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“I was actually quite pleased.”
Fascinating, Messy 'Death In Her Hands' Is A Portrait Of An Unraveling Mind
Ottessa Moshfegh's latest isn't exactly a murder mystery, though there seems to be a mysterious murder. It's more a portrait of a woman gradually losing her mind, using the mystery to try to hang on.
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Want to Be in Stacey Abrams’s Book Club? Sorry, It’s Family Only.
The best-selling author and former minority leader for the Georgia House of Representatives has a lot going on, but she still makes time for fiction.
Leo Tolstoy vs. the Police
Why the great Russian novelist’s critique of state-sponsored violence bears thinking about now.
A Poet Whose Calling Is Doubt Celebrates Language’s Uncertainty
In “Muddy Matterhorn,” Heather McHugh embraces puns, anagrams and other wordplay in the service of philosophical inquiry.
'The Tigers' Two-Way Travelogue Is A Journey Both Within And Without
Known for her meditative travel memoirs, Mary Morris' wanderings were nearly curtailed by a serious ankle injury. All the Way to the Tigers is a passage deep into the broken places that shaped her.
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An excerpt from “Love,” by Roddy Doyle
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New & Noteworthy, From Kevin Kwan to a Call for Integration
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How a Writer With a Ph.D. in Psychology Became a Poker Champ
In “The Biggest Bluff,” Maria Konnikova uses her own experience learning to beat the odds at poker to examine how much of life is chance and how much self-determined.
In Ottessa Moshfegh’s New Novel, Nothing Is Certain. Not Even Death.
In “Death in Her Hands,” the latest book by the much admired author, a woman who may or may not be mad tries to solve a murder that may not have occurred.
She Ate and Ate, and Never Felt Satisfied
Susan Burton’s memoir, “Empty,” plumbs the depths of her adolescent anorexia and bingeing.
Paid to Seduce Another Man’s Wife, He Fell Violently in Love With Her
“What’s Left of Me Is Yours,” a debut novel by Stephanie Scott, is inspired by the events surrounding an unlikely murder that occurred in Japan.
Four Social Novels in Translation Consider the World’s Ills
Works by Yu Miri, Carlos Manuel Álvarez, Adania Shibli and Nathacha Appanah examine inequality and political upheaval.
The Language of Friendship, as Heard in a Dublin Pub
In Roddy Doyle’s novel “Love,” a pair of lifelong drinking buddies reconnect to discuss life’s amusements and regrets.
‘I’m Here,’ Outside Says. ‘I Miss You.’
For children who have been indoors for a long time, these five picture books about the wonders of the natural world will be a breath of fresh air.
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