“The Dolphin Letters, 1970-1979” brings to life one of literary history’s most famous scandals. In 1970, the poet Robert Lowell
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The Pioneering Bella Abzug
BATTLING BELLAThe Protest Politics of Bella AbzugBy Leandra Ruth Zarnow “Battling Bella,” a new biography of Bella Abzug, starts off
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If Nietzsche Were in High School
NIETZSCHE AND THE BURBS By Lars Iyer A clique of misfit teenagers in suburban England sit on adulthood’s cusp, lamenting
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‘A Warning,’ by Anonymous, Cracks the Best-Seller List
As marketing strategies go, it’s a chancy one: Gin up excitement for a book by declining to name the author.
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7 Great Shorter Stories for the Elementary School Years
Recently, I made a list of my very favorite children’s literary novels that included classics as well as recent books.
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Winter Papers 5: ‘You can fling open any page and find something to curl into as the light fades’
This fifth instalment of the annual arts anthology from Kevin Barry and Olivia Smith is the first to not feature
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7 Great Fantasy Novels for Teenagers
When people ask me for recommendations for avid teenage readers — or for teenagers who seem to have taken a
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The Real Janis Joplin
JANISHer Life and MusicBy Holly George-Warren Janis Joplin, the racy hippie white girl who — it was popular to say
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‘The Cartiers: The Untold Story Behind the Jewelry Empire,’ by Francesca Cartier Brickell: An Excerpt
INTRODUCTION A few years ago, four generations of my family gathered at my grandfather’s house in the South of France
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Can’t Afford a Shopping Spree At Cartier? This Book Is the Next Best Thing
THE CARTIERSThe Untold Story Behind the Jewelry EmpireBy Francesca Cartier Brickell By Sadie Stein “Family came first,” Francesca Cartier Brickell’s
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