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‘New People’ Riffs on Race and Love, With a Twist
Danzy Senna’s new novel follows a woman’s love triangle (of sorts) with two men.
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An Artist’s Childhood, Etched in Trauma and Abandonment
In her epistolary memoir, “The Book of Emma Reyes,” the Colombian painter recounts her childhood in Bogotá, made vivid by the horrors of the workhouse.
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The Curious Conundrum of Freud’s Persistent Influence
“Freud,” a critical biography by Frederick Crews, asks why the creator of a scientifically delegitimized blueprint of the mind still carries so much sway.
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Photo Credit How to Talk to Your Kids About Charlottesville
In light of the deadly violence during a white supremacist rally in Virginia this weekend, here are books to help you discuss racism and anti-Semitism at home.
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Q. & A.
Photo CreditLiliane Calfee Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: ‘Eat Only When You’re Hungry’
Lindsay Hunter discusses her new novel about a man’s road trip as he searches for his drug-addicted son.
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Books News
Photo CreditKemeny Family A Wealthy Family’s Battle With Drugs Laid Bare, but to What End?
Sigrid Rausing’s coming book raises questions of whether the lines between memoir and voyeurism, family catharsis and score-settling, have been blurred.
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Fiction
Photo CreditGabriel Alcala In Delhi or America, the Men in These Stories Behave Badly
Akhil Sharma’s story collection, “A Life of Adventure and Delight,” is a cultural exposé and a lacerating critique of a certain type of male ego.
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The Book Review Podcast
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Judith Newman discusses a recent crop of books about parenting, and Bill Goldstein talks about “The World Broke in Two.”
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All the lists: print, e-books, fiction, nonfiction, children’s books and more.
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Photo Credit Dina Nayeri’s ‘Refuge’ Follows the Reinvention of an Exile
In this novel, a woman who left Iran as a child strains to remake her life and hold on to a connection with her father.
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Photo Credit In ‘Home Fire,’ Lives Touched by Immigration, Jihad and Family Love
Three British siblings of Pakistani descent are at the center of Kamila Shamsie’s ingenious new novel, which builds to a stunning conclusion.
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Photo Credit ‘Emma in the Night,’ a Thriller That Keeps Readers Guessing
Wendy Walker’s latest novel revolves around the mysterious disappearance of two teenage sisters.
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Photo Credit Review: ‘The Dark Dark,’ Beguiling Tales of Women in Metamorphosis
In this short-story collection by Samantha Hunt, dreamlike images operate in service to feminist themes and earthbound ideas.
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Photo Credit Boom, Bust and a Berkshires Interloper in ‘The Locals’
Jonathan Dee’s novel follows a family from post-9/11 Manhattan to small-town Massachusetts. Class antagonism follows.
