“Same Bed Different Dreams,” Ed Park’s second novel, is a heady mix of true history and high-flying fiction.
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President Biden had a far better comeback at his disposal last week when he took offense at a special counsel…
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Cynthia Zarin’s first novel, “Inverno,” is a tale of a woman’s incurable longing and haunted past.
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What books are on your night stand? “The Life and Times of Hannah Crafts: The True Story of the Bondwoman’s…
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Utah is a place of paradoxes, full of terrible beauty and complicated history. The writer Terry Tempest Williams recommends books…
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What’s the last great book you read? “A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States,” by Frederick Law Olmsted. Also note:…
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What books are on your night stand? Still there, because I just finished it, is “Martyr!” by Kaveh Akbar, a…
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Forget everything you’ve ever heard about less being more, about economy of syntax, about the read-between-the-lines profundity of wide-margined, double-spaced…
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Bob Kaufman’s “Abomunist Manifesto” (1959) is a joke about political proclamations, and it is one of the funniest poems you’ll…
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The ESPN host tries to avoid sports talk until it’s time to watch football. That leaves time for brunch, books…
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