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Elena Ferrante's first novel in 5 years has an English-language pub date.

Elena Ferrante's first novel in 5 years has an English-language pub date.

By Jonny Diamond | October 28, 2019

The Impassable Divides of the Prison Visiting Room

The Impassable Divides of the Prison Visiting Room

John Edgar Wideman Visits His Brother, Faruq

By John Edgar Wideman | October 28, 2019

The Strangest Questions Ever Asked of New York City Librarians

The Strangest Questions Ever Asked of New York City Librarians

Is It True There's No Such Thing as a Stupid Question?

By New York Publc Library | October 28, 2019

How to Resist Late-Stage Capitalism—and Other Lessons From <em>Charlotte's Web</em>

How to Resist Late-Stage Capitalism—and Other Lessons From Charlotte's Web

Erin Wisti on E.B. White's Classic of Radical Decency

By Erin Wisti | October 28, 2019

John Hodgman: The Time Everyone Said I Looked Like Hitler

John Hodgman: The Time Everyone Said I Looked Like Hitler

On Being Typecast as a Brutal Tyrant

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What Would a World With Less Work Look Like?

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Brujas, female horniness, and beauty as terror: the week in book deals.

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On Discovering a Multimillion-Dollar Trove of Hitler's Looted Art in a Munich Apartment

On Discovering a Multimillion-Dollar Trove of Hitler's Looted Art in a Munich Apartment

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Howard Zinn: How FDR Forestalled a Second American Revolution

Howard Zinn: How FDR Forestalled a Second American Revolution

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Pilgrims, Priests, and Breaking Bread in an Alpine Monastery

Pilgrims, Priests, and Breaking Bread in an Alpine Monastery

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