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5 Books Making News This Week: Magic, Memoirs, and Conspiracies

5 Books Making News This Week: Magic, Memoirs, and Conspiracies

Alice Hoffman, Jeannie Vanasco, The Obama Inheritance, and More

By Jane Ciabattari | October 17, 2017

Mark Twain, Cocaine Kingpin?

Mark Twain, Cocaine Kingpin?

"I never was great in matters of detail"

By Alan Pell Crawford | October 16, 2017

What Does Your Life Teach You About Becoming a Writer?

What Does Your Life Teach You About Becoming a Writer?

David Biespiel on Love Affairs, Family Memories, and the Body

By David Biespiel | October 16, 2017

Do Even Happy People Cheat?

Do Even Happy People Cheat?

Esther Perel on Mining the Meaning of Affairs

By Esther Perel | October 13, 2017

Art Inspired by Italo Calvino's <em>Invisible Cities</em>

Art Inspired by Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities

"Elsewhere is a negative mirror."

By Emily Temple | October 13, 2017

Why the Line Between Fact and Fiction is Even Blurrier Online

Why the Line Between Fact and Fiction is Even Blurrier Online

"The Internet Offers a Secret Life to Everybody"

By Andrew O'Hagan | October 12, 2017

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What Does Resistance Look Like in the Face of Extremism?

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I'll See You in Berlin: Xiaolu Guo on a Fresh Start in a New City

By Xiaolu Guo | October 12, 2017

The Man Who Dared Photograph the Dead

By Peter Manseau | October 12, 2017

Rebecca Solnit on Harvey Weinstein, Hillary Clinton, and Blaming Women for the Acts of Men

Rebecca Solnit on Harvey Weinstein, Hillary Clinton, and Blaming Women for the Acts of Men

Or, An Incomplete List of Things That Are Not Men's Fault

By Rebecca Solnit | October 12, 2017

The 2017 MacArthur

The 2017 MacArthur "Genius" Grant Winners in Literature

Viet Thanh Nguyen, Jesmyn Ward, and Annie Baker: Now Official Geniuses

By Emily Temple | October 11, 2017

The Case That Got Away: Introducing the Sly Noir of A Yi

The Case That Got Away: Introducing the Sly Noir of A Yi

From the New Issue of Freeman's: Future of New Writing

By A Yi | October 11, 2017

Herbert Hoover, Frustrated Playwright

Herbert Hoover, Frustrated Playwright

How He Sought to Bring the Figure of the Mining Engineer to the Stage

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5 Books Making News This Week: Putin, the Nobel, and the Greatest

5 Books Making News This Week: Putin, the Nobel, and the Greatest

Masha Gessen, Kasuo Ishiguro, Jonathan Eig, and More

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On Creating a New Imprint's First Ever Cover: Jenny Zhang's <em>Sour Heart</em>

On Creating a New Imprint's First Ever Cover: Jenny Zhang's Sour Heart

Secrets of the Book Designer: Rachel Ake Starts Things Off for Lenny

By Rachel Ake | October 10, 2017

My Favorite Books to Sell Over 20 Years of Owning a Bookstore

My Favorite Books to Sell Over 20 Years of Owning a Bookstore

Jeanette Watson on Recommending Laurie Colwin to Tanizaki at Books & Co.

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