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“It’s done so much damage in fashioning savage notions of Africa.” Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/04/books/review/michael-eric-dyson-by-the-book-interview.html

By A.O. Scott In his first installment of a new series on overlooked or under-read American writers, A.O. Scott, a critic at large for The …

By Michiko Kakutani In this time of crisis, Michiko Kakutani writes, we are reminded that literature provides historical perspective, connecting us with others who lived …

Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/01/books/review/is-physics-on-the-wrong-track-and-other-letters-to-the-editor.html

By Alexis Soloski The actor, who plays twin brothers in this new HBO series, and the director Derek Cianfrance discuss why this dark story of …

By Dwight Garner Lawrence Wright’s “The End of October” is about the scientific challenge, political turmoil and social horror of a pandemic. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/27/books/review-end-of-october-lawrence-wright.html

By Jake Nevins Until recently, gay literary characters had to hide their identities. But even now the closet — and the lies and concealment it …

By Christine Hauser Eight of the 10 titles identified in the American Library Association’s annual ranking of the most frequently banned or protested books featured …

By Parul Sehgal In “On Vanishing,” Lynn Casteel Harper argues that society needs a better approach to understand and care for people who are suffering …

By The New York Times Our favorite releases of the season, selected by Food reporters and editors from The New York Times. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/20/dining/best-cookbooks-coronavirus.html

By Sam Roberts She supported civil rights, but later, with her husband, Stephan, concluded that colorblind policies worked better than preferential treatment. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/20/us/abigail-thernstrom-dead.html

By Sam Roberts He wielded his pencil at Random House for more than 50 years, nurturing the writing of Seymour Hersh, Neil Sheehan, Pete Dexter …

By Raphael Minder He best-known work was “The Old Man Who Read Love Stories.” Mr. Sepúlveda was among the first people in Spain hospitalized with …

By Stacey Stowe Police were leading an extensive search for Mr. Beard, who disappeared on March 31. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/19/arts/design/peter-beard-found-montauk.html

By John Williams The journalist Eva Holland’s new book is an intimate and wide-ranging look at fears and trying to overcome them. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/19/books/nerve-science-fear-eva-holland-interview.html

By Katharine Q. Seelye He wrote or edited more than two-dozen books, but he was no armchair academic — he crossed a desert by camel …

By Dwight Garner Sullivan’s first collection has shades of both Frederick Seidel and T.S. Eliot, and her frame of reference is effortlessly wide. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/books/review-three-poems-hannah-sullivan.html

Hope Jahren’s “The Story of More,” Christina Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac’s “The Future We Choose” and Solomon Goldstein-Rose’s “The 100% Solution” offer some novel approaches …

Open mics, workshops and other gatherings have gone digital because of the coronavirus. Here are some of the goings-on, and archives to check out. Via:: …

Books about quarantined, confined and adrift young people, from “The Cat in the Hat” to “Life of Pi,” for the cooped-up young people in your …

In Victoria Jamieson’s “When Stars Are Scattered,” a Somali boy pines for his mother and cares for his little brother with hope and humor during …

Dip into a bizarre true-crime chronicle or a novel that evokes the campy, oddball world of the Netflix documentary series. Via:: Love ‘Tiger King’? You’ll …

“American Conservatism,” a collection of pieces edited by Andrew J. Bacevich, demonstrates the wide range of conservative thought in America. Via:: The Mind of Conservatism

Kawai Strong Washburn’s debut novel envisions an archipelago of Indigenous peoples who refuse to be erased. Via:: The Hawaii of ‘Sharks in the Time of …

Faced with the cancellation of her book tour, a writer turns to books that evoke a sense of place — and recommends 8 books that …

Seeing some of our childhood favorites in a brand-new, contemporary light. Via:: Curious George, the Wild Things, and Frog and Toad Get an Update

The nonagenarian masturbation icon is not slowing down. Via:: You Are Your Safest Sex Partner. Betty Dodson Wants to Help.

Books from the past show us how John Kennedy, Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill confronted the crises they faced. Via:: Great Leadership in a Time …

Ways for white-collar workers to tidy their professional habits, even from a hastily constructed home office. Via:: As Economy Is Upended, Marie Kondo Drops a …

Ways for white-collar workers to tidy their professional habits, even from a hastily constructed home office. Via:: As Economy Is Upended, Marie Kondo Drops a …