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How the Humble Paperback Helped Win World War II
When American soldiers fought on the battlefields of World War II, they were carrying more than weapons. They also carried…
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Banana Yoshimoto Wants Books to Give Her Insomnia
What books are on your night stand? I read most of my books on the Kindle, but as far as…
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I Read Banned Books. So Does Almost Everybody Else.
During my grade school years in the early 1970s, I read everything. Books, of course — books about dogs and…
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The Book That Made R.J. Palacio Cry on the Subway
What books are on your night stand? “We, the Drowned,” by Carsten Jensen; “The Betrothed,” by Alessandro Manzoni; “Utopia for…
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The Irony in the ‘Rich Men North of Richmond’
You may have heard about Oliver Anthony, a Virginia-based folk singer who has become a conservative folk hero on account…
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Purging Books, Making Art and Ruling Chicago
An editor recommends two escapist biographies.
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Read Your Way Through Appalachia
Barbara Kingsolver, whose Pulitzer-winning “Demon Copperhead” offered a variegated portrait of the region, guides readers through a literary landscape “as…
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A Love Letter to Hip-Hop
Hip-hop repeatedly taught a community, then a nation, then the world, how to dream.
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Read Your Way Through Maine
Reading and writing are deeply valued in Maine. The novelist Lily King recommends fiction, nature writing, memoirs, children’s books and…
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‘Why Does God Keep Making Poets?’
In the heat of the summer, this slow curve of the midyear, I find myself wanting to pause and catch…