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I Read (Almost) Every Memoir by a Former Trump Official

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All the Hidden Meanings of the Names in the New Hunger Games

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Cozy Mysteries! Epic Fantasies! No Viruses! A Quarantine Summer Reading List.

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The New Hunger Games Novel Abandons Adolescent Fantasy for Big Ideas

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Announcing the Winners of the Eighth Cartoonist Studio Prize
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What Do We Know About the Neolithic-Age Woman Who Invented Leavened Bread?

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An Exclusive Interview With Fante Bukowski, Literary Enfant Terrible

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In Lawrence Wright’s Prescient New Novel, the Pandemic Is Just the Beginning

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How an Extraordinary Coincidence Inspired Lois Lowry’s New Book About World War II

Rachael Allen

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The Trapped-at-Home Mother

Emily Gould

April 14, 2020 5:50 AM
Parenting During Apocalyptic Times Somehow Cured Me of Pessimism

Mark O'Connell

April 14, 2020 5:45 AM
The Cartoonist Studio Prize Shortlists
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N.K. Jemisin’s New Novel Is Uncannily Relevant to a City Under Siege

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April 01, 2020 1:01 PM
Ramona Quimby, Elsa, and Teaching My Daughter About the Choices Ahead

Belle Boggs

March 28, 2020 6:00 AM
A Wondrously Entertaining Novel About Chance, Fate, and Calamity

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The Dystopian Japanese Novel That Anticipates Everyday Life Under Coronavirus

Joshua Keating

March 20, 2020 5:00 AM