As a young conservative, David Brock smeared Hill, who accused the Supreme Court justice of sexual harassment. Now, in a new book, Brock is denouncing Thomas and the court’s rightward tilt — and contending with his own complicated past.
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In her latest memoir, Clinton takes on student protests, foreign policy and even clown school.
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In a frank and entertaining new memoir, the TV newscaster recounts how sexism, and Dan Rather, sidelined her groundbreaking career.
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Why Has ‘The Power Broker’ Had Such a Long Life?
In his biography of a city bureaucrat, Robert Caro created a lasting portrait of American corruption by turning the craft of journalism into a pursuit of high art.
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Sex, Grief and Psychoanalysis on the Rue de Belleville
Lauren Elkin’s first novel, “Scaffolding,” traces the multiple infidelities of two Parisian couples a generation apart.
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He Read His Dying Mother’s Diaries, and Spun Them Into a Novel
In “Elaine,” Will Self conjures a 1950s housewife who bears a striking resemblance to the woman who raised him.
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Even Losers Get Lucky Sometimes. Not in This Book.
Tony Tulathimutte’s new stories center on the young, alienated, unloved people you can’t stop watching.
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The Author of ‘Impossible Creatures’ Tucks Big Ideas in Tales of Wonder
Katherine Rundell said children can handle hefty themes, but finds it “bad manners to offer a child a story and give them just a moral.”
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How a Behind-the-Scenes ‘Kingmaker’ Developed a Talent for Diplomacy
Sonia Purnell’s biography of Pamela Harriman argues that the Democratic stalwart and former ambassador was more than the men she cultivated.
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Sex, Drugs, Raves and Heartbreak
In a new memoir, the journalist Emily Witt delivers a coolly precise chronicle of Brooklyn’s underground party scene and her romance with a fellow partygoer.
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The Endless Drama, and Tedium, of a Medical Mystery
Garth Greenwell takes on pain and illness in his new novel, “Small Rain.”
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In ‘Lovely One,’ Ketanji Brown Jackson Credits the Mentors Who Lifted Her Up
The Supreme Court justice’s memoir is deeply personal and full of hope, and highlights a fairy-tale marriage to her college boyfriend.
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A Smart, Sinuous Espionage Thriller Brimming With Heat
Already longlisted for the Booker Prize, Rachel Kushner’s “Creation Lake” — set in rural France — stars a ruthless American secret agent.
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His art included cartoons for The New York Times, collaborations with Elie Wiesel and images that traced the history of antisemitism. He was also a dermatologist.
By Richard Sandomir
Katherine Rundell said children can handle hefty themes, but finds it “bad manners to offer a child a story and give them just a moral.”
By Sarah Lyall
Skeletons, ghosts and more: Mike Mignola has a show at a Chelsea gallery, and it might not be what fans expect.
By George Gene Gustines
What good is one of the communist thinker’s most important texts to 21st-century readers?
By James Miller
In more than a dozen books and several hundred articles, he devoted himself, as he once said, to “questioning the unquestionable or thinking the unthinkable.”
By Michael S. Rosenwald
In his fiction and journalism, he sought to illustrate the story of the contemporary Middle East and his native Lebanon.
By Clay Risen
Sure, you can hit Harrods. But the British capital also has small specialized shops, some centuries old and still crafting items by hand. Here, a selection of singular shopping experiences.
By Alexander Wooley
Roz, the beloved protagonist of Peter Brown’s popular children’s book, gets a glow-up for the big-screen adaptation.
By Robert Ito
In “Lucky Loser,” two investigative reporters illuminate the financial chicanery and media excesses that gave us the 45th president of the United States.
By Alexander Nazaryan
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