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Mightier — and Meaner — Than the Sword
Emily Cockayne’s “Penning Poison,” a history of anonymous letters, reveals the ways we’ve been torturing one another, verbally, for centuries.
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A Body, a Family and the Woman Who Changed Everything
In “Mercury,” Amy Jo Burns explores the conflicting loyalties and many secrets of a roofing clan in small-town Pennsylvania.
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18 New Books Coming in January
Mercury, by Amy Jo Burns Burns’s second novel introduces the Josephs, a roofing family in Mercury, Pa., who — along…
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From the Lens of Lee Friedlander, Real Estate Focusing on the Real
The photographer traveled around the country, shooting the communities we live in, unvarnished and unfiltered.
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5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now
Surveys of works by Helvi Leiviska and Louis Wayne Ballard, as well as a restored version of “Cavalleria Rusticana,” are…
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A Crybaby Year for Men in the Movies
In 2023, male characters pouted elaborately after something they saw as their birthright was put in check.
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9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
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Let’s Talk 2023: Opinion Writers Respond to Your Comments
Each week, readers submit thousands of comments on Opinion pieces. The word “appreciation” doesn’t begin to cover how our staff…
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The State of Deals
For deal makers, 2024 is a year to look forward to, if only because 2023 wasn’t necessarily one to celebrate.…
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The 2023 High School Yearbook of American Politics
It has been such a special political year, brimming with extraordinary, even historic moments. From an ex-president indicted to a…