last,’ the Final Installment of Edward St. Aubyn’s Patrick Melrose Cycle |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Edward St. Aubyn’s self-destructive hero Patrick Melrose returns in a new novel.
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Author: By FRANCINE PROSE |
Category: At Last (Book) |
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| Essay: Elizabeth Taylor — the Novelist, That Is |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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The English novelist Elizabeth Taylor wrote with humor and sympathy about women who silently suffered as they sought to assert themselves in the world.
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Author: By CHRISTOPHER R. BEHA |
Category: Books and Literature |
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| ArtsBeat: Black and White: Charles Murray and Baratunde Thurston Quiz Each Other |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Charles Murray, author of "Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010," and Baratunde Thurston, author of "How to Be Black," answer questions about race and class from each other's books.
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Author: By GREGORY COWLES |
Category: Baratunde Thurston |
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| ArtsBeat: Radio Play of 'Their Eyes Were Watching God' Is Set |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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Live performances of the play, with a cast that features Phylicia Rashad and Leslie Uggams and directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, will be recorded for a planned national broadcast in September.
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Author: By DAVE ITZKOFF |
Category: Books |
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| ArtsBeat: Wendell Berry to Give 2012 Jefferson Lecture |
(Mon, 06 Feb 2012)
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The farmer-writer Wendell Berry is chosen to give the 2012 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities, considered the federal government's most prestigious honor for intellectual achievement in the humanities.
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Author: By JENNIFER SCHUESSLER |
Category: Berry, Wendell |
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| Archive: Book Review Podcast |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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This week, Nicholas Confessore discusses Charles Murray’s provocative new book about white America; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Francine Prose talks about “At Last” by Edward St. Aubyn; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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| Up Front |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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The “naturally tweedy” Bruce Barcott goes on extreme adventures to write about remote and majestic locations.
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Author: By THE EDITORS |
Category: Books and Literature |
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| TBR: Inside the List |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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The provocative social scientist Charles Murray and the comedian Baratunde Thurston answer each other’s quizzes about racial identity.
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Author: By GREGORY COWLES |
Category: Books and Literature |
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| Editors’ Choice |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Recently reviewed books of particular interest.
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Category: Books and Literature |
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| Paperback Row |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Paperback books of particular interest.
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Author: By IHSAN TAYLOR |
Category: Books and Literature |
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| The New York Times Book Review: Back Issues |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Complete contents of the Book Review since 1997.
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Category: Books and Literature |
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| Holiday Gift Guide: 10 Best Books of 2011 |
(Wed, 21 Dec 2011)
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The Book Review picks the year’s best fiction and nonfiction.
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Category: Books and Literature |
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| Holiday Gift Guide: 100 Notable Books of 2011 |
(Fri, 02 Dec 2011)
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The Book Review’s annual list.
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Category: Books and Literature |
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| Children’s Books Spring Special Section |
(Sat, 06 Nov 2010)
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The Book Review’s spring roundup of the best of what’s new in children’s literature.
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| Talk to the Newsroom: Book Review Editor Sam Tanenhaus |
(Thu, 12 Jan 2012)
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Sam Tanenhaus has been editor of the Book Review since April 2004.
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