Book Review: ‘Disillusioned,’ by Benjamin Herold
“Disillusioned,” by Benjamin Herold, follows five families living in the burbs — where they contend with struggling schools, degraded infrastructure, poverty and discrimination.
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Charles O. Jones, Expert on Congress and the Presidency, Dies at 92
As a professor of political science and an author, he displayed a distinctive gift for simplifying the complexities of the American political system.
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Book Review: ‘The Rebel’s Clinic,’ by Adam Shatz
Adam Shatz’s “The Rebel’s Clinic,” a new biography of the psychiatrist and revolutionary Frantz Fanon, aims to restore complexity to a man both revered and reviled for his militancy.
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Book Review: ‘Who Owns This Sentence?’ by David Bellos and Alexandre Montagu
Plato and Pushkin, Mickey Mouse and “The Simpsons” make (permissible) appearances in this surprisingly zippy history of copyright protection.
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Book Review: ‘The Showman,’ by Simon Shuster
In “The Showman,” the journalist Simon Shuster trails the entertainer-turned-wartime president as he rallies the world for support.
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Lev Rubinstein, Russian Poet and a Critic of Putin, Is Dead at 76
He helped found a defiant avant-garde movement fusing art and prose and was outspoken against the invasion of Ukraine. He died after being hit by a car in Moscow.
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6 Great Historical Y.A. Novels for Teens
Sharon Cameron, the author of “Artifice” and other young adult novels, recommends some of her favorite Y.A. historical fiction.
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Book Review: ‘Dead in Long Beach, California,’ by Venita Blackburn
In her new novel, “Dead in Long Beach, California,” Venita Blackburn explores the chaos of mourning by following a woman who stumbles into an ethically dubious way to cope with loss.
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Read Like the Wind: Nesting Books
An editor recommends the literary version of nesting dolls.
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Overlooked No More: Beatrix Potter, Author of ‘The Tale of Peter Rabbit’
She created one of the world’s best-known characters for children, and fought to have the book published, but she never sought celebrity status.
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