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Books of The Times: ?Canada,? a Novel by Richard Ford
In Richard Ford?s new novel, a 15-year-old boy watches his family fall apart, and flees north to something even worse.
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?Fifty Shades of Grey,? by E. L. James, in Demand at Libraries
The enthusiasm for the trilogy has forced library officials to dust off their policies ? if they have them ? on erotica.
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Books of The Times: ?The Chemistry of Tears,? a Novel by Peter Carey
Technology, metaphysics and the art and science of putting together a broken heart and a nonfunctioning machine are central to Peter Carey?s novel ?The Chemistry of Tears.?
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Herta Müller?s Literature, Born of Isolation
Herta Müller, the Nobel Prize-winning author, grew up German in Romania, always under surveillance. Her newest work is a collaboration with a writer whose background was similar, but whose life was shockingly different.
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NY Writers Coalition Offers an Opportunity on a Subway Car
Aspiring writers, encouraged by the NY Writers Coalition, put pen to paper during a 75-minute ride on the No. 7 train.
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Books Of the Times: ?David Hockney: A Rake?s Progress? by Christopher Simon Sykes
A new biography of David Hockney traces his early life and work in England and Los Angeles up to 1975, including fascinating accounts of how some well-known paintings evolved.
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Books of The Times: Edward Klein?s Invective-Laden Obama Book
Janet Maslin asks, Who is the real amateur in this pairing: the subject, President Obama, or the author, Edward Klein?
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Carlos Fuentes, Mexican Novelist, Dies at 83
Mr. Fuentes was Mexico?s elegant public intellectual and grand man of letters whose panoramic novels captured the complicated essence of his country?s history.
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Jean Craighead George, Children?s Author, Dies at 92
Ms. George?s home held a menagerie, as did her books, most of them written for children and young adults.
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Children's Books: ?Heroes of the Surf,? by Elisa Carbone
In Elisa Carbone?s ?Heroes of the Surf,? two young boys travel from South America to New York City on a steamship that encounters rough waters.
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ArtsBeat: Amateur Hour: Jack Hitt Talks About an American Tradition
The author of "Bunch of Amateurs" on the rebellious spirit of American innovators.
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Books of The Times: ?I Am Forbidden,? a Novel by Anouk Markovits
Two Hasidic girls, united as a result of Nazi persecution, pursue opposite paths in this novel by Anouk Markovits.
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Mike McGrady, Known for a Literary Hoax, Dies at 78
As a Newsday journalist, Mr. McGrady led his colleagues in the creation of ?Naked Came the Stranger,? a steamy parody novel.
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Books of The Times: ?Father?s Day? Is Buzz Bissinger?s Memoir About His Son
The author of ?Friday Night Lights? goes on the road with his young-adult son, a savant with serious intellectual deficits, and writes an unflinchingly honest memoir.
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Books of The Times: ?A Disposition to Be Rich? by Geoffrey C. Ward
?A Disposition to Be Rich,? by the prizewinning historian Geoffrey C. Ward, is a scandal-filled but eminently fair book that airs his great-grandfather?s dirty laundry.
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In E-Reader Age of Writer?s Cramp, a Book a Year Is Slacking
Some authors, like the novelist James Patterson, are producing 12 or more books a year to satisfy readers who are increasingly used to on-demand entertainment.
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The Protégé?s Pen: Portrayal or Betrayal
A biography of the former Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee has the author?s mentor, Bob Woodward, upset ? and much of Washington is talking.
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Maurice Sendak, Children?s Author, Dies at 83
Mr. Sendak, known in particular for ?Where the Wild Things Are,? was widely considered the most important children?s book artist of the 20th century.
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An Appraisal: Maurice Sendak Wanted Children to Grow Up a Bit
Maurice Sendak, like Max, his celebrated character, was the king of all wild things.
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?Home,? a Novel by Toni Morrison
In Toni Morrison?s novel, a traumatized soldier returns from the Korean War to his segregated hometown in Georgia.
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By The Book: Hugh Dancy
Hugh Dancy, currently on Broadway in ?Venus in Fur? and in the film ?Hysteria,? wishes David Mitchell would match Philip Roth?s output.
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?This Will Be Difficult to Explain,? by Johanna Skibsrud
Whether in Paris or the Great Plains, failures to communicate fray the relationships in these tales.
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?The Lower River,? a Novel by Paul Theroux
In Paul Theroux?s novel, an American seeks a fresh start in Africa after a 40-year absence.
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?The Cause,? by Eric Alterman and Kevin Mattson
Eric Alterman?s history of liberalism from the New Deal to the present concentrates on the men and women who have defined it.
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?The Tyranny of Clichés,? by Jonah Goldberg
Jonah Goldberg accuses liberals of lazy thinking and worse.
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?Horseshoe Crabs and Velvet Worms,? by Richard Fortey
The paleontologist Richard Fortey searches out species that have endured hundreds of millions of years of planetary turmoil.
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?Wichita,? a Novel by Thad Ziolkowski
Fleeing the pressures of academia, Thad Ziolkowski?s Midwestern hero is sucked into his family?s schemes and strife.
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?Farther Away,? Essays by Jonathan Franzen
Jonathan Franzen?s essays express his love of birds and of writers, especially his friend David Foster Wallace.
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?Billy Lynn?s Long Halftime Walk,? by Ben Fountain
A firefight with Iraqi insurgents is caught on tape and turns a band of soldiers into media heroes in Ben Fountain?s satire.
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?Chasing Venus,? by Andrea Wulf
With a Venusian transit imminent, 18th-century astronomers risked their lives for a chance to measure the solar system.
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?Oblivion,? a Memoir by Héctor Abad
Héctor Abad creates a sociopolitical portrait of Colombia through the telling of his family?s story.
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Poems and Stories by Lucia Perillo
Lucia Perillo?s two collections, poems and stories, draw upon her experiences in a world that often hurts her.
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Essay: Let?s Go Reading in the Car
Audiobooks and road trips offer a chance to reacquaint children, and their parents, with the joy of listening to stories.
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Essay: The Voice
A great audiobook experience depends on the reader as much as the text.
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Essay: Books With 140 Characters
At 64,000 members and counting, the Twitter-based reading group 1book140 is a global concern.
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State of the Art: Barnes & Noble?s E-Book Reader Glows in the Dark - State of the Art
Ever get frustrated trying to read an e-book in a darkened room? Behold, the self-illuminating Glow Light Nook from Barnes & Noble.
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Opinion: Reading Together, Knowing the Ending
In true book-club fashion, conversations about books I read with my dying mother led to conversations about our lives.
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Opinion: The Amygdala Made Me Do It
It?s the invasion of the Can?t-Help-Yourself books.
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Op-Art : Remembering Maurice Sendak
Artists and designers pay homage to Maurice Sendak.
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Opinion: Militant Ideals, Captured in Poetry
By excluding the aesthetic dimension from our analyses of militant texts, we miss a crucial opportunity to confront the humanity of their authors.
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ArtsBeat: Graphic Books Best Sellers: The Relationship of an Artist and an Original Beatle
Arne Bellstorf's graphic novel "Baby's in Black" hits the hardcover best-seller list at No. 7.
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ArtsBeat: Book Review Podcast: Starkly Different Views of American Liberals
On this week's podcast, discussions of Jonah Goldberg's "The Tyranny of Clichés" and Eric Alterman's "The Cause."
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ArtsBeat: Mapping Sebald's Trek, and His Mind
A California-based software developer mapped the many places mentioned in W. G. Sebald's "The Rings of Saturn."
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Up Front
Phillip Lopate on the transitional moment for essays.
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Inside the List
Toni Morrison, whose novel ?Home? enters the hardcover fiction list at No. 9 this week, remembers being confronted by a stark image of race relations as a freshman at Howard University.
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Editors? Choice
Recently reviewed books of particular interest.
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Paperback Row
Paperback books of particular interest.
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Bookshelf: Books on Rejected New Yorker Covers, and the Guilt of Aaron Burr
Three new books explore The New Yorker?s cover designs, the cultural influence of Samuel Rothafel and the struggles Aaron Burr faced after he shot Alexander Hamilton.
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Books on Science: ?Free Radicals? - Book Review - Rebels Who Set Science Aglow
Some scientists who had an unwavering belief in the truth of their ideas also had no compunction about breaking the rules to prove it.
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Books on Science: ?How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog?- Book Review - Raise a Paw if You Understand Einstein
Chad Orzel continues to amuse and enlighten in the follow-up to his book ?How to Teach Physics to Your Dog.?
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T Magazine: Now Reading | 'Foodieodicals'
Six independent food magazines, featured at a recent book fair at the Wythe Hotel, to which you should hungrily subscribe.
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