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A Proud Texan Reckons With Her State’s Complicated Past

In her new book, Jessica Goudeau confronts a history of racism and violence in Texas through an investigation of her…

Arts

What We Think About When We Think About Joni Mitchell

In her new book, “Traveling,” the music critic Ann Powers offers a highly personal, even confessional, meditation on Mitchell’s life,…

Arts

Trump Nephew to Publish Memoir in July

Fred C. Trump III’s “All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got This Way” will hit shelves months…

Arts

On Broadway, ‘Suffs’ Has a New Tune (and 6 Tony Nominations)

A reworked opening number, less historical bulk and a general push to “have fun with these women” helped a musical…

Arts

An Essayist Who Revels in Glorious Chaos

In her third essay collection, the poet and critic Elisa Gabbert celebrates literature and life through a voracious engagement with…

World

Bob Kelley, Who Made the Kelley Blue Book an Authority on Cars, Dies at 96

He knew all the data that went into determining a vehicle’s price, but he insisted that it was as much…

Business

Terry Robards, 84, Dies; Lifted Fine Wines in America as a Times Critic

In columns and notably “The New York Times Book of Wine,” he introduced Americans to European and premium domestic varieties…

World

I Reread a Book That Changed My Life, but I’d Changed, Too

On the day of the eclipse back in April, walking through Boston Commons on a fine spring afternoon as every…

Arts

Inside Reese Witherspoon’s Literary Empire

“You’d be shocked by how many books have women chained in basements,” Reese Witherspoon said. “I know it happens in…

Arts

Kara Walker’s Favorite Literary Villain Is Scarlett O’Hara

What books are on your night stand? “A Scanner Darkly,” Philip K. Dick; “Trust,” Hernan Diaz. Describe your ideal reading…

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