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The World is Alive; or, How Robert Macfarlane Came to Trust His Senses

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There Are Too Many Books: What Happened to Publishing’s Summer Break?

There Are Too Many Books: What Happened to Publishing’s Summer Break?

Maris Kreizman Will Never, Ever Catch Up on Her Reading

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Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? On <em>Notes to John</em> and the Selling of Didion’s Privacy

Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? On Notes to John and the Selling of Didion’s Privacy

Evelyn McDonnell Considers the Questions Answered—and Raised—by the Book

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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

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The Annotated Nightstand: What Kate Briggs Is Reading Now, and Next

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Tongo Eisen-Martin on Ayi Kwei Armah’s <em>The Healers</em>

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Lisa Ko on Destroying Her Diaries

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Yahdon Israel on <em>The Critic and Her Publics</em>

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Susan Choi on Writing a Cross-Cultural Story of Mystery and Tragedy

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Four Great Sports Books That Go Way Beyond the Game

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Melissa Febos! Mike Tyson! Taylor Jenkins Reid! 26 new books out today.

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In Praise of Poetry About Bugs

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