Sally Rooney’s Normal People Excels at the Thing Novels Do Better Than Any Other Art Form

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April 15, 2019 12:34 PM

The First Section of Susan Choi’s Trust Exercise Had to Be Kind of Bad for the Novel to Be So Good

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April 09, 2019 2:45 PM

The Bird King Offers a Rare, Thrilling Portrayal of Platonic Love Fiercer Than Its Erotic Counterparts

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March 22, 2019 4:01 PM

Kathryn Davis Is the Most Original Novelist in America

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March 18, 2019 9:00 AM

Helen Oyeyemi’s Dark, Rich Fairy Tale Is About an Island That Turns Its Back on the World. Sound Familiar?

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March 06, 2019 9:00 AM

Maria Popova’s Move From the Internet to Print Misses Its Connections

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Feb 27, 2019 3:00 PM

Marlon James’ Fantasy Trilogy Is a Delirious Smoothie of Influences and Tributes

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Feb 12, 2019 7:30 AM

Jill Abramson and the Church of Facts

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Jan 31, 2019 6:14 PM

What a Collection of Rape Jokes Tells Us About Offensive Art in the Age of Outrage

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Jan 28, 2019 5:45 AM

Readers Who Related to “Cat Person” May Be Turned Off by Kristen Roupenian’s Weirder, Pervier Collection

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Jan 08, 2019 7:48 PM

Why Alice Walker Got All That Space in the Times to Tout the Anti-Semitic Lizard People Guy

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Dec 19, 2018 4:11 PM

The Best Audiobooks of 2018

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Dec 14, 2018 8:30 AM

The 10 Best Books of 2018

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Dec 10, 2018 5:55 AM

Lord Byron’s Wife: The First Woman to Have to Deal With Her Bad Boy Husband’s Cruel Fans

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Dec 04, 2018 11:52 AM

The Sage of Silicon Valley Is This Previously Obscure Israeli Historian

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Nov 01, 2018 5:55 AM

The Witch Elm Suggests There’s Nothing That Tana French Can’t Do

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Oct 09, 2018 10:10 AM

The Birth of the Myers-Briggs and the Unscientific Weirdness of Personality Testing

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Oct 05, 2018 12:04 PM

In Her Memoir, Stormy Daniels Trumps the President

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Oct 02, 2018 12:05 PM

A Spy Thriller About the Menial Office Workers Behind WWII Espionage

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Sept 25, 2018 9:00 AM

Among All the Other Problems With Jian Ghomeshi’s NYRB Piece, It’s a Terrible Personal Essay

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Sept 14, 2018 6:16 PM